A Place of Our Own: How Three Collectors Put Hockey in the Spotlight at the 2019 National
It might be the biggest annual event on the hobby calendar, but the National Sports Collectors Convention has never exactly been home ice for hockey fans. Sure, an intrepid collector might discover the odd showcase featuring Connor McDavid and Patrick Kane cards if he were to navigate the show’s crowded aisles and scour the thousands of booths, but hockey’s always been an afterthought at the National. Three show veterans sought to change that by creating a hockey card haven at the 2019 NSCC show in suburban Chicago. Shortly after the show closed its doors on August 2, a die-hard group…