Kings: Meet the Players party
When I was a teenager, I was really into meeting the players and getting their autographs. I've got a big thick book of autographed hockey cards - but I'm not really an "autograph" guy anymore. The thought of hanging around outside the Kings practice facility to approach the players and get them to sign something of mine? Meh. I'm too old to be chasing around athletes.
But Saturday, the L.A. Kings held their annual "Meet the Players" party for season ticket holders. Season ticket holders could stand in line and get pictures and autographs from the players. It sounded fun - and there was free food, and any writer will tell you that you never turn down free food. Plus I have something that I really wanted signed - a game-used Jason Labarbera goal stick. So me and the stick and my hockey buddy Wendi headed down to the Home Depot Center to stand in line.
In the two hours it was open for signings, I got nine Kings players to sign the stick - Jason Labarbera, Mike Weaver, Matthieu Garon, George Parros, Aaron Miller, Nathan Dempsey, Joe Corvo, Derek Armstrong, and (last but not least) Pavol Demitra.
So now the autographed hockey stick joins my collection of autographed hockey sticks.... my collection of three, COUNT 'EM, THREE hockey sticks. The first one is a game-issued but unused Kelly Hrudey stick, signed by Hrudey on the blade. No tape on it, but it's one of the pro VIC sticks that he used with the Kings. The second one is a game-used Ziggy Palffy stick that he used when in the Islanders minor-league system with the Utah Grizzlies. It's signed by Palffy and several of his teammates - and my favorite detail is that it's marked #68, his old number with the Islanders before he switched.
I wish I could have more, but really, I can't afford to collect game-used hockey sticks. Plus there's only so much space on the wall to show off stuff like that. Oh yes - one more thing from the Meet the Players party.
The day after this picture was taken with me and Pavol Demitra, ESPN reported that he's not expected to play in the next game due to "flu-like symptoms". I'm no conspiracy theorist, but I came down with a bad cold the day after. So the question is.... did I give the flu to Pavol Demitra? Or did he give it to me?
And if he DID give the flu to me, is there any way I can profit off this? Like put his flu germs up on Ebay or something? I suppose that no one would bid on Demitra's flu germs. But if I could somehow get some of his snot on a kleenex? You KNOW someone would pay for that...
But Saturday, the L.A. Kings held their annual "Meet the Players" party for season ticket holders. Season ticket holders could stand in line and get pictures and autographs from the players. It sounded fun - and there was free food, and any writer will tell you that you never turn down free food. Plus I have something that I really wanted signed - a game-used Jason Labarbera goal stick. So me and the stick and my hockey buddy Wendi headed down to the Home Depot Center to stand in line.
In the two hours it was open for signings, I got nine Kings players to sign the stick - Jason Labarbera, Mike Weaver, Matthieu Garon, George Parros, Aaron Miller, Nathan Dempsey, Joe Corvo, Derek Armstrong, and (last but not least) Pavol Demitra.
So now the autographed hockey stick joins my collection of autographed hockey sticks.... my collection of three, COUNT 'EM, THREE hockey sticks. The first one is a game-issued but unused Kelly Hrudey stick, signed by Hrudey on the blade. No tape on it, but it's one of the pro VIC sticks that he used with the Kings. The second one is a game-used Ziggy Palffy stick that he used when in the Islanders minor-league system with the Utah Grizzlies. It's signed by Palffy and several of his teammates - and my favorite detail is that it's marked #68, his old number with the Islanders before he switched.
I wish I could have more, but really, I can't afford to collect game-used hockey sticks. Plus there's only so much space on the wall to show off stuff like that. Oh yes - one more thing from the Meet the Players party.
The day after this picture was taken with me and Pavol Demitra, ESPN reported that he's not expected to play in the next game due to "flu-like symptoms". I'm no conspiracy theorist, but I came down with a bad cold the day after. So the question is.... did I give the flu to Pavol Demitra? Or did he give it to me?
And if he DID give the flu to me, is there any way I can profit off this? Like put his flu germs up on Ebay or something? I suppose that no one would bid on Demitra's flu germs. But if I could somehow get some of his snot on a kleenex? You KNOW someone would pay for that...
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