4/12/10-4/13/10: Buffalo Bisons vs Syracuse Chiefs

Second series of the year for the Chiefs, this time against the New York Mets' AAA affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons. Ike Davis was a key pickup in this mini-series for me. Overall, not bad for an early April mini-season.

Cards:

Buffalo
Manny Acosta - 1
Russ Adams - 1 (plus 2 extra)
Ricky Bones (pitching coach) - 2 (plus 1 extra)
Alex Cintron - 6 (plus 2 extra)
Kiko Calero - 2
Ken Oberkfell (manager) - 1
Ike Davis - 1
Michael Hessman -1
Bobby Parnell - 1
Fernando Martinez - 2 (plus 1 extra)
Jason Pridie - 1
Bobby Livingston - 2

Syracuse
Jerry Browne (hitting coach) - 2
Eric Bruntlett - 1
Joel Peralta - 1 (plus 1 extra)

Cards This Series - 25, This Season - 68

4/8/10-4/11/10 Lehigh Valley Ironpigs vs Syracuse Chiefs

Due to my lack of updates, I have decided to try to expedite the process by moving the Syracuse Chiefs games into series. So this was our first matchup with Lehigh Valley (Triple A affiliate of Philadelphia). The coolest part of the series was the nearly empty game, where Kevin Mench was in the store signing. He asked to take one of my cards (of course a numbered card I liked and had only one of..), but then he signed the rest of what I had, which was cool.

Cards:

Lehigh Valley
Brian Bocock - 2
Brandon Duckworth - 1
Chris Duffy - 3
Scott Mathieson - 6
Cody Ransom - 2
Joe Savery - 1
Wilson Valdez - 3
DeWayne Wise - 2 (1 extra)
Mike Zagurski - 2 (2 extra)

Syracuse
Roger Bernadina - 1
Seth Bynum - 1
Devin Ivany - 1
Marvin Lowrance - 2
Carlos Maldonado - 2
Kevin Mench - 8 (Including 1 game used)
Doug Slaten - 6 (1 extra)

Cards This Series: 43, Overall: 43

4/10/10: Rochester Americans vs Syracuse Crunch

This was the last game of the season. I didn't need squat from Rochester, so I tried to get some Syracuse guys, from the set we were just given that night. Unfortunately, I didn't get much done. I also got ex-Syracuse Crunch player David Ling in the stands. Overall, not a bad season.

Cards:

Misc
David Ling - 1

Syracuse
Trevor Frischmon - 1
Jon Mirasty - 1
Dan Fritsche - 2

Cards Today: 5, Overall: 225

4/9/10: Hamilton Bulldogs vs Syracuse Crunch

Next to last game of the year, yet this is our first time facing Hamilton (Montreal's AHL affiliate) at home this season. Sadly, I really had nothing at all I needed from them. All I got were some repeats..

Cards:

Hamilton
Ryan White (Extra)

Syracuse
Karl Gohering (Asst Coach) (Extra)


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4/6/10: Hershey Bears vs Syracuse Crunch

Syracuse played Hershey, yet again. Not much left, but I was able to kill off most of what I needed, as well as a Syracuse guy.


Cards:

Hershey
Braden Holtby - 2

Syracuse
Maksim Mayorov - 1


Cards Today: 3, Overall: 220


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3/31/10: Hershey Bears vs Syracuse Crunch

Another matchup between Syracuse and Hershey. Having heard in the past that ex-New Jersey Devil Kevin Todd had been in the stand a few times, I was dragging my cards for him around half the season. Finally, I was able to get him. It's always nice to grab some autos in the stands!

Cards:

Hershey
Grant Lewis - 1

Misc
Kevin Todd - 8

Cards Today: 9, Total: 217

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3/27/10: Albany River Rats vs Syracuse Crunch

Last matchup between Syracuse and Albany (Carolina's affiliate). Finally got Tlusty to show up with a team, which was good.

Cards:

Jiri Tlusty - 3 (Plus 1 extra)
Oskar Osala (Extra)

Cards Today: 3, Overall: 208


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3/26/10: Toronto Marlies vs Syracuse Crunch

This was our only matchup against the Toronto Marlies (AHL affiliate of Toronto). Not a whole lot to say about this matchup.

Cards:

Joey MacDonald - 2 (Plus 1 extra)
Derek King (Asst Coach) - 11
Alex Foster - 2 (Plus 2 extra)

Cards Today: 15, Overall: 205



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3/20/10: Hershey Bears vs Syracuse Crunch

Kind of sad when you play a division rival for the first time at home, under a month before the end of the season. It's even more sad when 3 of the final 7 home games are against this team. But this was the case when Syracuse played Washington's AHL affiliate from Hershey.

