ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to my wife, Elana, who has continued to show an insane amount of interest in my rambling about hockey and graciously given up most of our basement for my collection/museum; the fine folks at ECW Press, who continue to have faith in my book ideas; my always supportive family, my best word-of-mouth marketers; my friends who either collected with me or talked puck endlessly; my editors and co-writers from the last decade-plus writing about shinny, who at least humoured me when it came to my suggestion of hockey memorabilia articles; all of the industry officials who were open (and frank) with me over the years; and the NHL stars, past, present, and future, who graciously shared memories of their childhoods and their love of collecting.