Update: 10 Big Sigs

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...

Outside the norm

Though we added only six signatures to the Slovakian team jersey over the 2008-09 hockey hounding campaign , it's hard to complain when ...

Revisiting my picks

Having suffered through a 0-for-Western-Conference sweep in my first -- and rather poor -- upset-heavy attempt at this NHL playoff's pic...

Playoffs picks

For as long as I can remember, rooting for the underdogs in any playoff series carries great appeal. Still, though, one should be realistic,...

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...

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...

For NHL Network viewers only

Are you as tired of the NHL Network's Take Me Out to the Ballgame commercial for tomorrow's Winter Classic as I am? I used to like ...

Major draw

It should come as no surprise that the Detroit Red Wings, the defending Stanley Cup champions, always draw a crowd whenever the team is on t...

Project pieces

It's always nice whenever we can add to the multitude of autograph projects that Hound Central 4.0 has undertaken this season. Yesterday...

Sorry, Mickey, not me

More than anything else, it was pure curiosity that got me to visit eBay for the first time in months earlier this morning. Yesterday aftern...

What a schlub

One player who Colin got to meet was Detroit's diminutive defenseman Brian Rafalski . Unfortunately, he wasn't left with a positive ...

Day off from school

It's not every day that a 7-year-old gets to meet the defending Stanley Cup champions. That's why we took an "educational"...

Happiness is ...

... digging through cards, looking for Detroit's Darren McCarty , and finding already-prepped cards for Boston's Stephane Yelle and...

Sunday morning homily IX

As a hockey dad, I make no apologies for reliving my childhood through my son's eyes. The excitement that builds on Sunday mornings as w...

Clipped Wings

To me, the Detroit Red Wings are like the New York Yankees of hockey. You either love them or, if you're like me, don't care too muc...

It'll be the Habs in their 100th

When you get right down to it, any predictions for the upcoming NHL season are nothing more than wishful thinking. Yes, you can do research....

10 Big Sigs

Going into any hockey season, it's a pretty safe assumption that we'll add at least 300 to 400 autographs to the collection. Though ...