Denis Savard - In Person

 Denis Savard was signing at the Sport Card Expo in Toronto this past weekend.  He was another member of the 1993 Stanley Cup Champions!  He was really friendly and took his time with everyone.  I also collect the 01-02 Fleer Greats of the Game cards autographed.  More on that in the next post.

Here is the card he signed.

Denis Savard and myself.

Vincent Damphousse - In Person

 I traveled to the Sport Card Expo in Toronto this past weekend.  Vincent Damphousse was the first target for autographs when I got there.  I am a massive Montreal Canadiens fan and Vinny was a member of the 1993 Stanley Cup Champions.  He was the regular season and playoff scoring leader for the Habs.  He was super friendly and even added the "93 Cup" inscription for no extra fee!  I am super pumped to add this to my collection!

Here is the puck.

Here is Vincent Damphousse and myself.

Arber Xhekaj in Person

 I attended the Spring Sportscard and Memorabilia Expo a few weeks ago.  Montreal Canadiens' rookie sensation, Arber Xhekaj was doing a signing at the show, so I absolutely had to do this!  He is from the Hamilton area and if you aren't aware of his story and journey to becoming an NHL player, it is quite amazing.  He is my new favourite player with the Habs for sure!  He was super friendly with the fans and seemed to enjoy the interactions.  I got him to sign an 8x10 photo which is already up on my wall.

Long Time Gone

 Its been over 5 years since I updated this blog.  I am going to be starting this back up and running, so I hope to be updating more regular in the near future.  In the meantime, I would love to add more links of other people collecting autographs to share around.  If you would like your blog linked, please send it to me to put up.

Montreal Canadiens Alumni game

The Montreal Canadiens Alumni tour came through our hometown.  I took my daughter with me.  We went down after the game to get some autographs.  Most of the players were very good with the kids and parents.  Patrice Brisebois came out and signed and took pictures for everyone that was there.  He was very personable.  Jocelyn Lemieux had some fun taking selfies with some of the kids. 
John Scott was an absolute gem though.  He signed for us, but saw that my daughter was wearing her hockey team's warmup jacket.  He asked about the logo and then was asking about her season and how things are going.  He spent a good 10-15 minutes just talking hockey with us.  I was super impressed.
Here is our haul.
Patrice Brisebois signed puck and cards.

Aaron Asham signed cards.

Jocelyn Lemieux signed card.

John Scott signed card and puck.

Marc-Andre Bergeron puck.

Dion Phaneuf TTM Success

Mailed:  1/14/2014
Received:  6/24/2017
Days:  1257
c/o:  Toronto Maple Leafs

I wrote to Dion back in 2009 when he was with the Calgary Flames.  The Flames intercepted all mail to Dion, Iginla and Kipper back then so all I got back was a team issued card signed.  I have met him a couple of times and he has always signed for everyone.  He is currently with the Ottawa Senators, but I think he may not be for long, as they were not happy when he didn't waive his no movement clause to be exposed in the expansion draft.

Michael Frolik TTM Success

Mailed:  2/12/2014
Received:  5/8/2017
Days:  888
c/o:  Winnipeg Jets

So this one took a while.  Michael is now with the Calgary Flames, and just finished the playoffs after getting ousted in the 1st round.  He has been a consistent scorer over his career so far at around 1 point every 2 games.