From Art Ross to Zenith...

Martin St. Louis
2010-11 Panini Zenith #99

Just THREE cards in my collection so far...
Eerily, I have card numbers 33, 66 and 99.


Picked up my first two within a massive acquisition a few years ago.
Recently found this one in a re-pack.

From the back of the card:

"A key piece of Tampa's 2004 Stanley Cup team, St. Louis also won the Hart and Art Ross Trophies that year..."

Even decades later, that magical season is still unforgettable.




Thought that 2004 might have been the last time that the NHL's leading scorer was also on the Stanley Cup winning team...




Didn't realize that Evgeni Malkin won the scoring title AND The Cup (with Pittsburgh) in 2009.

Others have come close - Each of the Sedin twins (of Vancouver) managed to won the scoring race (in 2010
& 2011 respectively) only to lose in the Stanley Cup Finals (to Boston).

Patrick Kane won the Art Ross trophy in 2015-16, the season AFTER winning a Stanley Cup (with Chicago).

Jocelyn Thibault Trades...

Jocelyn Thibault
1995-96 Skybox Emotion #43

Following the Quebec Nordiques' relocation to Colorado to become the Avalanche, Jocelyn Thibault played just 10 games in an Avs uniform before being traded to Montreal in the Patrick Roy deal.























From nhltradetracker.com:

Jocelyn Thibault
1995-96 Zenith #34

Just happened to spot a painted mask on the recently traded T-Bo in the 1995-96 Zenith set...

Closer inspection reveals that Canadiens' logos have simply been painted on his snowy mountain Avalanche mask.


(In the 95-96 UD set, Thibault is wearing a plain white mask with the Canadiens)

Jocelyn Thibault
2005-06 Parkhurst #395

T-Bo was also briefly a member of the Penguins.
He played 38 games for the Pens during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons.

From Montreal Without Love...

Patrick Roy
1995-96 Zenith #117

Patrick Roy sporting the "just got traded" look with a plain white goalie mask.

A bit of an iconic card, it's one of the first images I ever saw of Patrick Roy with the Avalanche.


This was also the debut of the Zenith brand. In addition to the 1995-96 set, Pinnacle also had two more releases of Zenith in 1996-97 and 1997-98.

The "Zenith" brand was briefly resurrected by Panini in 2010-11.