Every sport has their wild and outrageous characters and hockey is no exception to that rule. With a lush history which dates back over a century to the Cleghorn brothers, Sprague and Odie, to today's controversial figures like the widely-despised Brad Marchand, there may be no other that draws the curiosity of old school fans like Steve Durbano. An untameable force on the … [Read more...]
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Pucks for Guentzel’s 4-Goal Game at Auction
Trailing 4-3 in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference playoff series with their cross-state rival on April 22, it looked like the Pittsburgh Penguins might be headed for a Game 7. Then Jake Guentzel took over. The 23-year-old from Nebraska went on a scoring spree that put his name in the history books and lifted Pittsburgh past the Philadelphia Flyers in their … [Read more...]
Notes: COMC Fee Changes; Ex-Players Consign; Stanley Cup Carpet Auction
Late Tuesday afternoon, COMC announced a set of fee changes that will impact most users. Thirty cents will be the new price for basic processing with an expected wait time of two months. Currently, the basic service costs 25 cents with a 2-8 week processing time. The Select service level fee of 1-2 weeks processing time is going up from 50 cents to 60 cents per … [Read more...]
Notes: Chris Sale Didn’t Cut Up Every Sox Throwback Jersey
One of the goofiest stories of the 2016 baseball season took place in Chicago where Sox pitcher Chris Sale grabbed a scissors and tore up the team’s collared 1976 throwback jerseys so he wouldn’t have to pitch in one. The tantrum earned Sale a five-game suspension but it turns out he didn’t get to every jersey. Outfielder Adam Eaton saw what was coming and managed to save … [Read more...]
Penguins Stanley Cup Champions Set Planned
Upper Deck is planning an 18-card Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup Champion set. Set for release later this month, the set will include Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel, Kris Letang, Nick Bonino and rookie goalie Matt Murray, among others. Upper Deck plans a print run of 5,000 sets. You’ll have to buy something else to get one, however. The sets will be given … [Read more...]
Pittsburgh Penguins “Super Collector” Works The Angles
Custodian by day. Super collector by night. Mt. Pleasant, PA hockey nut Jeff Miller has been through the bad times and the good with his Pittsburgh Penguins and his massive collection can tell both stories. The 41-year-old has built one of the most impressive team collections you’ll ever see, now taking up two rooms in his home—and part of a third. There are 660 … [Read more...]
Jerseys From Russian Hockey Plane Crash Fundraiser on Auction Block
Two of the NHL's biggest rivals teamed up for a great cause when the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins faced off last week in Pittsburgh for the first time in the 2011-12 NHL season. The Capitals and Penguins organized a joint effort to raise money for the families of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, the KHL team that perished in a plane crash Sept. 7 in Russia. Both teams wore … [Read more...]
Civic Arena Memorabilia Auction Underway
The actual locker used by Mario Lemieux for his street clothes (nameplate is autographed), team benches, box office windows and arena signage are among the special Civic Arena items up for public auction. It's the latest in a series of sales and auctions involving the memorabilia pulled from the former home of the Pittsburgh Penguins. AssetNation, Inc. of Seven Fields, … [Read more...]
LeMieux Locker…with Crosby Bonus
The Mario LeMieux Foundation rescued the wooden locker once occupied by the former Pittsburgh Penguins' great before the rest of the old Mellon Arena (Civic Arena) was scheduled to be sold off. Now, the LeMieux locker is about to be sold to raise money for charity. But there's a "catch". The winning bidder will also be bidding on Sidney Crosby's locker, which is … [Read more...]
