The Tampa Bay Lightning are having a record-setting year in the 2017-18 season, and a big part of that success is the incredible play of All-Star goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, who already has five shutouts and the season is only at the half-way mark. His popularity among Lightning fans is growing every day, and his autographed NHL memorabilia is highly prized.
Drafted by the Lightning in 2014 and was assigned to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League (AHL), the top minor league affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He played so well so quickly that he was called up in December to the Lightning. He started that night in his NHL debut, a 3–1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.
He nailed his first of many shutouts on 3 March 2015, over the Buffalo Sabres in a 28-save performance. Vasilevskiy’s first playoff win came in 2015 when he replaced goalie Ben Bishop twice during the third period of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals. He became the first goalie in 24 years to win a playoff Final game in relief.
On July 1, 2016, the Lightning announced the re-signing of Vasilevskiy to a three-year contract extension. Vasilevskiy appeared in 24 games with the team last season, posting a record of 11–10–0 to go along with a 2.76 goals-against average and .910 save percentage. He had one shutout in his second season with the team. He also played in eight Stanley Cup playoff games in 2016, recording a record of 3–4 to go along with a 2.76 goals-against average and .925 save percentage. In December of 2016, Vasilevskiy recorded his first career NHL point on an overtime goal scored by Tyler Johnson, which came in a 4–3 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens.
On October 26, 2017, Vasilevskiy played in his 100th career NHL game. In that game Vasilevskiy recorded his 8th consecutive win of the season. This win tied Vasilevskiy with Nikolai Khabibulin for most consecutive wins by a Lightning goaltender. On October 30, 2017, Vasilevskiy recorded his 9th consecutive win, which moved him past Khabibulin for most consecutive wins by a Lightning goalie.
Next, Vasilevskiy popped a 3-0 shutout against the St. Louis Blues at the Scottrade Center. The win was Vasilevskiy’s 20th of the season over 25-games, which was the 5th fastest in NHL history. This also made Vasilevskiy only the 6th goalie in NHL history to record 20 wins in 25 games played. This goalie will surely be an integral piece of the puzzle when the Lightning take the Stanley Cup in 2018.
Check out these three great signed and authenticated items by Andrei Vasilevskiy, and then look in the vault to see what else we have.
Talk about a guy who can score goals, Alex Ovechkin’s contribution to not only the Washington Capitals, where he plays at left wing and is the team captain, but to the NHL at large, where he is considered one of the best players in the league, is sure to place him in the Hall of Fame.
He is a big presence on the ice at 6’3” and 235 pounds, and is no one to be pushed around. His presence in the world of NHL authenticated collectibles is also palpable, with Alex Ovenchkin’s autographed sticks, pucks, jerseys and photos are always in big demand.
Ovenchkin was drafted No. 1 by the Capitals in the 2004 draft and has been raising hell and on-ice stats ever since. Ovechkin has led the NHL in goal scoring, and won the Rocket Richard Trophy six times in his career. He first did so in 2007–08 season, when he recorded 65 goals and 112 points. He led the league in points, winning the Art Ross Trophy, and also won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league’s most valuable player and Lester B. Pearson Award as the best player as voted on by the NHL Players’ Association.
Alex Ovechkin would again win the Hart Trophy and Pearson Award in 2009, along with the Richard Trophy, and won the Ted Lindsay Award (the renamed Pearson Award) for a third consecutive year in 2010; it also marked the fifth straight year that he was named to the First All-Star Team. After a couple years of decreased scoring, Ovechkin again led the league in goals, earning the Richard Trophy, in 2013, and again winning the Hart Trophy. He would repeat as the Richard Trophy winner from 2014 to 2016, scoring at least 50 goals each season, becoming the first player to win the award six times, and the third to lead the NHL in goals that many times, as well as the third player to score 50 goals in a season seven times. He marked 500 career NHL goals in the 2015–16 season and also led the league in goals for four straight seasons from 2012–13 to 2015–16; as such, Ovechkin is considered by many to be one of the greatest goal scorers in the history of the NHL. In 2017 Ovechkin was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players of all-time.
Peruse our Alex Ovechkin memorabilia such as the three items below, and then tour the rest of the vault.
From 1969 to 1984, the endurable Bobby Clarke played a full season every year for the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL. Every year he played at least 70 games as center (average 76 games per year) with the exception of one year when he played in 62 games. That’s one tough monkey. His signed NHL memorabilia is as endurable as he is, selling at top prices even today. A Bobby Clarke autographed piece of NHL equipment or color photo is not only a great item of NHL history, but also a great investment in sports collectibles.
