Jaromir Jagr & Martin Brodeur

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Hockey is my favorite sport, though when it comes to collecting memorabilia it's long been baseball that was my major focus.  There's something that really draws me to a case full of signed baseballs.  Maybe it is the history of the game of baseball that drives my desire to collect from that sport, I'm not real sure.  It very well could be my proximity to the San Diego Padres just made it real easy for me to delve into that realm and add quickly.  Regardless, I recently decided to try adding some signed hockey pucks to my collection, and get a case to display them similar to the two cases of baseballs I have.  I always keep my eye open for deals with reputable companies, in particular companies that have associations or deals with specific athletes.  My searching brought me across two deals I felt difficult to pass up, as I received about 50% on both of these pucks. The first is a puck signed by Jaromir Jagr, easy first ballot NHL of Famer and likely a top 10 all time NHL great.
What I liked in particular about this puck is the 50th anniversary of the Penguins.  You could theoretically have anyone who played for this team between the years of 1967-2017 sign the puck.  Here is what it looked like on the reverse side;
The other puck I purchased one signed by current Hall of fame member, and a netminder on the short list of best goalies of time, Martin Brodeur. 


These pucks will be added to the Dustin Brown Kings puck I won a few years ago and the Nathan MacKinnon Avalanche puck my dad received for being an Avs season ticket holder a couple of years ago.  Eventually, this case will be completely full and my project will be finalized.


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