Well, a so-called soft launch of Hound Central 5.0 is about two weeks old. Thankfully, we've had NHL players and prospects filling rink...
NOT-SO-RANDOM THOUGHTS AND CHISELED COMMENTARY ABOUT LIFE, HOCKEY AND COLLECTING AUTOGRAPHS (PRIMARILY ON PUCKS, STICKS AND MEMORABILIA) FOR THE PURE FUN OF IT, CERTAINLY NOT FOR PROFIT, DURING THE 2008-09 SEASON. TO FOLLOW THE 2009-10 HOCKEY-HOUNDING CAMPAIGN, PLEASE VISIT HOUND CENTRAL 5.0
Well, a so-called soft launch of Hound Central 5.0 is about two weeks old. Thankfully, we've had NHL players and prospects filling rink...
As promised, here's the big news: Hound Central 5.0 is up and running. A trip to Brandon earlier today marked the first hounding trip o...
With more players taking to local rinks in preparation of NHL training camps, it's a good idea to brush up on your hockey-hounding skill...
Seeing that today is the last day of summer vacation, we're getting an early start on a full day of activities. We were pretty busy last...
Like most every other hockey hound I know, the upcoming NHL season can't arrive soon enough. Allan, Hound Central 4.0's corresponden...
Though Hound Central 4.0 does not condone acts of trespassing, I believe old-school Buffalo Sabres fans might enjoy one last look at the in...
Beyond signaling that the 2009-10 NHL season is right around the corner, the recent release of 2009-10 Victory also carries cards of player...
Over the course of the summer, Colin has put together a remarkable collection of Florida State League team-signed balls. Recently, with the ...
It doesn't seem all that long ago that Colin was trying on this pair of skates. Really, though, it's been more than two years, and t...
From what I hear, NHL players are taking to rinks getting ready for the upcoming training camps. I read on Facebook yesterday that Buffalo...
Just to prove that Baseball Mondays isn't just about collecting autographs during our Summer of Baseball, I've created a photo gall...
Here's another player's-only stroll down hockey-hounding memory lane: March 9, 2009: St. Louis' T.J. Oshie Jan. 31, 2009: Hall...
In all honesty, I can't remember if Buffalo's Ryan Miller signed this cheapskate card in 2002 or 2003. I am positive, though, we go...
I know we're dab smack in the dog days of summer, when thoughts of baseball, beaches and back-to-school bargains fill our minds, but I s...
Want to know how hot it got last week during Florida State League game with a first-pitch time of noon? Let's just say triple-digits . Y...
Really, it's not that I didn't want to put together this review of our efforts of the 2008-09 hockey-hounding season. No, that wasn...
Even wearing black, as well as a little gold, taking part in a Mites hockey clinic is an easy way to escape highs in the mid-90s. Then agai...
With the Tampa Bay Lightning in an all-out season-ticket marketing blitz -- including a multimedia tool that incorporates the fan and repea...
I know that I owe Hound Central 4.0's faithful readers a review of our 2009-09 hockey-hounding efforts. It's just that our Summer o...
It's always a good day when our postal carrier drops off some autographs in our mailbox. In this case, they came from Edmonton's Pat...
The recent passing of former NHL player Reg "The Ruffian" Fleming struck a chord with Moody, Hound Central 4.0's roving Sout...
It's been a long time since we tried one of these, hasn't it? More than five weeks, if you're keeping track. Long overdue, if yo...
All it took was a proven method and a willingness to dodge a few raindrops to add these Florida State League-based items to our Summer of Ba...
Now that we're in the dog days of summer -- the NHL Draft and the opening of free agency behind us -- we have plenty of time to play gen...
Just like the sign says: Welcome to the 2009 Tampa Bay Lightning Young Guns prospect camp held over the past week at the St. Pete Times Foru...
Besides getting three autographed pucks from Victor Hedman , Tampa Bay's top 2009 pick, the biggest project for the Lightning's Youn...
Want to know what happens when all get into the same autograph line for Tampa Bay's prospects? Actually, that's an easy question. No...
After a long day of watching hockey, ordering a Wendy's single with everything but onions and watching Colin collect three foul balls, I...