Bobby Clarke is regarded as one of the greatest hockey players of all time. He was also captain of the Flyers from 1973 to 1979, winning the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975.
Clarke won about every esteemed award in professional hockey including the Lester B. Pearson award, the Frank J. Selke Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy on three occasions. He is in the Hockey Hall of Fame and was No. 24 on The Hockey News’ list of The Top 100 NHL Players of All-Time. In addition, Bobby Clarke had three 100-point seasons, led the league twice in assists, and played in eight NHL All-Star Games.
Upon retiring at the end of the 1983–84 season with 358 goals and 852 assists for a total of 1,210 points in 1,144 career games, he immediately became general manager of the Flyers. He spent 19 of the following 23 seasons as a general manager of the Flyers, also briefly serving as general manager of the Minnesota North Stars and Florida Panthers, and reached the Stanley Cup Finals three times with the Flyers and once with Minnesota. An amazing career by the man with the great wrist shot and the famous “toothless grin.”
You can’t get more hockey history from an autographed collectible than from a Bobby Clarke signed item that is authenticated as all of ours are at sportscollectibles.com.
Take a look at these amazing items of signed and authenticated NHL memorabilia by Bobby Clarke and other stars from the Flyers legendary teams of the 1970s
Auston Matthews is left-shooting center who plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. A big boy at 6’3” and 220 pounds, Matthews set such a blazing start in the NHL that his Jersey became the best-selling piece of Maple Leafs gear in his rookie year. We have authenticated Jerseys signed by Auston Matthews, and certified official NHL equipment (see end of article). After a great Junior hockey career, Matthews was the top prospect of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, and was taken first overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Now, this single statistic would be good enough to make anyone’s career – in the first game he ever played in the NHL, Matthews became the first player in modern NHL history to score four goals in his NHL debut (the last time a player did that was in 1917). Matthews nailed 40 goals in his first season becoming the fourth teenager in league history to do so. In the midst of his rookie season, Matthews was ranked the second best active American player in the NHL, and at season’s end, he was awarded the 2017 Calder Memorial Trophy as the top NHL rookie.
Two months later in the NHL Centennial Classic, Matthews scored the game-winning goal in overtime, securing a 5–4 victory for the Maple Leafs. On March 28, 2017, Matthews scored his 35th goal of the season, setting the record for most goals in a season by a Leafs’ rookie. He then scored his 39th goal and 67th point, breaking the franchise record for most points in a season as well as the record for most goals by an American born rookie.
Matthews helped the Maple Leafs make the playoffs for the first time since 2004. After going pointless in the first two games of the series, Matthews scored in each of the last four games as the team was eliminated in six contests by the Capitals. In recognition for his historic accomplishments throughout the year, Matthews was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy, as the league’s top rookie.
Take a look at the prime Auston Matthews autographed collectibles below and the peruse the rest of our Maple Leafs vault.
Brian Leetch is a left-shooting NHL legend who scored many goals, made many assists, and wasn’t even a center or a right wing. He was a defenseman – and a superb defenseman who played for 18 years in the NHL. His autographed NHL memorabilia is highly prized and maintains a healthy reputation amongst hockey aficionados. He is regarded by many NHL players and fans to be one of the top defensemen in NHL history, and his election to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, and to the Toronto Hall of Fame were a nod to his greatness.
Leetch was drafted 9th overall in the 1986 open draft by the New York Rangers. He quickly became known for his assists, his skill at skating ‘circles around his competition,’ and for his outstanding and simply killer offensive play. In his first full year with the Rangers, he won the Calder Trophy for NHL Rookie of the Year in 1989. The 23 goals that Leetch dropped in the net that season is still the record for rookie defensemen.
In his brilliant career, Leetch garnered numerous awards including the esteemed Norris Trophy, which he won twice as the best defenseman in the NHL. He also won the Conn Smythe Trophy, which is awarded as playoff MVP for his performance in the 1994 Stanley Cup championship. Here’s a stat for you – Brian Leetch is one of only five NHL defensemen to score 100 points in a season with his 102-point campaign in 1991–92.
Even as the great Wayne Gretzky was setting the NHL ice ablaze in the 1980s, many professional hockey observers and critics maintained that Bryan Trottier was “the greatest player in the NHL.” That is huge praise, easily as huge as some of Bryan Trottiers’ autographed NHL photos, certified trading cards, equipment, and other signed and authenticated memorabilia.
