In the Game Gets in the Olympic Spirit With a Hockey Set Sold Directly to Collectors

In the Game is offering a hockey set direct to collectors connected to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Starting Friday, Vancouver 2010 will be available at the company's online store. Those who are interested in cards from the set will have to submit a request, which will be filled in the order they're received. The print run: 10 of each card. The set is comprised of autographs, game-used jersey, game-used patch and autographed game-used cards.

Here's the checklist:

Autographs

1	Martin Brodeur	Canada	$99.95
2	Roberto Luongo	Canada	$79.95
3	Joe Thornton	Canada	$49.95
4	Dany Heatley	Canada	$49.95
5	Patrick Marleau	Canada	$39.95
6	MA Fleury	Canada	$79.95
7	Ryan Getzlaf	Canada	$39.95
8	Patrice Bergeron	Canada	$39.95
9	Eric Staal	Canada	$49.95
10	Jaromir Jagr	Czech Republic	$89.95
11	Miikka Kiprusoff	Finland	$69.95
12	Niklas Backstrom	Finland	$49.95
13	Teemu Selanne	Finland	$69.95
14	Saku Koivu	Finland	$49.95
15	Semyon Varlamov	Russia	$59.95
16	Evgeni Nabokov	Russia	$49.95
17	Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia	$69.95
18	Sergei Fedorov	Russia	$49.95
19	Marian Gaborik	Slovakia	$69.95
20	Nicklas Lidstrom	Sweden	$69.95
21	Ryan Whitney	USA	$39.95
22	Zach Parise	USA	$39.95
23	Tim Thomas	USA	$39.95
24	Scott Niedermayer	Canada	$49.95
25	Mikko Koivu	Finland	$49.95
26	Vladislav Tretiak	1980 Lake Placid	$69.95
27	Igor Larionov	1984 Sarajevo	$49.95
28	Borje Salming	1992 Albertville	$39.95
29	Mats Naslund	1994 Lillehammer	$49.95
30	Mike Modano	1998 Nagano	$49.95
31	Mario Lemieux	2002 Salt Lake City	$129.95
32	Mats Sundin	2006 Turin	$49.95
33	Joe Sakic	2006 Turin	$69.95

Game-Used Jersey Cards

1	Martin Brodeur	Canada	$59.95
2	Roberto Luongo	Canada	$49.95
3	Joe Thornton	Canada	$39.95
4	Dany Heatley	Canada	$39.95
5	Patrick Marleau	Canada	$39.95
6	MA Fleury	Canada	$49.95
7	Ryan Getzlaf	Canada	$39.95
8	Patrice Bergeron	Canada	$39.95
9	Eric Staal	Canada	$39.95
10	Jaromir Jagr	Czech Republic	$59.95
11	Miikka Kiprusoff	Finland	$39.95
12	Teemu Selanne	Finland	$39.95
13	Saku Koivu	Finland	$39.95
14	Semyon Varlamov	Russia	$39.95
15	Evgeni Nabokov	Russia	$39.95
16	Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia	$49.95
17	Sergei Fedorov	Russia	$39.95
18	Marian Gaborik	Slovakia	$49.95
19	Nicklas Lidstrom	Sweden	$49.95
20	Ryan Whitney	USA	$39.95
21	Zach Parise	USA	$39.95
22	Tim Thomas	USA	$39.95
23	Scott Niedermayer	Canada	$39.95
24	Mikko Koivu	Finland	$39.95
25	Vladislav Tretiak	1980 Lake Placid	$49.95
26	Igor Larionov	1984 Sarajevo	$39.95
27	Borje Salming	1992 Albertville	$39.95
28	Mats Naslund	1994 Lillehammer	$39.95
29	Mike Modano	1998 Nagano	$49.95
30	Mario Lemieux	2002 Salt Lake City	$69.95
31	Mats Sundin	2006 Turin	$39.95
32	Joe Sakic	2006 Turin	$49.95

