Hockey Hounds Universe senior correspondent
I have found that over the past season as well as during the current season that hounding has become a bit of a chore. It is becoming more difficult to come up with fresh items for today's NHL stars. Sure, I could use the "Go To" items like trading cards and team sheets, but it still is the same players over and over.
Yes, I've mixed it up a bit with my quest to get photos of players in non-NHL jerseys and that has sparked a bit of attention as a standout.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the friends who I've met during my hounding and always look forward to that, it's the repetition of the same players filtering through town that make it seem like I am just going through the motions.
This was laid to rest last week when I went to East Coast Hockey League game between the Florida Everblades and Toledo Walleye and decided to take a shot at getting autographs from them. Not only are there fresh faces that I haven't hounded in the past, but for the hockey purist (there are still a few around), there are some great college and junior players there.
Ross Carlson is a former NCAA champion with the University of Wisconsin Badgers.
Mike Egener is a second-round pick for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Mitch Fadden was a great scorer in the Western Hockey League and a fourth-round pick for the Lightning.
David Fischer is a former first-rounder for the Montreal Canadiens.
Bobby Goepfert was a NCAA standout and sixth-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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