Bryan “Trots” Trottier was drafted by the New York Islanders in 1974 and quickly set an NHL rookie record of 95 points and won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s rookie of the year. Trottier played 15 great years with that team, nailing down FOUR – count em’ – FOUR consecutive Stanley Cup Trophies with the Islanders from 1980-83. With the Islander’s first Stanley Cup in 1980 Trottier won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. Also notable, from 1980-84, his team won 19 consecutive playoff games, a record not likely to be broken. Trottier’s best season was 1978–79 when he scored 134 points, earning him the Art Ross Trophy as the League’s top scorer, as well as the Hart Memorial Trophy as NHL MVP.
An all-around hockey player, Bryan Trottier was a genius on offense, a brilliant defenseman and one tough son-of-a-gun. While helping the Islanders dominate the NHL in the early 1980s, Trottier was the main man of “The Trio Grande,” the line that included teammates Clark Gillies and Mike Bossy.
After being released by the Islanders at the end of the 1990 season (the Islanders management thought his best years were behind him), he promptly won the Stanley Cup Trophy with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991 and 1992. So much for the Islanders’ management. Bryan Trottier was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997, his first year of eligibility. A legendary player and bona fide hockey star, Trottier went into coaching and won another Stanley Cup (7th) with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001.
Take a look at these signed and certified Bryan Trottier gems below and then continue on to our full collection of autographed memorabilia.
Cam Fowler, the left-shooting, goal-popping defenseman for the Anaheim Ducks, is a star on the rise, as are his signed and certified hockey collectibles. Early on, Fowler was a gold-medal winner at the Olympics and an immediate top draw in the OHL where he scored one point per game his entire first season.
He entered the NHL in 2010 with the Ducks where his speed-skating and finesse play-making caused him to be selected to play in the 2011 NHL All-Star Game as part of the rookie team.
A powerful shooter, Fowler’s best weapon is his speed and agility on offense. In the current 2017-18 campaign, Fowler missed 12 games due to an injured knee and promptly returned to form on Dec. 3, scoring a goal and adding an assist in a 3-2 loss.
Professional hockey observers expect more great things from this young defenseman as this season progresses, as obviously so do the Ducks, who signed an 8-year extension, $52 million contract with Fowler in 2017.
Check out the Cam Fowler autographed hockey collectibles below. If you want a particular item signed by Cam Fowler, call us and let us know.
Brandon Dubinsky is a fast-skating big center, standing at 6′ 2” and 210 pounds and blowing away most defensemen that get in his way. This hard-hitting, left-shooting center for the Columbus Blue Jackets is a consistent scorer and a popular star for the Blue Jackets. His autographed NHL memorabilia is much in demand by his loyal fan base.
Originally, Brandon Dubinsky was drafted by the New York Rangers in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and played for them from 2006 to 2012.
Dubinsky played in the AHL for most of the 2006–07 season and was called up by the Rangers in March of 2007. He skated for most of that year as center of the Rangers’ first forward line, and was the MVP of the 2008 Young Stars competition where he scored two goals and one assist. That same year in May, he scored a hat trick in his first World Championship game against Norway. Team USA won the game 9–1.
On November 24, 2008, Dubinsky scored a Gordie Howe hat trick against the Phoenix Coyotes. On April 15, 2009, Dubinsky scored the game-winning goal of the Rangers’ first game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Dubinsky signed a two-year contract worth $3.7 million. Dubinsky endured a broken hand in November of 2009 and was on IR for five weeks. Dubinsky finished the season with career highs in goals and points. After the 2010–11 season, Dubinsky signed a four-year, $16.8 million contract.
On July 23, 2012, Dubinsky was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets, and after two good seasons, he signed a 6-year, $35.1 million contract extension with the Blue Jackets.
Dubinsky suffered a fractured orbital bone in a game against the Edmonton Oilers on December 12, 2017, and was placed on long term injured reserve.
Take a look at a few of our signed and certified NHL collectibles from Brandon Dubinsky, and then check out the Blue Jackets vault.
Bowie “Bo” Horvat is an outstanding center who shoots left-handed and is a main cog in the wheel of the Vancouver Canucks. He was selected 9th overall in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft and has been a much sought-after autograph ever since, with his signed and certified equipment and photos selling like hotcakes.
