2014 Greek Hockey Skate Pin

This hockey skate pin was produced for the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi, Russia.  The pin is unique for a couple of reasons.  First, it is also made by the Vancouver Olympic Committee, and second because it bears the flag of Greece which has never competed in a Winter Olympic hockey tournament.  The pin has a value of $12.00 USD.

2014 Canadian Hockey Skate Pin

This Canadian hockey skate pin was produced for the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi, Russia.  The pin is unique because it is made by the Vancouver Olympic Committee.  The pin has a value of $12.00 USD.

2014 Sochi Russian Hockey Skate Pin No.2

This pin was produced for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and is the second of the Russian hockey skate equipment pins produced. The pin has a value of $9.00 USD. 

March 12, 2014 post script note: Here is an eagle-eye observation to pin collectors:  notice that the "ru" in this early release pin is outlined in blue, as opposed to being entirely blue letters as is the "sochi" and "2014".  In the later version of this pin released during the 2014 Games, the "ru" is entirely blue like the rest of the letters.  There are also versions of this pin with both the Canadian and United States flags, as opposed to the Russian flag shown in this version of the pin.  So, which version do you have in your collection?

2010 SportsFunder Countdown Hockey Pin

This pin is one of a five pin SportsFunder set produced for the British Columbia Lottery Corporation for the 2010 Winter Games held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. There were 100,000 of these hockey pins produced, so it was pretty easy to add this pin to your collection during the Vancouver Games. The value on this pin is $4.00 USD.

1992 USA Ice Hockey Fundraising Pin

This USA Hockey pin comes from the 1992 Winter Games held in Albertville, France. The pin was one of a 48 pin U.S. Olympic Fundraising Pin Collection set issued by Jewel, which included both Winter and Summer Olympic pins. (The year 1992 was the last year in which both the Summer and Winter Games were held in the same year. Beginning with the Lillehammer Winter Games in 1994, the Winter and Summer Olympic Games began the staggered two year format that we have today.) The value of this pin is $5.00 USD.

1984 Canadian Hockey Corporate Sponsor Pin #5

This pin is the fifth of the Canadian Hockey corporate sponsor pins for the 1984 Canada Cup and the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. This pin was produced for Lloyd's Bank and has a value of $4.00 USD.

1984 Canadian Hockey Corporate Sponsor Pin #4

This pin is the fourth of the Canadian Hockey corporate sponsor pins for the 1984 Canada Cup and the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. This pin was produced for Labatt Breweries of Canada, which is a major producer of Canadian beer. This pin's value is $4.00 USD.

1984 Canadian Hockey Corporate Sponsor Pin #3

This pin is the third of the Canadian Hockey corporate sponsor pins for the 1984 Canada Cup and the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. This pin was produced for Esso, which is a chain of gas stations operated by Imperial Oil (which is majority owned by ExxonMobile). This pin's value is $4.00 USD.

1984 Canadian Hockey Corporate Sponsor Pin #2

This pin is the second of the Canadian Hockey corporate sponsor pins for the 1984 Canada Cup and the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. This is the English version of the Continental Bank pin (featured yesterday was the French version). This pin also has a value of $4.00 USD.

1984 Canadian Hockey Corporate Sponsor Pin #1

For the 1984 Canada Cup and the Winter Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, the Canadian Olympic hockey team had several sponsors, each of which incorporated the team's classic maple leaf logo onto a corporate sponsor pin. Alphabetically, this is the first pin of the series, produced for Banque Continentale (with the French spelling). The pin has a value of $4.00 USD.

1998 Women's Inaugural Ice Hockey Gold Medal Pin

This pin was produced following the United States' women's hockey team's gold medal victory in the inaugural women's Olympic ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Games held in Nagano, Japan. Going into the tournament, the Canadian women were highly favored as they had consistently beaten all of their competition for years, including the United States. However, it would be the Americans that skated away with Olympic gold at Nagano, winning the final match against their North American rivals by a score of 3-1. The United States (5-0), Canada (4-1), Finland (3-2), China (2-3), Sweden (1-4) and Japan (0-5) each had a team in the tournament. There were only 1998 of these individually numbered pins produced, and the value of the pin is $10.00 USD.

