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My in person successes.
8-10-04: Went to Great Skate Hockey Supply Co. for there summer sale and signing. Got 3/4 cards from Derian Hatcher. I also got a signed photo.
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3-20-05: Went to the
vs. 
game @ the HSBC Arena in Buffalo. It was a really good night...Rochester
won 2-0!! After the game they had an autograph signing for the fans because
it was kids/family night. I didn't get everyone I wanted because lines
were long and the players were only signing for a 1/2 hour.
I was able to get: Milan Bartovic 4/4, Ryan Jorde 3/3, David Cullen 4/4, Nathan Paetsch 2/2, Dan Paille 1/1, Jason Pominville 2/2, Norm Milley 2/4, Chris Thorburn 2/2, Steve Lingren 2/2, Geoff Peters 2/2, and my game program signed by Rory Fitzpatrick.
All-in-all not a bad night ~ 25 items signed from 11 different players.
8-18-05: Andrew Raycroft and Sergei Samsonov @ Great Skate Hockey Supply Co. Got 5/5 from Raycroft plus an additional photo that they were giving out and 12/12 from Sergei Samsonov. Samsonov signed 8/8 for me and 4/4 for my mother and also gave me a signed photo that they were giving out.
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9-15-05: Tonight I went to the Buffalo Sabres open practice they held at the HSBC Arena. After the practice I was able to get: Chris Taylor 2/2, Teppo Numminen 0/5, Toni Lydman 4/4, Doug Houda 0/4, Derek Roy 5/5, Chris Drury 0/4, Jiri Novotny 3/3, Jeff Jillson 0/4, Paul Gaustad 0/3, Taylor Pyatt 0/1, Doug Janik 3/3, Sean McMorrow 0/3, Maxim Afinogenov 1/5, Daniel Briere 4/4, JP Dumont 0/5, Ales Kotalik 2/2, Mika Noronen 0/8, Jochen Hecht 0/4, Mike Grier 0/6, Martin Biron 5/5, Michael Ryan 2/2, Dmitri Kalinin 0/1, Thomas Vanek 2/2, Jay McKee 1/2, Milan Bartovic 2/2, Henrik Tallinder 6/6, James Patrick 4/4, Tim Connolly 5/5, Andrew Peters 2/2, Ryan Miller 5/5, Jason Pominville 0/1, Adam Mair 0/1, Rory Fitzpatrick 1/1, Dan Paille 1/1 (team logo)
9-28-05: Tonight I went to the
vs. 
pre-season game @ the HSBC Arena. I stayed after the game for autographs
and this is what I got:
Maxim Afinogenov 0/4, Milan Bartovic 4/4, Daniel Briere 2/2, Tim Connolly 3/3, Chirs Drury 0/4, JP Dumont 3/5, Paul Gaustad 0/3, Mike Grier 7/7, Jochen Hecht 0/4, Ales Kotalik 6/6, Adam Mair 1/1*, Andrew Peters 1/1, Jason Pominville 0/1, Taylor Pyatt 1/2, Brian Campbell 2/2, Rory Fitzpatrick 1/1, Jeff Jillson 0/4, Dmitri Kalinin 0/1, Toni Lydman 0/2, Jay McKee 0/1, Teppo Numminen 0/5, Martin Biron 2/3, Ryan Miller 0/4, Mika Noronen 0/8, Derek Roy 0/1, Henrik Tallinder 0/1, Thomas Vanek 0/3, Doug Janik 0/3, Sean McMorrow 1/1* (team logo) - *Adam Mair ~ had a 4x6 photo taped in my notebook and he signed the paper under the photo instead of signing the photo. *Sean McMorrow ~ read that he was sent to Rochester so I took my 3 set cards out of my notebook and then later found out he was playing when he got into a fight right infront of where I was sitting....he later signed and I didn't have my cards...I was really mad. He was a super nice guy....signed for everyone and let me take a picture!
11/23/05: Today I went to the
game day skate.
Here is what I got: Andrew Peters
1/1, Teppo Numminen 3/5, Tim Connolly 2/4, Ryan Miller 5/5, Ales Kotalik
3/3, Adam Mair 1/1, Daniel Briere 4/7, Chris Drury 0/4 (left before I got
there), Brian Campbell 1/1, Paul Gaustad 3/3, Mike Grier 4/4, Toni Lydman
1/1, JP Dumont 0/4 (I left before he came out ~ he was the last player),
Maxim Afinogenov 1/4, Jochen Hecht 4/4, Martin Biron 4/4, Dmitri
Kalinin 1/1, Jay
McKee 1/1, Thomas
Vanek 1/1, Mika Noronen 8/8, Taylor Pyatt 1/1.