Game-Used Patch Cards

1	Martin Brodeur	Canada	$89.95
2	Roberto Luongo	Canada	$69.95
3	Joe Thornton	Canada	$59.95
4	Dany Heatley	Canada	$59.95
5	Patrick Marleau	Canada	$49.95
6	MA Fleury	Canada	$79.95
7	Ryan Getzlaf	Canada	$49.95
8	Patrice Bergeron	Canada	$49.95
9	Eric Staal	Canada	$49.95
10	Jaromir Jagr	Czech Republic	$79.95
11	Miikka Kiprusoff	Finland	$49.95
12	Teemu Selanne	Finland	$49.95
13	Saku Koivu	Finland	$49.95
14	Semyon Varlamov	Russia	$49.95
15	Evgeni Nabokov	Russia	$49.95
16	Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia	$69.95
17	Sergei Fedorov	Russia	$49.95
18	Marian Gaborik	Slovakia	$79.95
19	Nicklas Lidstrom	Sweden	$79.95
20	Ryan Whitney	USA	$49.95
21	Zach Parise	USA	$49.95
22	Tim Thomas	USA	$49.95
23	Scott Niedermayer	Canada	$49.95
24	Mikko Koivu	Finland	$49.95
25	Vladislav Tretiak	1980 Lake Placid	$69.95
26	Igor Larionov	1984 Sarajevo	$49.95
27	Borje Salming	1992 Albertville	$49.95
28	Mats Naslund	1994 Lillehammer	$49.95
29	Mike Modano	1998 Nagano	$49.95
30	Mario Lemieux	2002 Salt Lake City	$89.95
31	Mats Sundin	2006 Turin	$49.95
32	Joe Sakic	2006 Turin	$69.95

Autographed Game-Used Jersey Cards

1	Martin Brodeur	Canada	$129.95
2	Roberto Luongo	Canada	$99.95
3	Joe Thornton	Canada	$79.95
4	Dany Heatley	Canada	$79.95
5	Patrick Marleau	Canada	$69.95
6	MA Fleury	Canada	$99.95
7	Ryan Getzlaf	Canada	$79.95
8	Patrice Bergeron	Canada	$69.95
9	Eric Staal	Canada	$79.95
10	Jaromir Jagr	Czech Republic	$109.95
11	Miikka Kiprusoff	Finland	$89.95
12	Teemu Selanne	Finland	$89.95
13	Saku Koivu	Finland	$89.95
14	Semyon Varlamov	Russia	$79.95
15	Evgeni Nabokov	Russia	$69.95
16	Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia	$89.95
17	Sergei Fedorov	Russia	$89.95
18	Marian Gaborik	Slovakia	$99.95
19	Nicklas Lidstrom	Sweden	$99.95
20	Ryan Whitney	USA	$69.95
21	Zach Parise	USA	$69.95
22	Tim Thomas	USA	$69.95
23	Scott Niedermayer	Canada	$79.95
24	Mikko Koivu	Finland	$79.95
25	Vladislav Tretiak	1980 Lake Placid	$99.95
26	Igor Larionov	1984 Sarajevo	$79.95
27	Borje Salming	1992 Albertville	$69.95
28	Mats Naslund	1994 Lillehammer	$69.95
29	Mike Modano	1998 Nagano	$69.95
30	Mario Lemieux	2002 Salt Lake City	$149.95
31	Mats Sundin	2006 Turin	$69.95
32	Joe Sakic	2006 Turin	$99.95

Gallery: 2009 Topps Baseball Legends Commemorative Patch Cards

I was lucky enough to escape the cold Canadian winter last week and head down to Phoenix. While a trip to Spring Training wasn't meant to be, I did make it to Target and sampled every type of pack offering they had for 2009 Topps Baseball (rack pack, cereal box and blaster). While this may not seem like much to most, any baseball cards to this Canadian from a store is always fun.

From my blaster I got this:

Although it was no Babe Ruth (that was the Gold Refractor card from the cereal box), I thought these looked pretty neat - much better than most of the Upper Deck manufactured patch cards that often have a tiny head shot photo at best. They seem to be solid sellers too, with most going for over $10 on eBay right now, which isn't bad considering a blaster is $19.99 and you get 10 packs with it was well. Had the checklist been smaller, I may have gone after the set, but 50 cards at $10-15 per seems a little steep, especially when the checklist has lots of repeat subjects.

I wanted to see more of the set so I've put together a gallery of the 50-card set. Click here to see the entire set or look below for a small sample.