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Hockey Card
A hockey card is a type of trading card typically printed on some sort of card stock, featuring one or more ice hockey players or other hockey-related theme and are typically found in countries such as Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden where hockey is a popular sport and there are professional Sports league, leagues. The Obverse and reverse, obverse normally features an image of the subject with identifying information such as name and team. The reverse can feature statistics, biographical information, or as many early cards did, advertising. There is no fixed size or shape of hockey cards, running the gamut from rectangular to circular, however modern North American cards have typically standardized on a rectangular format. History The first hockey cards were included in cigarette packages from 1910 to 1913, manufactured by Imperial Tobacco Canada for the inaugural National Hockey Association, NHA season. The 1910 set had a total of 36 cards, each one featuring an il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Kerr
Albert Daniel "Dubbie" Kerr (March 8, 1889 – September 17, 1941) was a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was a member of the 1909 and 1911 Ottawa Senators (original), Ottawa Senators Stanley Cup-winning teams. Born in Brockville, Ontario, he started out as a professional with the Pittsburgh Lyceum and Pittsburgh Athletic Club in 1907 before returning to Canada with the Toronto Professional Hockey Club, Toronto Pros in 1908. He played with the Senators from 1909 until 1912. In 1913, he moved out west to play in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association until 1920 for the Victoria Aristocrats. Playing career Kerr started his career in his hometown of Brockville, Ontario, Brockville, Ontario, playing junior and intermediate amateur hockey for Brockville of the Ontario Hockey Association. He turned professional in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1907–08. Kerr started 1908–09 with Pittsburgh, but left after seven games to join the Toronto tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkhurst Products
Parkhurst Products was a Canadian confectionery manufacturing company based in Toronto. Parkhurst also produced ''Parkies'' and ''Zip'' trading cards in the 1950s and 1960s. Led by George Kennedy, it primarily produced hand-size picture cards mainly for ice hockey, but also for baseball, Canadian football, wrestling and other subjects. Nowadays, the ''Parkhurst'' brand is property of Upper Deck, which acquired the company in 2005.Upper Deck Acquires Industry’s Premier Hockey Card Line Parkhurst on Upper Deck website Upper Deck has been releasing ice hockey cards with the brand ''Parkhurst'' since then, having started in June 2006. History Parkies and Zip cards Over a 13-year period from 1951-52 to 1963-64, Parkhurs ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010–11 NHL Season
The 2010–11 NHL season was the List of NHL seasons, 94th season of operation (93rd Season (sport), season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup Finals four games to three, being the sixth Cup win in Bruins' franchise history. For the fourth consecutive season, the season started with games in Europe. The 58th National Hockey League All-Star Game, 58th All-Star Game was held at RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, home arena of the Carolina Hurricanes, on January 30, 2011. This was the final season of operation for the Atlanta Thrashers, who were sold to True North Sports and Entertainment out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and moved from Atlanta to Winnipeg to become the "new" Winnipeg Jets. Winnipeg had lost its previous NHL team, also called the Winnipeg Jets (1972–96), Winnipeg Jets, after the 1995–96 NHL season to Phoenix, Arizona, and were renamed "Phoenix Coyotes." This was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada (which merged with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association in 1994) is the national governing body of ice hockey and ice sledge hockey in Canada. It is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and controls the majority of organized ice hockey in Canada. There are some notable exceptions, such as the Canadian Hockey League, U Sports (formerly known as Canadian Interuniversity Sport), and Canada's professional hockey clubs; the former two are partnered with Hockey Canada but are not member organizations. Hockey Canada is based in Calgary, with a secondary office in Ottawa and regional centres in Toronto, Winnipeg and Montreal. History The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association was founded on December 4, 1914, when 21 delegates from across Canada met at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. The organization was made to oversee the amateur level of the sport at the national level. The Allan Cup, originally donated in 1908 by Sir H. Montagu Allan, was selected as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary developmental league of the National Hockey League (NHL). The league comprises 32 teams, with 26 in the United States and 6 in Canada. As of the 2024–25 AHL season, all 32 NHL teams held affiliations with an AHL team. Historically, when an NHL team does not have an AHL affiliate, its players are assigned to AHL teams affiliated with other NHL franchises. The league offices are located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and its current president is Scott Howson. A player must be at least 18 years old and not belong to a junior ice hockey team to be eligible. The league limits the number of experienced professional players in a team's lineup during any given game; only five skaters can have accumulated more than 260 games played at the professional level (goaltenders are exempt from this rule). The annual playoff champion is awarded the Calder Cup, named for Frank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Hockey League
