Owen Power Gets Cooking & The 2022-23 Rookie Report, Upper Deck Synergy Release Imminent, the Quality Control Dilemma & Hobby News!

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast, we start by honoring the NHL's greatest player to wear number 52 for episode 52 (3:50). Next, in Who's Hot Owen Powers starts scoring goals and Alexsander Barkov and Zach Hyman are sizzling hot...but are any of these players rookie card values increasing (12:23)? Jack Eichel and Alex DeBrincat ride the Struggle Bus and we look at how their recent play has affected their card values (22:20). There's been a lot of talk in the sports card world about quality control issues, including some very high-profile card errors. We examine the hockey side of this issue and what can be done to prevent the best cards from having errors and condition issues (27:23). In Hobby News, we take a look at the NHL injury report and the Andrei Kuzmenko contract extension (47:52). Then it's our slightly past mid-season rookie report where we examine the top rookie points leaders, goal scorers plus card values for both 2021 and 2022 Young Guns on these lists (54:21). If you've never heard the Howie Morenz story, you'll want to listen as we feature a 1933 autographed card currently available in the PWCC fixed marketplace (1:17:33). Finally in new product releases, we give some additional thoughts and observations on the newly released 2022-23 Artifacts plus preview the imminent 2021-22 Upper Deck Synergy release (1:24:05). Partners & Sponsors Our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/HockeyCardsGongshow PWCC Marketplace - https://www.pwccmarketplace.com Stand Up Displays - https://www.standupdisplays.co Sign up for Card Ladder - https://app.cardladder.com/signup?via=HCGongshow Follow Hockey Cards Gongshow on social media Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hockey_cards_gongshow/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hockey_cards_gongshow Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HockeyCardsGongshow Twitter - https://twitter.com/HCGongshow YouTube - http://youtube.com/@hockeycardsgongshow The Hockey Cards Gongshow podcast is a production of Dollar Box Ventures LLC.