Useful, I'll tell you

By Puckhound
Hockey Hounds Universe editor

I had this Lowell Devils pucks kicking around the stockpile, when I remembered that Florida Panthers goalie Scott Clemmensen came up the the AHL team's parent club, the New Jersey Devils.

A little research showed that Clemmensen played a few games in the Massachusetts mill city during the 2206-07 and 2008-09 seasons. Not wanting to let this puck collect any more dust, I made it part of the late-season push to top 2,300 autographed pucks for the collection.

Road trip souvenirs

By Puckhound
Hockey Hounds Universe editor

Last week, Colin and I took a road trip over to Sunrise, Florida, to watch the Boston Bruins play the Florida Panthers. It was a reward for Colin making the honor roll and being on his best behavior.

Like any tourist, we snagged a few souvenirs -- Colin got a Panthers T-shirt and I bought myself a Panthers cap. It wasn't until we got home, though, that I recognized we also had a few more souvenirs -- a scoresheet and one of the tickets from the game.

Last Saturday, with the Panthers in Hockey Bay to play the Tampa Bay Lightning, I put them to good use, adding to our collection. Florida's Stephen Weiss signed the scorecard. David Booth signed the ticket.

Sure beats them just sitting around gathering dust, doesn't it? We'll try to get Boston's David Krejci to finish the scoresheet, too.

Praise for the Panthers

By Scott B.
Hockey Hounds Universe correspondent

As usual, the Florida Panthers showed why they are the best-signing team in the NHL. At rookie and training camps, the only players who wouldn't do more than three cards were Cory Stillman and Bryan McCabe.

The Tampa Bay Lightning were the first team to visit down here in South Florida. They used to be great signers. But now only Steven Stamkos, Marty St. Louis, Pavel Kubina, Mattias Ritola and Dominic Moore would sign.

More teams start rolling in in the next few weeks and I'll have updates. If anyone needs anything signed by the Panthers, please e-mail me and maybe you can help me with your local teams.