2006 Sledge Hockey Stick Pin

Okay, so I am not quite certain about this pin. I know it comes from the 2006 Winter Games held in Torino, Italy, but I am not certain that it is a sledge hockey stick pin. To me, it looks like it could simply be an Olympic torch pin, but I have seen it advertised so many times as a sledge hockey stick that I thought I should include it here and perhaps let you all give some input. Either way, whether its a torch or a stick, the pin has a value of $6.00 USD.

2014 Sochi Hockey Equipment Pin No.4

This is the sixth of the "sochi.ru 2014" hockey pins recently released for the 2014 Winter Games that will be held in Sochi, Russia. It is the fourth hockey equipment pin and features a goaltender's hockey mask and a hockey stick, each with the colors of the Russian flag. This mask and stick pin is different from many other such pins made over the years because the hockey stick depicted on the pin is not that of a goaltender, but rather is a skater's sticks. The pin has a value of $12.00 USD.

2014 Sochi Hockey Equipment Pin No.3

This is the fifth of the "sochi.ru 2014" hockey pins recently released for the 2014 Winter Games that will be held in Sochi, Russia. It is the third hockey equipment pin and features a hockey puck and a stick blade with the colors of the Russian flag. The pin has a value of $12.00 USD.

2014 Sochi Hockey Equipment Pin No.2

This is the fourth of the "sochi.ru 2014" hockey pins recently released for the 2014 Winter Games that will be held in Sochi, Russia. It is the second hockey equipment pin and features two crossed hockey sticks, each with the colors of the Russian flag. The pin has a value of $12.00 USD.

2014 Sochi Hockey Equipment Pin No.1

This is the third of the "sochi.ru 2014" hockey pins recently released for the 2014 Winter Games that will be held in Sochi, Russia. It is the first hockey equipment pin and features a hockey skate with the colors of the Russian flag. The pin has a value of $12.00 USD.

2014 Sochi Hockey Player & Russian Flag No.2

This is the second of the "sochi.ru 2014" hockey pins recently released for the 2014 Winter Games that will be held in Sochi, Russia. It is the second of the hockey player pins and also has a value of $12.00 USD.

2014 Sochi Hockey Player & Russian Flag No.1

With the 2014 Olympic Winter Games fast approaching, there are numerous pins being released for the Sochi Games. Recently, a series of six hockey pins was released featuring the "sochi.ru 2014" logo. This is one of two different hockey player pins (the other four are hockey equipment pins). This pin has a value of $12.00 USD.

2002 Generic Olympic Ice Hockey Skater Pin #3

This generic ice hockey pin comes from the 2002 Winter Games held in Salt Lake City, Utah. Like yesterday's hockey skater pin, this pin also features a hockey player over a silver metalic background. The value of this pin is $7.00 USD.

2002 Generic Olympic Ice Hockey Skater Pin #2

This generic ice hockey pin comes from the 2002 Winter Games held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The pin features the same red, white and blue dressed skater as yesterday's pin, but this puckster is wearing traditionally black hockey skates. The value of this pin is $7.00 USD.

2002 Generic Olympic Ice Hockey Skater Pin #1

This generic ice hockey pin comes from the 2002 Winter Games held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The pin features a red, white and blue clad skater in uniquely yellow hockey skates and bears the official Salt Lake 2002 logo. There were 5,000 of these pins made, and its value is $7.00 USD.

1960 AHA Hockey Olympic Pin

This pin commemorates the American Hockey Association team's participation in the 1960 Winter Olympic hockey tournament held in Squaw Valley, California, USA. The United States won its first ever Olympic hockey gold medal at the 1960 Games, defeating both the heavily favored Soviet Union and Canadian squads along the way. This pin has a value of $60.00 USD, though recently it has sold for as much as $154.00 USD.

1972 Soviet Union Souvenir Hockey Pin

This Soviet Union made souvenir hockey pin comes from the 1972 Winter Games held in Sapporo, Japan, where the Soviets won the gold medal in Olympic ice hockey. This pin has a value of $3.00 USD.

1956 Soviet Union Hockey Champions Series Pin

This rectangular pin is one of several from a Soviet Union ice hockey champions series of pins. This pin represents the Soviet Union's Olympic gold medal victory at the 1956 Winter Games held in Cortina, Italy. The pin has a value of $2.00 USD. There are similar pins in this series for the 1964, 1968 and 1984 Olympic Games.

