Tuesday, June 5, 2012

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.

Monday, June 4, 2012

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.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

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.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

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.

Friday, June 1, 2012

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.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

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.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

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.

Monday, May 28, 2012

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.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

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.