In the beginning, it began. During his junior career in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), he won the Wayne Gretzky 99 Award as playoff MVP in 2013, as well as two J. Ross Robertson Cup titles with the London Knights. His status as a respected scorer jumped up as soon as he started with the Canucks, and his autographed memorabilia is well-respected and snatched up by fans who know that this young player is going to make a name for himself in the NHL.
During the first half of the 2015–16 season, Horvat juggled heightened goal-scoring expectations along with increased defensive responsibility after injuries to Brandon Sutter and Henrik Sedin. He went on a 6-game point streak between January 4 and 15, during which he scored six goals and nine points. When that streak ended on January 17, it was tied for the longest active point streak in the NHL. Horvat ended his sophomore season with 16 goals and 40 points.
In 2017 Horvat played in the 2017 NHL All-Star Game after having tallied 13 goals and 16 assists up to that point in the season. On March 3, 2017, Horvat was named as one of Vancouver’s second alternate captains replacing longtime Canuck Alexandre Burrows. Horvat ended the 2016–2017 season with 20 goals, 32 assists, and 52 points; setting career highs in all three categories.
On September 8, 2017, the Canucks re-signed Horvat to a six-year, $33 million contract extension worth $5.5 million annually.
Take a virtual walk through our vault to find authenticated treasures signed by Bo Horvat like these three items below.
This left-shooting wingman for the Tampa Bay Lightning is a four-time Stanley Cup Trophy winner and simply a great all-around hockey player. From the Olympics to the NHL, wherever Kunitz plays, good things happen, and his autographed NHL and Olympic collectibles are a sign of those good things with certified items such as electrifying photos of Kunitz with his first of four Stanley Cups.
He won his first Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks, and his next three with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Now the Tampa Bay Lightning hope that his experience and reliable play-making help them in their charge to win the cup in 2018.
Interestingly, the Penguins let Kunitz go after his “production dropped to 50 points for the year.” Well, if that’s a drop in production, every NHL left wing should be so productive!
Kunitz left the Penguins in 2017 as a free agent and signed a one-year, $2 million, contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning where he has brought Stanley Cup experience, new energy and stability.
Below are a few nice items signed by four-time Stanley Cup winner Chris Kunitz. Then take a look through our entire collection.
The high-scoring Captain and right wing for the Philadelphia Flyers, Claude Giroux is a veritable NHL hockey star and his autographed NHL memorabilia is consistently in the tops of our requested signatures.
He is a consistent scorer and a play-making and flexible position player who fills in at center when needed and anchors the Flyer’s dominant front line. Giroux has been nominated several times for the Hart Trophy, and also the Ted Lindsay Award.
After leading the team in scoring in 2010 and placing third in the NHL scoring ranks, the Flyers signed Giroux in 2010 to a three-year, $11.25 million contract extension, which has again been extended.
In 2011, Claude Giroux came into his own, finishing the season with 76 points (25 goals), He also had 12 points the 2011 playoffs although the Flyers lost to the Boston Bruins. Also in that break-out year he made his first appearance in the NHL All-Star Game.
Take a look at some nice collectible Claude Giroux items below and then peruse our entire collection.
Justin Abdelkader plays left wing (and right wing) for the Detroit Red Wings and has risen to the position of alternate Captain. Standing at 6’2” and carrying 214 pounds, Justin is the quintessential front man, sporting a left-handed slap-shot that equals any in the league. Our signed NHL memorabilia by Justin Abdelkader is not only an investment in the Red Wings future but a great piece of history from the team that has been representing Detroit since 1934, and Justin Abdelkader is a big part of that future.
Prior to being drafted by the Red Wings in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Justin Abdelkader played in the 2007 NCAA Championship Game against Boston College, shot the winning goal, and won the NCAA Division 1 National Championship for Michigan State University. He was elected the famed Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player. That goal was the latest game-winning regulation goal ever scored in an NCAA Frozen Four championship, catching the net with only 18 seconds remaining.
Abdelkader went into the Red Wings farm system from basically 2005-2009, when he scored his first career NHL goal in Game 1 of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins on May 30, 2009. As history goes, after shooting the puck, Abdelkader grabbed the rebound out of the air with his glove, dropped the puck, and beat Marc-André Fleury high stick side. His second goal came nearly 24 hours later in the second game of the series, off of what commentators described as a “knuckle puck.” He carried the puck into the forward zone alone against three Penguins defenders and fired a slapshot past Fleury. He became the first rookie to score a goal in consecutive finals games since Minnesota’s Dino Ciccarelli did it in 1981.