1998 Nagano Hockey / Skiing Pin

This pin was produced for the 1998 Winter Games held in Nagano, Japan and features both a hockey player and a skier along with three ribboned medals. The pin has a value of $5.00 USD.

2010 Visa Worldwide Sponsor Hockey Mascot Pin

I know, this is not the most exciting pin on the blog, but it is an Olympic hockey pin. There were a huge number of these lesser-quality pins made for Visa for the 2010 Winter Games held in Vancouver, Canada. The pin bears the image of the mascot Quatchi in goaltender gear. Its value is not more than $4.00 USD because there were so many of them made and they were readily available all over Vancouver during the 2010 Games.

2006 Coca-Cola Mascot Sledge Hockey Pin

This pin is from the 2002 Paralympic Games held in Torino, Italy and it depicts the official paralympic mascot Aster playing sledge hockey. There were only 300 of these pins made, and the pin has a value of $15.00 USD.

2010 Canadian Olympic Hockey Skate Pin

This hockey skate pin bears the classic Canadian maple leaf and was made in support of the home team during 2010 Winter Games held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Of course, the Canadians ended up defeating the United States in the gold medal game. The present value on this pin is $7.00 USD.

2002 Patriotic US Olympic Hockey Skate Pin

In addition to yesterday's classic black boot pin, this Stars and Stripes hockey skate pin was popular among Team USA fans during the 2002 Winter Games held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. There were 25,000 of these pins manufactured, and the value of the pin is currently around $5.00 (but, again, this one sold for between $7.00 and $10.00 USD during the 2002 Games).

2002 Black Olympic Hockey Skate Pin

You often hear that the "little black dress" is a staple in any woman's wardrobe. Well, the patent black leather hockey skate is the international staple in Olympic hockey. (In fact, has anyone ever seen an Olympic hockey player lace up anything other than a pair of black bladed boots?) This generic black hockey skate pin was made for the 2002 Winter Games held in Salt Lake City, Utah. There were 5,000 of these pins produced, and the value of this pin is $5.00 (though during the 2002 Games is usually sold for between $7.00 and $10.00 USD).

Generic Olympic Hockey Skate & Sticks Pin

This is a generic, undated pin produced in support of Olympic hockey. Over the years, there have been numerous Olympic hockey pins depicting a lone hockey skate, several of which I have featured in prior blog entries (see, May 29, 2011 and August 1, 2011, for examples). This week I will feature a few more Olympic hockey skate pins. By the way, the generic pin shown here has a value of $4.00 USD.

1988 Unofficial USA Hockey Pin

This pin dates back to the 1988 Winter Games held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, though it is not an official "USA Hockey" pin. Nonetheless, it was produced to support the United States hockey team in the Olympic games. The pin has a value of $4.00 USD.

2010 Belarus (White) Olympic Hockey Team Pin

Above are two photographs of Belarus Hockey Team pins from the 2010 Winter Games held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. On April 26, 2011, I previously blogged about the pin in the black text box in the right half of this picture. In total, there are three white Belarus hockey team pins measuring 27mm x 17mm, 24mm x 15mm and 20mm x 12mm. The pin being blogged about today is the middle sized of the three pins, which is shown in the left half of the photo. Also, the placement of the words (Hockey Team Belarus) differs on these pins. The value on the pin on the right is $20.00 USD.

1992 Unofficial Albertville Hockey Penguin Pin

This pin, unofficially, was made to celebrate the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France. The pin features a penguin hockey player and the text Albertville 92. The pin has a value of $4.00 USD.

1994 Coca-Cola Gjovik Olympiske Fjellhall Pin

This Olympic hockey venue pin was made for Coca-Cola® for the 1994 Winter Games held in Lillehammer, Norway. The Gjovik Olympiske Fjellhall referenced on the face of the pin was the site of the Olympic ice hockey tournament. The value of the pin is $7.00 USD.

2002 Smith's Marketplace Olympic Goalie Cow Pin

This is a fun hockey pin produced for a local grocery store chain, Smith's Marketplace, for the 2002 Winter Games held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The pin features a dairy cow geared up in goaltender pads. I think this pin is hilarious because of the play on words as "Goalie Cow" sounds a lot like the "Holy Cow" phrase that long time Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray made famous. The value on this pin is $6.00 USD.