Just to prove that Baseball Mondays isn't all about minor league baseball, you might want to check out these postings: ~ Four members o...
In hindsight, I would've been better off not having Victor Hedman , Tampa Bay's top pick at the 2009 NHL Draft, sign these three puc...
It was easy to see just how much Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos has matured in the past year. A year ago, he was the hugely hyped No. 1 ove...
It's not that I'm complaining or anything, but I'm having a hard time getting a Carter Ashton out of these autographs. I mean, ...
If there's one person who's thoroughly enjoying himself at the Tampa Bay Lightning's Young Guns camp these days it has to be goa...
Though I carried cards and pucks during his brief appearances on Tampa Bay's blueline last season, I somehow managed to miss getting a s...
With the Tampa Bay Lightning holding its Young Guns camp this week, it was a good time to put some 2008-09 Norfolk Admirals team set cards t...
Over the next few days, we're hoping to get in a little hockey-hounding as the Tampa Bay Lightning holds its Young Guns camp at the St....
Had a busy morning over at Baseball Mondays . Now, if only you'd spend a few minutes reading about: ~ A team ball from the St. Lucie Me...
Back on April 3, I predicted that the following teams would be visiting Hockey Bay for the 2009-10 season: Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, C...
Given all of the movements made by the Tampa Bay Lightning's new ownership last season, with the team drafting Steven Stamkos first ov...
Earlier this year, we heard from a Clearwater Threshers players that collecting an assortment of autographed Florida State League team balls...
Now that we find ourselves mere hours away from the first overall pick being made in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Hound Central 4.0...
I thought you might get a kick out of this: Hockey Sock Rock by Phil Esposito and the Ranger Rockers, released in 1979, and featured, besid...
Little did I know, during the 2005-06 season, that Washington's Mike Green would become a Norris Trophy finalist, a NHL First Team All ...
With only a handful of days before the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, it's time we all put on our general manager/player personnel h...
When it comes to my own hounding productivity, it's a great day any time I score at least 50 autographs. One hundred autographs? Only on...
Eyebrows didn't even flinch this time. Going in, I knew, without even a hint of doubt, that Hound Central 4.0's readers would show o...
After careful tabulations, double-blind accounting and pacts of secrecy authenticated by verification experts at the highest levels, the ina...
Good. Check out these five galleries from the 2008-09 hockey-hounding season down here in Hockey Bay: April 8, 2009: Pittsburgh Penguins Ma...
After adding 40 autographs last week from the Florida State League's Jupiter Hammerheads and Clearwater Threshers during Shark Week , it...
These days, Philadelphia's Jeff Carter is best known as a goal-scoring sniper. He signed this cheapskate card during the 2004-05 season...
It's been nearly three weeks since the last installment of this summer space filler. How about a mixture of team and player reports from...
Did you know that Doug Waechter , a St. Petersburg, Fla., native and pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, incorporates a Bible verse in his ...
Seeing that May's Win this Auto contest featured an NHL official practice puck signed by Colin, it was only right, Hound Central 4.0 de...
Want to know who was the first Hockey Bay hound to get an autograph earlier today from John Tavares , the likely No. 1 overall pick at the 2...
With the John Tavares , Victor Hedman and Matt Duchene -- the top 2009 NHL Entry Draft prospects -- in Tampa earlier today for a meet-and-...
Can you guess what Florida State League team nearly filled up a team ball for Colin during two games last week? Here's a hint: It's...
There was a time when I had little other than pucks for Anaheim's Ryan Getzlaf to sign. Namely, a quick demotion to the Portland Pirat...
With only one of 25 votes picking the Boston Bruins over the San Jose Sharks as the biggest choke in the 2008-09 NHL playoffs, one could sur...
I finally got around to joining Facebook . Now, I'm pondering whether Twitter is nothing more than a passing fad for narcissistic egoist...
Before the 2008-09 hockey hounding season down here in Hockey Bay, I predicted that these items would be added to the collection. Let's...
Though I didn't enjoy much success in my fan pack efforts, it's nice to know that Moody, Hound Central 4.0's roving Southeast co...
Now, I know I'm not the only person who has to work on Memorial Day. So, if you're lucky enough to have the day off and family cooko...