The Canadian Hockey League (CHL; , LCH) is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canada-based major junior ice hockey leagues. The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League, and is composed of its three member leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). For the 2025–26 season, its three leagues and 61 teams represent ten Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces (52 teams) as well as four United States, American states (nine teams). The CHL schedule culminates in the Memorial Cup tournament, which sees each of the three league playoff champions, as well as a host team, play a round-robin tournament to determine a national champion. The CHL also hosts the CHL/USA Prospects Challenge, for the top NHL Entry Draft, draft eligible players in the league, and formerly the CHL Canada/Russia Series, a six-game all-star exhibition series against a team of Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Hockey League Players' Association
The National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA, ) is the trade union, labour union for the group of professional List of NHL players, hockey players who are under Standard Player Contracts to the 32 member clubs in the National Hockey League (NHL) located in the United States and Canada. The association represents its membership in all matters dealing with their working conditions and contractual rights as well as serving as their exclusive Collective agreement, collective bargaining agent. History First organizing efforts (1957–1959) The first NHLPA was formed in 1957, led by Ted Lindsay of the Detroit Red Wings and Doug Harvey (ice hockey), Doug Harvey of the Montreal Canadiens, after the league had refused to release pension plan financial information. The owners sabotaged the certification of the union by, in part, trading players involved with the association or sending them to the minor leagues. After an out-of-court settlement over several players' issues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esso
Esso () is a trading name for ExxonMobil. Originally, the name was primarily used by its predecessor Standard Oil of New Jersey after the breakup of the original Standard Oil company in 1911. The company adopted the name "Esso" (from the phonetic pronunciation of Standard Oil's initials),Don't ignore history by Robert Sobel on Barro's, 7 Dec 1998 to which the other Standard Oil companies would later object. Standard Oil of New Jersey started marketing its products under the Esso brand in 1926. In 1972, the name Esso was largely replaced in the U.S. by the Exxon brand after the Standard Oil of New Jersey bought , while the Esso name remained widely used elsewhere. In most of the world, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Score Entertainment
Score Entertainment was a trading card design and manufacturing company based in Arlington, Texas. Their first card game was the Dragon Ball Z: Collectible Card Game in 2000. Score Entertainment was a member of the Donruss, Donruss Playoff LP family of companies. Donruss, Donruss Playoff LP was bought out in early 2009 by Panini America and Score Entertainment was closed down. Trading cards and games As with several other companies in the trading card and collectible card game industries, Score Entertainment licensed popular intellectual property, intellectual properties for their games and trading cards. These are drawn from a variety of television programs, animated series, and video games. Their game properties included the following: * Bleach Trading Card Game * Buffy the Vampire Slayer Collectible Card Game * Case Closed Trading Card Game * Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game, Dragon Ball GT Trading Card Game * Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game * Dragon Ball Z Collectibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panini Group
Panini is an Italian company that produces books, comics, magazines, stickers, trading cards and other items through its collectibles and publishing subsidiaries. It is headquartered in Modena and named after the Panini brothers who founded it in 1961. Panini distributes its own products, and products of third party providers. Panini maintains a Licensing Division to buy and resell licences and provide agency for individuals and newspapers seeking to purchase rights and comic licences. Through Panini Digital the company uses voice-activated software to capture football statistics, which is then sold to agents, teams, media outlets and video game manufactures. New Media operates Panini's on-line applications, and generates income through content and data sales. Forming a partnership with FIFA in 1970, Panini published its first FIFA World Cup sticker album for the 1970 World Cup. Since then, collecting and trading stickers and cards has become part of the World Cup experience, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pro Set Inc
Pro is an abbreviation meaning "professional". Pro, PRO or variants thereof might also refer to: People * Miguel Pro (1891–1927), Mexican priest * Pro Hart (1928–2006), Australian painter * Mlungisi Mdluli (born 1980), South African retired footballer * Derek Minor (born 1984), American Christian rapper, formerly known as PRo * Mike Awesome (1965–2007), a.k.a. The Pro, American wrestler Michael Lee Alfonso * Pro Wells, American football player Occupations * Prostitute, slang abbreviation * Public relations officer Linguistics * PRO (linguistics) ("big PRO") * pro (linguistics) ("little pro") Political parties * ' (Republican Proposal), Argentina * ', ( Progressive Party), Chile * ' (Law, Respect, Expertise), Czech Republic * ' ( Party for a Rule of Law Offensive), former German party * ' ( The Progressives), Latvia * ', 2020–2023 name of the Modern Democratic Party in Moldova * ' (PRO Romania) * ' (Proposition), Ukraine * ' (Pro-movement), Germany Organizations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