1998 USA Hockey Player Pin

This is another of the USA Hockey pins made for the 1998 Winter Games, which were held in Nagano, Japan. The hockey player featured on this pin was one of the main caricatures used on several hockey pins issued during the 1998 Games. This pin has a value of $6.00 USD.

1998 USA Hockey Star Pin

This pin was produced in support of the US hockey team for the 1998 Winter Games held in Nagano, Japan. The value of this pin is $5.00 USD, though in 1998 this pin often sold for over twice that amount.

2010 Cold-FX Goaltender Pin

This pin was released for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada by Cold-FX, which is a pharmaceutical company. The pins were attached to Cold-FX products sold in various pharmacies and other stores during the 2010 Winter Games. In addition to this goaltender pin, Cold-FX also had a slider goaltender pin, which is featured in my June 2, 2011 blog. This pin has a value of $8.00 USD, though during the 2010 Games it sold for as much as $45.00 USD.

2010 Cold-FX Olympic Hockey Slapshot Pin

This pin was released for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada by Cold-FX, which is a pharmaceutical company.  The pins were attached to Cold-FX products sold in various pharmacies and other stores during the 2010 Winter Games.  The pin has a value of $6.00 USD, though during the 2010 Games it sold for as much as $40.10 USD.

1998 Coca-Cola Women's Hockey Pin

This pin from the 1998 Winter Games held in Nagano, Japan was produced for the Coca-Cola Company to commemorate the first time women's hockey was an official sport at the Olympic Games.  The pin has a value of $7.00 USD.

1980 USA Hockey Pin

This is a 1980 USA Hockey Team pin from the Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games. Of course, during the 1980 Games the US team made history with its "Miracle on Ice" victory over the previously dominant Soviet Union hockey machine. However, can you name the team that the United States defeated by a score of 4-2 to win the gold medal on February 24, 1980? This pin has a value of $9.00 USD.

1994 Official Report Sports Pictogram Pin

This "Official Report" pin is from the 1994 Winter Games held in Lillehammer, Norway. It depicts several of the official sport pictograms from the 1994 Games, including a hockey player. The pin has a value of $8.00 USD.

1992 FR3 Media Hockey Pin

This hockey pin was produced for France Régions 3, or "FR3", which is a French television station that provided coverage during the 1992 Winter Games held in Albertville, France. The pin has a value of $6.00 USD.

2014 Sochi, Russia Generic Hockey Pin

This pin was recently released to promote the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympic Games which will be held in Sochi, Russia. It is a beautiful hockey pin incorporating the sochi.ru 2014 logo and a hockey player. The pin has a value of $10.00 USD.

1998 Coca-Cola Vending Machine Hockey Pin

This pin comes from an 18-pin set produced for the Coca-Cola Company during the 1998 Winter Games held in Nagano, Japan. The pins in the set depict the various Nagano snowlet mascots playing several Winter Olympic sports along with Coca-Cola vending machines corresponding to various Winter Olympic years. This pin features a vintage 1936 Coke bottle vending machine with a Nagano snowlet playing hockey. The pin has a value of $10.00 USD, though it is often difficult to find one of these hockey pins without buying the entire 18-pin set (in which case the price could easily cost you over $100 USD).

2002 Southern Company Hockey Player Pin

I have previously posted about another Southern Company hockey pin from 2002 (see June 25, 2011 post), but this is the more rare of the two Southern Company pins from the 2002 Winter Games held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The value on this pin is $15.00 USD, but often still sells for $20.00 USD and above because it was exceedingly rare and hard to come by during the 2002 Games.

2010 Atos Origin Olympic Hockey Pin

This pin from Atos Origin, the Olympic worldwide IT partner, was made for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia and was a difficult pin to acquire during the 2010 Games. Today the pin has a value of $15.00 USD, though less than a year ago it sold for nearly $75.00 USD (see Blog entry dated August 13, 2011).

2002 Provo Hockey 3-Pin Set

This pin set, with gold, silver and bronze pins, is from the 2002 Winter Games and was made for the city of Provo's hosting of the women's hockey tournament. The three-pin set has a value of $22.00 USD, though during the 2002 Games it easily sold for $50.00 USD.