It goes without saying, but I have to say it anyways. When an out-of-conference team comes to town, conditions exist to have a monster day. That's what happened last week when the Columbus Blue Jackets made their first trip to Hockey Bay since March 2009.Don't get me wrong. Teams like the Blue Jackets may be struggling in the standings, but that doesn't mean people don't want to hound them. It's a time to load up on cards, pucks or 8x10s. When you walk away with 77 autographs, like we did, it's easy to see why.
It was, to date, the best day of the 2010-11 hockey-hounding campaign, and we still have a few more Western Conference teams coming in.One of the top items was this Team Canada 2010 Olympic gold medal puck from Rick Nash, one of seven on the day.
Other Blue Jackets players signing pucks, shown above, were:
Top row: Derik Brassard and Chris Clark; and
Bottom row: Kris Russell and Fedor Tyutin.
Among those signing the 42 cards were:Top row: Derek Dorsett, Mathieu Garon, Jan Hejda and Kristian Huselius;
Bottom row: Rostislav Klesla, Steve Mason, Marc Methot and Andrew Murray; and
As well as, from left, Samuel Pahlsson, Anton Stralman, Antoine Vermette and Jakub Voracek.Other noteworthy events:
~ Colin putting a hand-drawn team sheet to good use;
~ four Blue Jackets players signing four cards each;
~ wishing Rick Nash signed on a better spot;
~ adding Rick Nash and Jakub Voracek to the Threads collection;
~ tapping into specialty cards; and
~ getting three cheap skates signed.
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