GETTING THEIR DUE

Tessa Bonhomme and Meghan Agosta-Marciano not only have made strides promoting women’s hockey on the ice, they’ve now taken a step toward promoting it off it. The two women, who won gold together at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, are the faces of women’s hockey. That recognition will only grow after the pair signed endorsement deals this year, Bonhomme with Graf and Agosta-Marciano with CCM. CCM has also stepped up to sponsor four other female players including, Caroline Ouellette, Haley Irwin, Catherine Ward and Shannon Szabados. The multi-year deal from CCM means a chance for these women to promote the brand with NHLers such as Gabriel Landeskog, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and John Tavares.…

IN THE CARDS

LIMITED EDITION Each box of 2012-13 Panini Limited costs around $100 for seven cards. That’s steep, but the upside is every card is individually serial-numbered. The first 150 are of star players and limited to 299 copies. Rounding out the set are 50 captains, past and present, and 42 of rookies who debuted late in 2011-12. Every box also contains three cards with an autograph or a piece of game-used jersey or game-used patch. DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH Black Diamond is a visually stunning set. An embossed, action-oriented player photo is printed against a metallic background, giving each card some gravitas. The set focuses on a range of current stars and retired greats. A box costs around $110 and contains 24 five-card packs. SEEING RED In The Game continues its trend of team-specific card sets…

The Instigator

IGGY GETS WITH IT

HERE’S THE CHECKLIST AND, please, bear with us, this is going to take a while. Let’s start with the name: Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla. Wow. And you thought Sheldon Kannegiesser had it tough. Now, let’s move on to the accomplishments: two Memorial Cups, one Western League player of the year, two Olympic gold medals, one world junior gold medal, one World Championship, one World Cup gold medal, two Rocket Richard Trophies and one Lester B. Pearson (now Ted Lindsay) Award. Yes, there’s that gaping hole, but like Reggie Dunlop said in Slap Shot, he’s workin’ on it. The remarkable thing about Iginla, though, is that with a Hall of Fame induction inevitably on its way and a list of career feats that could choke a horse, he doesn’t…