Homemade Hockey

[steveottfan]

I'll give you one guess as to how I kept myself occupied during quarantine

These are all cards I created and then sent to players to sign. In most cases here I've scanned the front and backs so anyone curious can read the hockey connection I found. Some connections are really close to hockey, some are very minor, but all are unique! A number of the players remarked that they got a kick out of (and most enjoyed) signing such an unusual card. A couple even requested copies for themselves haha

This is a little less than two months worth of 'Homemade Hockey' returns.

Immortalized on the Stanley Cup (People who have their names engraved on the trophy.)
I haven't been sending many of these out since most are c/o teams, but a few of my older requests did trickle in.

Tim Abbott

Jim Heintzelman


Coaches
Similar to the Stanley Cup guys, I haven't send many of these lately because they are usually c/o a team. This is another 2019 request that finally found its way home.

Rick Kowalsky



Home Run Hockey

Brian Ostrosser

Claude Raymond

Jim Leyland

Ken Sanders

Ted Bowsfield

Jon Matlack

George Korince

Larry Christenson

Pete Craig

Larry Jaster

Mike Sadek

Tom House

Adam Kennedy

Rick Krivda

Buck Martinez

Bill Sampen

Bill Stoneman

Curt Sauer

Al Hrabosky

Bob Bailor

Bill Mueller

Dennis Powell

Pat Gillick

John Upham
Upham is getting up in age and I think he actually just forgot to sign my card since he wrote a nice note and signed the protective cards. I used one of those to make this so I wouldn't have to bother him again.

Jim Driscoll

Nancy Faust


Touchdown Hockey

Roger Staubach
I send out a lot of requests that I know are long shots. Most, as expected, don't come back. The few that do, like this one, make it worthwhile.

Tony Dungy

Chris Getzlaf

Roger Zatkoff

Jim Dombrowski

Tim Fleiszer

Mike Lodish

Sean Landeta

Rich Karlis

Mark Collins

Tom Matte
This one is actually super interesting. Tom's father was an NHL player.

Brian Finneran

Ron Heller

Ben Utecht

Jim Zorn

Tootie Robbins

Shaun Suisham

Ron McDole

Hoops & Hockey

Jim Petersen

Dave Cowens

Rod Thorn

Lennie Rosenbluth


Pucks & Pop Culture

Kevin Eastman
I had gotten Peter Laird a couple years ago so I since then I've wanted Eastman to have both creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I'm a 90s kid and loved the turtles growing up.

Charlie Watts
Pumped to get a connection to the Rolling Stones.

Tracy Lawrence

Melissa Joan Hart

David Visentin
My girlfriend loves HGTV so when I caught a hockey themed episode, I thought it would be fun to send to the hosts.

Marsha Mason

Olympia Dukakis

Wink Martindale

Ekaterina Gordeeva

Joan Lunden

Gregory Sierra

Ted White
This is the fourth "Jason" I've gotten back and as you can see from the next couple cards, I've got a nice little collection of autographs related to the famous horror franchise and its goalie mask.

Harry Manfredini

Thom Mathews

John D. LeMay

John Glen

Susan Anton

Cathy Lee Crosby

Jim Borgman

Ted Giannoulas

Morganna Roberts


Racing & Rinks

Rusty Wallace

Ward Burton

Gary Klutt

Scott Goodyear

Austin Cindric

Jay

 

[dismonkey1]

Really nice show. Some names I remember like Larry Christenson. The end of his career was when i started picking up the Topps packs from the local store when I had some loose change. I was looking for all the Phillies players. I know I had a few of his cards in the storage box I had.

 

[creasecollector]

Another grouping of fantastic additions!

 

[Greg Brown]

Shaun Suisham played at my alma mater - Bowling Green, that's neat to see! Also, I had to laugh that David Visentin added "List it" to his autograph. Very cool. Thanks for sharing all of your autograph success!

 

[CeddieB]

Neat autos!

 

[ninbud]

Wonderful
Thanks for the show and tell

 

[weasel-king]

Very cool stuff! I like the most tenuous of relationships, like Rosenbluth who hang-cranked the horn at the Canes games. And as mentioned above, it's very cool that Visentin added "List It" to his card.