Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+ NHL Fan packs, Email sent to each team

[gregorium]

On January 4th, I sent an email to each of the 30 NHL teams via their website requesting one of their fanpacks be sent to me. I am interested to see what the differences are in these individual fan packs and what kind of cool stuff they'll send out. I'll post my responses as I receive them.

The email address on the Ducks website bounced back to my email server.

The Penguins sent me an email on January 5th saying that they do not offer fan packs, but that I could purchase merchandise from the Fan Shop.

The Black Hawks said they would gladly send me one if I send them a SASE, which I will do shortly.

On January 9th, they started to arrive. The Leafs came through with a pretty cool Fan Pack which included the following:

3 pocket schedules
a card promoting the Toronto Marlies (AHL affiliate)
a 2 page history of the Leafs
a Leafs/Buds Club laniard
a Buds Club pedometer
a Wendel Clark 4"X6" photo
a Mats Sundin 4"X6" team issued card
and 4 cards issued by Topps (from a set I haven't been able to identify) featuring the '62, '63, '64, & '67 Stanley Cup winning teams (cards are numbered 116-119 if any one can help me identify them).

[aceecards]

nice that sundin looks signed by a paint pen is it?

[gregorium]

On January 11th, the Kings sent a Note card personally thanking me for my support along with 2 pocket schedules and a magnetic season schedule (about 5"X8").



On January 12th, the Sabres sent a letter thanking me for my support along witha pocket schedule, a Sabres temporary tattoo and a Daniel Briere magnet which is a little smaller than a standard trading card (same height, just narrower).

[gregorium]

nice that sundin looks signed by a paint pen is it?

It's actually printed on the card. I thought I had lucked out when I opened it, but upon closer inspection...preprint.

[northicehero99]

Awesome, how do you go about doing this?

On those Topps Leafs SC cards I have never seen those before. They are pretty neat looking. Would not mind adding those. Very cool.

[gregorium]

Awesome, how do you go about doing this?

On those Topps Leafs SC cards I have never seen those before.  They are pretty neat looking.  Would not mind adding those.  Very cool.

I went to the team sites and looked for the Contact Us section (it varies by site so it can be a bit of a chore to find it) and sent an email asking them to send me a fan pack. Be sure to include your mailing address and good luck!

[Jplan72]

Nice project!

Fun to see what teams offer. Kinda of interesting to see what teams are doing for their fans.



Hope you get more.

[colts21]

Awesome Stuff Congrats!

[gregorium]

15JAN

Received the following from the Dallas Stars:

Letter thanking me for my support
Sheet of Stars stickers
Pocket schedule
Mini felt Stars pennant
3 team issued player cards: Jussi Jokinen, Philippe Boucher & Brendan Morrow

[gregorium]

16JAN
Vancouver Canucks sent a "thanks for your support" letter, a pocket schedule, a Willie Mitchell team issued card and a Canucks sticker.

[gregorium]

18JAN

Sharks sent a pocket schedule and 4 team issued cards (Thornton, Cheechoo, Marleau, & Goc).

[gregorium]

Nothing in the past week.

[gregorium]

25JAN

I guess I needed to be a little more patient.

Canadiens sent a team logo sticker & 15 team issued card.

Sheldon Souray, Mike Komisarek, Andrei Markov, Alex Kovalev, Mark Streit, Saku Koivu, Janne Niinimaa, Mathieu Dandeneault, Alexander Perezhogin, Chris Higgins, Francis Bouillon, Tomas Plekanec, Garth Murray, Craig Rivet, & Youppi! the mascot.

[ffman]

Interesting......I might try for baseball.....

[gregorium]

Interesting......I might try for baseball.....

I've also tried it with some European cycling teams with some decent successes (even got an auto once).

[gregorium]

30 JAN

The Lightning sent a pencil, a pocket schedule and four team issued cards: Martin St. Louis, Andreas Karlsson, Vaclav Prospal & Dan Boyle. Pencil caused some damage in transit as it appears to have caused problems for both the USPS and CP sorting machines. Pencil arrived broken, while the original envelope was in a USPS "sorry about the damage" pouches, which in turn was in a Canada Post "Sorry about the damage" pouch. It also caused some creases in the cards. Scans will be added shortly.

[gregorium]

As promised here are the Lightning scans:

[gregorium]

31JAN

Ottawa Senators sent a "Thanks for your support" letter, a pocket schedule, a magnetized season schedule, a history of Hockey in Ottawa and a poster of Chris Phillips.

[Jplan72]

These are cool. Seeing other team's schedules.

[moneybags]

are the cards normal sized or are they different then trading cards?