*** Hockey Trivia #1 ***1. Q: What hockey team has won the most Stanley cups? ***A:: Montreal Canadians 2. Q: Who scored a record 10 hat tricks in one NHL season? ***A:: Wayne Gretzky 3. Q: What hockey speedster is nicknamed the Russian Rocket? ***A:: Pavel Bure 4. Q: What is the penalty for fighting in the NHL? ***A:: Five minutes in the penalty box 5. Q: What is the Maurice Richard Trophy? ***A:: Given to the player who scores the most goals during regular season 6. Q: Who WAS the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer? ***A:: Wayne Gretzky 7. Q: Who was the first defensemen to win the NHL- point scoring title? ***A:: Bobby Orr 8. Q: What NHL team emerges onto the ice from the giant jaws of a sea beast ? ***A:: San Jose Sharks 9. Q: Who is the player to hold the record for most points in one game? ***A:: Darryl Sittler (10 points, in one game – 6 g, 4 a) 10 Q: Which team holds the record for most goals scored in one game? 11 Q: Which part of Bobby Orr's body gave out ending his Bruins career? ***A:: Knees 12 Q: What is Sidney Crosby’s nickname? ***A:: Sid the Kid***A:: Montreal Canadians (16 goals in 1920) |
Cabinet Card Were oversized trading cards featuring paintings issued mostly 1910-1915.
Card Show is a gathering of dealers & collectors looking to buy/sell/trade sports cards and memorabilia.
Card Stock is the material a card is printed on. Usually paper-based, today companies play with the card stock and sometimes it appears to be wood or leather or see-thru acrylic ...
Cello Pack is a card pack whose wrapper is see-thru plastic. Usually the top & bottom cards are seen. Unopened cello packs showing major stars and rookies sell for heavy premiums.
Centering is the balance of the borders: top/bottom & left/right. On perfectly-centered cards, top/bottom borders match as do the left/right borders. Centering is presented as a set of numbers & directions and often included with the grade. Perfectly-centered is "50/50 t/b" AND "50/50 l/r". As centering gets worse, one number increases and the other decreases. For example: 90/10 t/b is considered extremely off-center top to bottom. The numbers add up to 100 (50/50, 60/40, 90/10 ...).
Certificate Of Authenticity (COA) A document used to verify legitimacy of a collectible. NOTE: Keep in mind that COA's are easier to fake then autographs.
Common A card of a non-star player is considered a "Common" as opposed to cards of a star players or specialty/subset cards such as league leaders, teams cards, World Series cards...
Condition (Grade) Centering, corner wear, photo clarity, edges, creases, print flaws ... all combine to determine a card's condition or grade. Along with rarity/scarcity it is the major factor in a card's value.
Crease Defect usually caused by bending the card. Hard to see, or not, a crease lowers the card's grade (VG or lower) and greatly diminishes it's value.