12-30-05: Today I went to the
vs. 
morning skate. Here is what I got from the Sabres: Mike
Grier 2/2, Brian
Campbell 1/1, Teppo Numminen 2/6, Derek
Roy 3/3, Martin Biron 3/5, Taylor Pyatt 1/1, Dmitri Kalinin 5/5, Daniel
Briere 0/6, Chris Drury 1/5, Ryan Miller 4/4, Toni Lydman 2/2, Mika
Noronen 4/4, Adam Mair 0/1, Ales Kotalik 8/8, Jay McKee 2/2, Thomas
Vanek 0/1, Maxim Afinogenov 0/6, JP Dumont 0/4, Jochen Hecht 0/2, Tim Connolly
2/6, Henrik
Tallinder 1/1, Paul Gaustad 4/4, Jason
Pominville 1/1, Andrew Peters 0/1.
Here is what I got from the Thrashers: Slava Kozlov 1/7, Marian Hossa 1/8, Eric Boulton 2/2.
1-7-06: Today I went to the
vs. 
morning skate. Here is what I got: Brian
Rafalski 1/8, Viktor Kozlov 1/6, Brian
Gionta 3/4, Scott Gomez 1/4, Scott
Clemmensen 2/2,
Jamie Langenbrunner 2/6, Grant
Marshall 5/5.
1-12-06: Today I went to the
vs. 
morning skate. They had the canopy up over the Phoenix walkway so I wasn't
able to get much. Here is what I got:
Buffalo: Ryan Miller 4/4, Mike Grier 1/1, Dan Paille 1/1, Jason Pominville 2/2, Maxim Afinogenov 1/3, Ales Kotalik 6/6
Phoenix: Shane Doan 5/8, Oleg Saprykin 6/6, Curtis Joseph 1/8, Grant Fuhr 2/4
1-14-06: Today I went to the
vs. 
morning skate. I went to the practice this morning with my little sister...it
was her birthday so I decided to take her down to try to get autographs.
When we got there there were only a couple of Sabres players still on the
ice. Of the players left I only needed JP
Dumont and I got him 2/2. My sister got Paul Gaustad, Mika Noronen,
and JP Dumont on a team prinout. She also asked JP if she could have a
puck for her birthday and he gave it to her...signed it Happy Birthday,
To:_____. Then we stayed for the kings practice and to get autographs from
them. I did however get the shock of a lifetime!!! Sean Avery was coming
off the ice and there was a little boy sitting 2 rows in from the ice...at
first Avery just walked by and didn't sign or say anything and then he
stopped and reached over and gave his stick to the little boy and went
into the locker room. A few moments later Craig Conroy came out and was
chatting with all of us about being home...someone asked him if he would
take the stick in for Avery to sign it and he did!! I thought that was
one of the nicest moments especially coming from a player like Avery. It
was a nice turnout for autos too...I got Luc Robitaille 6/6, Mattias
Norstrom 3/4, Alexander Frolov 1/5, Dustin Brown 2/2, Tim Gleason 1/1,
Mike
Cammalleri 2/2, Mathieu
Garon 2/2, Craig
Conroy 4/4. I also got a Kings
8x10 signed by George Parros, Tim Gleason,
and Tom Kostopulos. My sister had gotten a Kings 8x10 signed
by a few people...the ones I remember were George Parros, Mathieu Garon,
Luc Robitaille (who wrote Happy Birthday), and Craig Conroy (who also wrote
Happy Birthday _____).
1-14-06: Today I went to the
vs. 
morning skate. I decided not to try the Sabres because there were alot
of little kids there and all of them were tryin to get the Sabres. I left
their side and went over to the Panthers side. Here is what happened. As
the Sabres were still practicing Roberto Luongo had came out and we asked
twice (on the way out and back into the locker room) and both times he
said NO. Then Jozef
Stumpel came out and he signed I got 1/6 that time
from him but I was able to get another after he came off the ice from practice
so 2/6. Jamie McLennan also came out of the
room while the Sabres were still on the ice...I was able to get 4/4
from
him. I thought out of all the Panthers that he and Steve Montador were
the nicest of them all signing everything for everyone and chatting/jokin
around with everyone....! Then one by one they were all coming out....once
again as Roberto was comin onto the ice for practice he wouldn't sign.
I was able to get the following players as they stepped onto the ice: Joe
Nieuwendyk 2/8, Nathan Horton 1/5. Here is who I got as they came
off the ice: Joe Nieuwendyk 2/6, Chris Gratton 4/5 cards and 0/1
photo, Roberto Luongo 1/8, Sean Hill 2/2, Jay Bouwmeester 3/4, Mike VanRyn
3/3, and Alexei Semenov 1/1. Every player signed something for someone
except Olli Jokinen - both times he walked by and never even bothered to
look at any of us there were there...Also Denis Potvin was signing for
everyone....he signed whatever you had!...and Jaques Martin signed for
whoever wanted him.
I wasn't able to get Gary Roberts, Stephen Weiss, Branislav Mezei, or Alex Karpovtsev as they were not there.
This is what I ended up with total: Jozef Stumpel 2/6, Joe Nieuwendyk 4/8, Martin Gelinas 4/4, Jamie McLennan 4/4, Chris Gratton 4/6, Nathan Horton 1/5, Roberto Luongo 1/8, Sean Hill 2/2, Jay Bouwmeester 3/4, Mike VanRyn 3/3, Alexei Semenov 1/1.
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