Abdelkader played 50 games in 2009-10 scoring three goals, while adding three assists. Abdelkader was then re-signed by the Red Wings on a two-year extension worth $1.575 million. The 2010–11 season was Abdelkader’s first full NHL season as a Red Wing. Abdelkader played in 74 games, scoring seven goals, and adding 12 assists. During the 2011–12 season, he missed only one game, and finished the season with eight goals and 14 assists in 81 games. On September 14, 2012, Abdelkader signed a four-year, $7.2 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings.
On October 9, 2015, Abdelkader became the second player in Red Wings history to score a hat trick in a season opening home game, following Adam Brown in 1945. Abdelkader was named the First Star of the Week for the week ending October 12, 2015. He shared the league lead with four goals and tied for second in the NHL with five points. On November 12, 2015, the Red Wings signed Abdelkader to a seven-year, $29.75 million contract extension.
Check out our authenticated NHL collectibles from the Detroit Red Wings such as the Justin Abdelkader Autographed Detroit Red Wings Hockey Puck – Beckett Authentication.
Brian Leetch is a left-shooting NHL legend who scored many goals, made many assists, and wasnt even a center of line shooter. He was a defenseman – a superb defenseman who played for 18 years in the NHL with three teams — the New York Rangers, the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Boston Bruins. He is regarded by many NHL players and fans to be one of the top defensemen in NHL history, and his election to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, and to the Toronto Hall of Fame were a nod to his greatness.
Leetch was drafted 9th overall in the 1986 open draft by the New York Rangers. He quickly became known for his assists, his skill at skating ‘circles around his competition,’ and for his outstanding and simply killer offensive play. In his first full year with the Rangers, he won the Calder Trophy for NHL Rookie of the Year in 1989. The 23 goals that Leetch dropped in the net that season is still the record for rookie defensemen.
In his brilliant career, Leetch garnered numerous awards including the esteemed Norris Trophy, which he won twice as the best defenseman in the NHL. He also won the Conn Smythe Trophy, which is awarded as playoff MVP for his performance in the 1994 Stanley Cup championship. Here’s a stat for you – Brian Leetch is one of only five NHL defensemen to score 100 points in a season with his 102-point campaign in 1991–92. He won the Calder Trophy as the NHL Rookie of the Year in 1989 and his 23 goals that season remain an NHL record for rookie defensemen. Leetch’s number 2 was retired by the Rangers on January 24, 2008. During the ceremony, longtime teammate Mark Messier referred to Leetch as the single “Greatest Ranger of All Time.”
After a great career in Junior Hockey, which ended up with a stint in the OHL All-Star game, center Logan Couture was drafted by the San Jose Sharks ninth overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
In 2009, Couture made his NHL debut for the San Jose Sharks, and scored his first goal on November 5. In April of 2010, Couture scored his first two playoff goals against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 5 of the first round of the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs. He also scored the game-tying goal in Game 3 in the second round against the Red Wings, establishing himself as a clutch player. Soon after, his name was sought-after for autographed memorabilia and fans clamored to grab it up.
Logan Couture also played in 2009–10 in the American Hockey League (AHL) scoring 53 points. He was a league-leader with nine game-winning goals and was named to the AHL All-Rookie Team.
He skated his first full season with the San Jose Sharks in 2010 and finished with 32 goals and 56 points, second amongst rookies. He earned a nomination for the Calder Memorial Trophy but didn’t win it. In 2011 Couture signed a two-year, $5.75 million extension through to the 2013–14 season. The season was locked out. Then in 2013,Couture signed a five-year, $30 million contract extension, and that year he scored his 100th career goal. After the 2014 seven-game playoff series loss to the eventual Stanley Cup champions Los Angeles Kings, Couture underwent surgery on his hand to repair an injury suffered in a fight. During the 2015–16 season, Couture was injured and upon his return he helped the Sharks to the Stanley Cup finals, where they lost to the Penguins. Couture led all players in playoff scoring with an amazing 30 points.
Couture has several outstanding achievements in the NHL including leading the league in points during the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs, being the
NHL Rookie All-Star team captain in 2010–11 season, and being a Calder Memorial Trophy Finalist in 2010–11.
Take a look at our stellar collection of Logan Couture NHL signed collectibles below, and then see the vault.
