Ryan Miller

Cards Sent: 10/24/11
Received: 3/13/11 (2/2)

This was a nice return from star Sabres goalie and Olympic MVP Ryan Miller. He is easily my favorite goalie in the league today . Miller became a household name after his brilliant performance for team USA at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010. He was nice enough to sign both my cards in black ink.

Matt Calvert

Autograph received in person on June 24th 2011 at the blue Jackets Draft Party.

I made this custom card for Blue Jackets Matt Calvert. Calvert was called up during the season and was a pleasant surprise for Columbus fans. Since his rookie card was not released at the time I made a custom card showing his great breakaway goal on Chicago's Corey Crawford.

Here is a video of the goal.

Patrick Kane

Sent: 2/7/11

Received: 7/30/11 (1/1)

I had a little fun with this one and tried something risky. Apparently Kane has an address at Chicago's Trump Tower so decided to take a risk and see if the addy work. Looks like it did. The card was a little bit damaged but the signature itself was unharmed. A success in my book.

Rick Nash

Sent: 11/24/10

Received: 7/19/11 (1/1)

Slick Rick! Nash is the heart and soul of my Blue Jackets so it was nice to finally get this one back. I will be looking forward to seeing him on the same line as Jeff Carter this season.

RJ Umberger

Sent: 7/17/11

Recieved 8/2/11

My first ever post was of a card signed by Umberger but I had forgotten to remove the gloss from the card. However, i tried Umberger TTM this time and got a nice quick turnaround and a graph that was not smeared.

Ken Morrow

Sent: 1/11/11

Recieved: 7/14/11 (1/1)

Ken Morrow for all intents and purposes had one hell of a hockey career. Not only was he a member of the gold medal winning "Miracle on Ice" team but he also won four Stanley Cups with the New York Islanders from 1980 to 1983. he would go on to play 6 more seasons with the Islanders. While the wait was longer than I anticipated, Mr. Morrow was nice enough to sign my card in black sharpie with a personalization.

Chris Pronger

Cards Sent: February 16th, 2011

Cards received: June 2, 2011

Ah I was stoked to get these back. Pronger gets a lot of flack from fans for his questionable plays but he is easily one of my favorite NHL players right now. I sent these via the Flyers Skate Zone and he was nice enough to sign all thre and personalize themas well. A great return from a future hall of famer

Vladislav Tretiak

Sent: January 2011
Recieved 1/1 August 16, 2011 (7 months)

Wow! I thought for whatever reason I would never see this one get back to me. From what I've read though, Tretiak does take a while to answer his fan mail but the wait was worth it. For those living under a rock, Tretiak is considered by most to be the greatest goalie to have never played in the NHL and one of the best of all time. He also the first European player to be inducted into the hall of fame. Mr. Tretiak singed in black sharpie. Awesome.

I'm Back

Sorry for the months of not posting. i have a bunch a successes that I'm going to post next week.