Forget OVI; Could Auston Matthews Ultimately End Up With The Goals Record? Bedard Young Guns Canvas in Extended Series, Top Sales of 2023, 2022-23 ICE Checklist Review, December Grading Recap, Young Guns Sales Dip in December & PWCC Weekly Preview
Send us a text On this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast we start by honoring the NHL's (almost) greatest player to wear the number 49 for episode 149, Joe Juneau (4:23). Next in a social media roundup we look back at key hockey hobby market stats from December 2023 (16:00). In hobby news, sports cards karma is alive and well at the Winter Classic in Seattle, we review the December 2023 grading report from GemRate, and update the in-progress World Junior Championship......
4 Jan 20242h 6min
Why 2024 Will Be an Epic Hobby Year, Our 2023 Predictions...How Did We Do?, Who's Hot & The Struggle Bus, World Juniors Update, Your Mailbag Questions Answered
Send us a text On this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast we start by honoring the NHL's (almost) greatest number 48, Daniel Briere, for episode 148 (6:04). It's week #12 of the NHL and we feature Patrick Kane, Nathan MacKinnon and Sebastian Aho in Who's Hot, while Ilya Samsonov and Erik Karlsson ride The Struggle Bus (15:24). In hobby news, the quarter finals are set for the World Junior Championship and Marc-Andre Fleury wins an award and nears two huge NHL milestones ...
1 Jan 20241h 47min
The Stories That Rocked The Hockey Hobby in 2023, A Long-Awaited Rookie Deep Dive, Shocking NHL TV Ratings, Bedard Goes Michigan, Jagr Can't Stop Won't Stop, Top 5 (Very) Early Cup Sales, PWCC Weekly Hockey Preview
Send us a text On this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast we start by honoring the NHL's (almost) most famous number 46, Jared Spurgeon, for episode 146 as a makeup for for our Christmas Master Class episode followed then by honoring the NHL's (almost) greatest number 47, Tory Krug (7:01). Next, it's a long-awaited Rookie Deep Dive for Bobby Brink (18:06). In hobby news, a shocking NHL TV ratings update, the World Juniors Championship is underway, Bedard and Zegras go Mi...
28 Dec 20232h
The Cup Master Class Part 3 w/ Mitch Gropman Covering 2016-2021
Send us a text We continue our Master Class series on the hockey hobby's most prestigious set, The Cup, with The Cup expert and mega collector Mitch Gropman. Part 3 takes us through the 2016-17 set all the way up to the newest release 2021-22. Previous The Cup Mater Class Episodes: Part 1 - http://tinyurl.com/48pn67de Part 2 - http://tinyurl.com/3ptpvrbw Partners & Sponsors Our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/HockeyCardsGongshow PWCC Marketplace - https://www.pwccmarketplace.com Slab...
25 Dec 20232h 37min
2021 The Cup Is Here & We Break It Down w/ Billy Celio from Upper Deck, Joseph Woll Rookie Deep Dive, Top 5 Early Artifacts Sales, More 1/1 Hobby Drama, OVI Goals Drought, PWCC Weekly Preview & Personal Pickups
Send us a text On this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast we start by honoring the NHL's (almost) most famous number 45, Jonathan Bernier, for episode 145 (4:16). Next, it's another Rookie Deep Dive as voted on by fans of the show and this time we dig into the Maple Leafs rookie goaltender Joseph Woll (13:45). In hobby news, there's more hobby 1/1 drama with Fanatics and is there anything Upper Deck can learn from all of this (28:00)? 2021-22 The Cup is out and we ...
21 Dec 20232h 33min
The Bedard Chase Is On!...Talking 2023-24 Artifacts w/ Patrick Smith @ Upper Deck, Who's Hot & The Struggle Bus, Our Huge Artifacts Hit (Maybe), Honoring The NHL's (Almost) Greatest No. 44 & Your Mailbag Questions Answered
Send us a textOn this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast we start by honoring the NHL's (almost) greatest number 44, Stephane Richer for episode 144 (4:41). Next, it's week 10 of Who's Hot & The Struggle Bus (14:46). In hobby news, Jake Oettinger is injured (32:34). We chat with Patrick Smith from Upper Deck about the recently released 2023-24 Artifacts (36:39). In new product releases, we had a big (we think) Artifacts hit and look at what's coming next ...
18 Dec 20232h 3min
Biggest Hobby Surprises & Disappointments...So Far, Connor Bedard Future Watch Auto Design Preview, 2021-22 The Cup Checklist Overview, Auston Matthews First To 20 Goals & Hobby Impact, Luke Evangelista Rookie Deep Dive & PWCC Weekly Hockey Preview
Send us a text On this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast we start by honoring the NHL's (almost) most famous number 43, Patrice Brisbois for episode 43 (4;16). Next, we continue our Rookie Deep Dive series where you vote for a 2023-24 rookie and we do a deep dive. This week it's the Nashville Predators Luke Evangelista (15:04). In Hobby News, a cool baseball card themed goalie helmet for the Winter Classic, another coach fired, Jonas Bro vs. Hughes Bros?, and Aust...
14 Dec 20232h
Are The New Young Guns Parallels A Success? Who's Hot & The Struggle Bus, 2023-24 Artifacts Checklist Overview, November Grading Recap & Mailbag
Send us a text On this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast we start by honoring the NHL's (almost) most famous number 42, Sergei Makarov, for episode 142 (3:32). Next, it's time for week 9 of Who's Hot & The Struggle Bus (14:11). In hobby news, we review the GemRate November grading recap and review quick hitting news & notes from the NHL and hockey card hobby (40:40). We're now two months from the release of 2023-24 Upper Deck Series One and the introductio...
11 Dec 20232h 5min