Cards:

Kyle Wilson - 1
Jay Beagle - 1
Sean Collins - 1
Francois Bouchard - 1 (Plus an extra)
Jason Bacashihua (Extra)

Different Cards Today: 4, Overall: 190


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3/19/10: Bridgeport Sound Tigers vs Syracuse Crunch

The New York Islanders' AHL affiliate from Bridgeport faced the Crunch for the only home game this year. Didn't have too much, but I was happy to see NHL player Brendan Witt down with them. He signed alright, so it worked out.

Cards:

Brendan Witt - 4 (plus an extra)
Scott Munroe - 1

Cards Today: 5, Overall: 186


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3/17/10: Manchester Monarchs vs Syracuse Crunch

Yet another team making their only trip to Syracuse. This time it was Manchester (AHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings). They had a lot of players that I needed, unfortunately a few snuck out. I was quite happy to get Jonathan Bernier though.


Cards:

Jonathan Bernier - 3
Bud Holloway - 1
Scott Pellerin - 1 (and an extra)
Joe Piskula - 2
Kevin Westgarth - 1

Cards Today: 8, Overall: 181


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3/15/10: Breaking Benjamin Concert in Rochester

I won tickets to the Breaking Benjamin/Chevelle/Red/Thousand Foot Krutch concert in Rochester. I was able to get the full band of Thousand Foot Krutch to sign my ticket stub, which was nice. Class act guys and a great night.


Ticket Stub - Thousand Foot Krutch

3/13/10: Rochester Americans vs Syracuse Crunch

Another trip by Rochester. Killed off a few extra items, but nothing too big.

Cards:

Rory Fitzpatrick - 1
Steve MacIntyre - 1
Tyler Plante - 1
Clay Wilson - (extra card)

Cards Today: 3, Overall: 173

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3/12/10: Lowell Devils vs Syracuse Crunch

This was the only trip to Syracuse by Lowell (AHL affiliate of the New Jersey Devils). I was quite happy to see that their coach, John MacLean, signed a lot more than I heard he had been. Guess he was in a good mood!

Cards:

Cory Murphy - 1
Alexander Vasyunov - 1
Patrick Davis - 1
Mike McKenna - 1
John MacLean (Coach) - 15

Cards Today: 19, Overall: 170


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3/6/10: Portland Pirates vs Syracuse Crunch

This was Portland's (AHL affiliate of Buffalo) only trip to Syracuse. It was great to see good prospects, as well as 2 great coaches. Dineen was pissed due to a bad game ending call by the ref, but he was still willing to sign. Got refused by Jhonas Enroth, which sucked. Of course, he played horrible crappy. Oh well.

Cards:

Kevin Dineen (Coach) - 6
Tyler Ennis - 1
Nathan Gerbe - 1
Marc-Andre Gragnani - 2 (Plus an extra)
Eric Weinrich - 14 (Plus 2 extra)

Cards Today: 24, Overall: 151



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2/28/10: Norfolk Admirals vs Syracuse Crunch

This is the last matchup between Norfolk (Tampa Bay's AHL affiliate) and Syracuse. Happy to see Mark Parrish again, ex-NHL all star but also a huge class act. The rest of the players were decent, too..as they hung around to watch the Olympic hockey gold medal game. Even Adam Hall (usually one per) was nice.

Cards:

Adam Hall - 4
Vladimir Mihalik - 1 (Plus an extra)
Mark Parrish - 2 (plus 3 extra)
Ryan Craig - (2 extra)

Cards Today: 7, Overall: 127

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2/27/10: Springfield Falcons vs Syracuse Crunch

This was Springfield's (Edmonton's AHL affiliate) only trip to Syracuse. Unfortunately, the few guys really needed happened to exit the opposite way that none of us saw. No cards signed.


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2/20/10: Syracuse Crunch - Outdoor Game vs Binghamton

This was the Outdoor Game for the Crunch. Bob Nystrom and Rob Ray were supposed to sign autographs, but I never saw Rob Ray go anywhere. Also, Country Artist Jessie James signed autographs. Overall, not a bad day at all.

Ticket Stub - Jessie James (Musician)

Puck - Bob Nystrom

2/19/10: Lake Erie Monsters vs Syracuse Crunch

This was the only trip to Syracuse by Lake Erie (Colorado's AHL affiliate).

Cards:

Lake Erie
T. J. Hensick - 3 (Plus 2 extra)
Dan Laperriere (Asst Coach) - 3 (plus 1 extra)
Brett Skinner - 2

Syracuse
Tom Sestito - 2

Cards Today: 10, Overall: 120

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2/17/10: Texas Stars vs Syracuse Crunch

This was the only game Texas (AHL affiliate of Dallas). Didn't have that much for them.


Cards:

Garrett Stafford - 1

Cards Today: 1, Overall: 110

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