[irbefan4life]

Good afternoon everyone. Allow me to demonstrate an amazing magic trick if you will. Here I have one base card. Not very exciting right? A common card of a relatively unknown yet history-setting NHL goaltender:



Before I continue the trick, let me dazzle you with his record. He was and will always be the first and only goaltender ever to make the jump straight from the UHL into the NHL (in fact, while in the UHL, he even scored a goal). He jumped into the Tampa Bay Lightning roster in 1999-00. His career lasted 21 games from 1999-00 to 2002-03, playing for both the Lightning and the Minnesota Wild. He compiled a 1-11-1 record with a 3.96 GAA and a 0.862 save average.

Now, watch as a I continue my magic “hocus pocus chiribocus!”

*POOF*

The jersey from the base card is now in my hands!

The front:



The back:



The crest:



The bottom of the front-right side:



The back right shoulder:



And the photo match. Note that he did not really wear many jerseys in his career, and this is a first for me to get a photo match out of a hockey card! But here is the match:



Comments always welcomed and always encouraged. These will all be in my museum one day. Seeing it in person is indeed much more stimulating than online, but it still looks pretty on the internet

[iluvladies5015]

I can't figure out this trick. Where is the slight of hand? Amazing pick up and that is cool you acquired the jersey that he is wearing in the card. Or did you????????

[roussy35]

That is amazing!!! All hail the amazing Bruce!!!!

Congrats!!!

[pens fan addict]

Great find! Its awesome to be able to match gamers to cards...I have been able to do so on a couple of occasions!

Im glad to see you gamer collection increasing....

I too have 2 in the works....just waiting them to get out of the Pens hands and into my dealer....and possibly adding 1-2 older ones as well....I NEED MORE ROOM THOUGH!!!! I want a room I can dedicate strictly to my gamer stuff.....Im up to 35 w/o ones I have reserved.......uuuuggghhhh!! BUT I LOVE THEM!!!!!


Thanks for the show! keep it up!!!

[phildo37]

What year is that jersey from?

[rayeates]

Simply an amazing trick! Haha! Congrats on yet another brilliant pick-up, Bruce!!!

Randi

[bluefrozencanuck]

neat trick, but I was hoping for smoke.

[irbefan4life]

What year is that jersey from?

I forgot to mention that. It is 2000-01, the last year that they used the brushstroke style writing on the jerseys.

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neat trick, but I was hoping for smoke.

Why wish for smoke, when there was Lightning?

Thanks for all of the other comments everyone!