Become a Netter and receive our newsletter via e-mail. IT'S FREE!  Catch up on the latest happenings in the hockey and collectibles world; get discounts and special offers; new arrival notice on jerseys and more - available to you before hitting the website; auctions of interest; website updates; fun stuff and more. To subscribe, e-mail us at netter@noseforthenet.com  Hello Netter, Hockey time!!! And isn’t it good to be a Penguins fan? Crosby, Lemieux, Fleury, Malkin. Now that’s entertainment! Do you know what else is entertaining? - hearing Don Cherry and Jeremy Roenick speak; watching Ilya Kovalchuk shoot the puck; shootouts; opening a good box of hockey cards.  Our hockey is finally back thank goodness – bring a non-hockey friend along for the ride. Speaking of cards, Nose For The Net will have ‘em!  We break a ton of it and sell by the box as well.  This is the year to collect… the year of the rookie! With many fine teens ready to play in the NHL, coupled with the new CBA, the following youngsters should be making their trading card debuts – need we mention Sidney Crosby? Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Mikko Koivu, Thomas Vanek, Dion Phaneuf, Zach Parise, Alvaro Montoya, Hannu Toivonen, Andrei Kostitsyn, Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf, Andrew Ladd, Anthony Stewart… And some of the last cards you’ll see of the great Mark Messier and Steve Yzerman? Feast your eyes on this beauty – 04/05 Wayne Gretzky UD SP Authentic Rookie Review autographed Oilers 4-color jersey patch card numbered 7/12(eBay #5223625226) NEW ARRIVALS 2003 Joe Thornton white Bruins jersey worn in All-Star Skills competition 99/00 Paul Kariya game-worn white Mighty Ducks jersey – defunct with 2000 patch (photo-matched) 00/01 Keith Tkachuk game-worn blue Blues jersey(playoffs) Only Netters get $$$ off the listed price. Jerseys will be available to all this weekend. Get your order in first! If interested, let us know and we can give more details and photographs. E-mail inquiries/orders will be handled in the order received. JERSEYS IN THE NEWS Take advantage of MeiGray’s summer sale going on now – still a few good buys… feeling like the lottery-losing New York Rangers, MeiGray knows what life will be like without Sidney Crosby – at least for now… Hunt Auctions has a 73/74 Bernie Parent Flyers playoffs game-worn jersey up for grabs(est. $10,000-15,000)… Recent auctions – On Ebay, a Paul Coffey Penguins game-worn jersey sold for $2722; 01/02 Brendan Shanahan Red Wings photo-matched gamer went for $1434; no takers on an 99/00 John LeClair Flyers jersey at $1250(no surprises there) Some gamers still up for bids on eBay – 03/04 Jaromir Jagr Rangers vintage; 2003 Doug Weight All-Star jersey(autographed); 94/95 Brett Hull Blues DO YOU HAVE HOCKEY COLLECTIBLES? Several oddball hockey collectibles are available for offers on our site at www.noseforthenet.com/hockeycollectibles.html .  Many more to come!  If you have some cool, hard-to-find or vintage collectibles to show off or to sell/trade, please let us know and we’ll put a link to your collectible’s photo on our site – for free! Just e-mail us a link and short description – no photos please – and hopefully we’ll make you proud or make you money.  E-mail webmaster@noseforthenet.com A unique item appeared on eBay recently – 1953/1954 Johnny Wilson Red Wings player’s jacket (ebay #5221914614), sold for a healthy $2400. Thanks for reading! We hope to hear from you soon.  Nose For The Net