By PuckhoundHockey Hounds Universe editor
After a couple of hockey-hounding seasons of working his hand-drawn team sheets, Colin finds himself running into teams during the 2010-11 campaign that have already filled out one of his creations. The Montreal Canadiens, who visited Hockey Bay last week, is one of those teams.
Rather than work cards, though, we opted for something a little different for his Habs team sheet. After Googling the term "Montreal Canadiens wallpapers," I came across this image, showing a Canadiens logo crafted out of stonework. Fifteen minutes later, it was being printed at our local drugstore.
Pretty cool, if you ask me, and most definitely beyond the ordinary. Montreal players, coaches and geenral manager must have thought so, too, as Colin scored 27 autographs, including such players as Mike Cammalleri, Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, Roman Hamrlik, Tomas Plekanic, Carey Price and P.K. Subban, within a couple of hours.
Don't be surprised if we use this idea again. It works, doesn't it?
wow! beauty pic, it really compliments the sigs well!!
ReplyDeleteThat is a very cool looking team sheet!
ReplyDeleteNow do you ever go and try to 'complete' the sheet? Meaning do you go back to get the few players or coaches who didn't sign? Or is the sheet more representative of the success you had on that day?
As well, have you ever framed any of the team sheets?
@ Michael: Thanks. It turned out pretty nice. I thought the stonework was interesting. That's what sold it for me.
ReplyDelete@ bamlinden: The sheets represent what Colin gets on a specific day. I guess you could call them a snapshot. As for framing then, I hadn't thought of that. That's a great idea.
Mostly, we put them in sleeves and then in a notebook. Maybe, someday, when we get more room, I'm sure there are a few that Colin would like framed.