Tick, tock, tick, tock

Time's running out, kiddies, if you'd like to win this Chicago Blackhawks puck signed by Eddie Olczyk in Hound Central 4.0's Win...

Look at what we found

In Florida, you never know when you'll encounter some exotic form of wildlife. Roseate spoonbills. Armadillos. Iguanas falling out of pa...

They delivered

Despite the best-laid plans, there are hounding adventures that simply don't work out. Yesterday's planned morning trip for the Otta...

Standing out

It's always nice when one of the NHL's top stars does something to help his autograph stand out on one of Colin's team sheets. T...

To the defense

Once again, a visiting team, as in the Ottawa Senators, stayed Sunday at the same hotel housing some members of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tha...

Sunday morning homily XXVIII

Spring break is one of my favorite times of the year. Especially when it's Colin's. And though I didn't request the week off, l...

Bonus items

Preparation paid off in spades earlier this week when the Columbus Blue Jackets traveled to Hockey Bay to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning. N...

It wasn't easy

Of all the years that I've been pounding the pavement, braving the elements and dodging vehicles driven by inattentive drivers, this wee...

Top Shelf: Rick Nash

Excuse me for my pomposity, but any time you add four pucks from Columbus' Rick Nash , one of the NHL's brightest stars, it certainl...

Bring more than one

It should come as no surprise, I suppose, that Columbus goalie Steve Mason , the leading contender for top rookie honors, would draw a crowd...

A couple of hat tricks

It's always a good feeling when you can get an NHL player to sign three pucks for you. It's even better, however, when two players -...

It never hurts to ask

This week's 5 Big Sigs, a feature within each Sunday morning homily where I name the top autographs I hope to get within the next seven...

Catching up, so to speak

Having grown up in Western New York, the Buffalo Sabres are my favorite NHL team. And, of all the players to toil for the Sabres, Danny Gare...

That took a while

When I got Mike York to sign this Upper Deck MVP Excellence card in the 2001-02 season, when he played for the New York Rangers, I never th...

Here we go

Sure, it may be late in the 2008-08 NHL season, but I'm not going to let that keep me from starting another work-in-progress jersey: a P...

He's happy with a few

You know, it would be easy to say that Colin had a bad day yesterday working his team sheet, getting only seven signatures on it, as well as...

Gallery: Columbus Blue Jackets

Please accept my apologies for not including photos of Columbus' Rick Nash and likely Calder Trophy winner Steve Mason in this gallery...

Mondays are my Thursdays

Back in my first tour of duty down here in Hockey Bay, a blurred moment of being in my 20s during the 1980s, I had a sour taste for Mondays....

Sunday morning homily XXVII

It doesn't happen too often, but when it does, it validates the time and effort that goes into producing these annual hockey-hounding bl...

Lighter load

Even without looking at a calendar or team schedule, it's easy to know when the NHL season is winding down. It's the time when you s...

Want a sneak peek?

Want to know the top prize for Hound Central 4.0's Win this Autograph contest for April? How about this 2008-09 NHL Victory Hockey jumbo...

A good start

Count me among those thankful that Atlanta's rookie defenseman Zach Bogosian didn't let his top-three 2009 draft pick status go to ...

It's all set

About a month ago, a box of Upper Deck Hockey Series 2 yielded 85 Young Guns cards , the gold standard for NHL rookie cards. Within that 85,...

New venture

Not content with just his team sheets, Colin embarked on a new autograph project earlier today, snagging Atlanta's Steve Weeks , from le...

A work of art

Yeah, Colin's hand-drawn logo for this Atlanta Thrashers team sheet may have been inspired by surrealist Salvador Dali ( our regular boo...

Gallery: Atlanta Thrashers II

In all honesty, I wasn't going to create a gallery of today's hounding adventure for the Atlanta Thrashers. Thanks to players signin...

Working alone

After a meatball stunt got hounds booted off a downtown Tampa hotel's property the last time the Washington Capitals were in town, I fig...