From the Back of the Card...

Born To Be....

” Spezza has grown up in the spotlight. At the age of 1 he was the winner of a local baby contest, which led to his cherubic face being used on a poster for the Broadway musical "Baby" when it came through Toronto. He also appeared in a Minute Maid commercial and did some modeling [sic] as a child.”

Company: Panini

Set: 11-12 Certified

Player: Jason Spezza

" A busy offseason was ahead for Clowe following the 2010 -11 campaign. As one of only a handful of players in the NHL from Newfoundland, he returns home every summer to see family and to host his annual golf classic. Of course, he won't be returning to his first job, working on his father's crab boat."

Company: Panini

Set: 11-12 Certified

Player: Ryan Clowe

Card #: 104

"Letang won't be quitting his day job. He and teammate Tyler Kennedy appeared on TV station KDKA to promote the Penguins' championship DVD following the 2009 Stanley Cup victory. The pair then wound up serving as impromptu weathermen in what can only be described as a mostly cloudy performance."

Producer: Panini

Set: 11/12 Certified

Card number: 32

Player: Kris Letang

"Unfazed by the bright lights of the NHL, Skinner took home the Calder Trophy in his rookie campaign. Of course, staying cool under pressure shouldn't have come as a surprise. After all, at the age of only 9, he served as a skating extra in one scene of the Robin Williams' movie Death to Smoochy."

Company: Panini 

Set: 11/12 Certified

Card number: 1

" Older brother Mark needed to work on his shot, so guess who was forced into action? Still, Reimer didn't start playing organized hockey until he was 12. Some local boys couldn't score on him in a pickup game and told their father, a coach who just happened to need a goalie. So began his road to the NHL"

Company: Panini

Set: 11/12 Certified Hockey

Card number: 83