Panini Previews the Crown Royale Rookie Silhouettes

[RGM81]

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Hot Off the Press: A Pre-Ink Peek at 2011-12 Crown Royale Hockey’s Rookie Silhouettes

December 3, 2011

tags: 2011-12 Crown Royale Hockey, NHL trading cards, Panini America
by Tracy Hackler


Like Wayne Gretzky on a breakaway, Patrick Roy in net or noted Fan of the Game Pamela Anderson sitting rinkside, Crown Royale Hockey’s Rookie Silhouettes Rookie Cards are a thing of incomparable hockey beauty. They commanded the hobby’s attention — and much of its discretionary income — when they debuted in Panini America’s 2010 Crown Royale Football and 2010-11 Crown Royale Hockey last season.
This year, they’ve done the unthinkable: They’ve become even more attractive.

Late Friday afternoon we received the first wave of Rookie Silhouettes for 2011-12 Crown Royale Hockey, an impeccable 20-card batch of cards that was literally still hot off the presses. What happens next? Panini America NHL acquisitions guru Alex Carbajal began the process today — yes, on a Saturday — of QC’ing the cards and readying them for shipment to their respective players for autographing.
The next time you see these gems, they’ll be signed. But for now, just sit back and bask in their unrivaled beauty.

[RGM81]

As you would expect, those Hawks patches are absolutely nasty!

[c_bass22]

They look the same but why would they change a winning product.
As a Habs fan it's funny to see they put in Palushaj and last year they skipped Subban????

[Phoenix]

Almost identical to last years, not that that's a bad thing. Great looking cards.

[Kipper_Backlund]

I was really hoping Horak would get one.... but I guess it'd better for my wallet that he doesn't!

[bojohnson]

Where is sheifele?

[vegaspuck]

I hear they're making an update later in the year. I expect to see Scheifele, Read and a few others in it.

[bojohnson]

I was really hoping Horak would get one.... but I guess it'd better for my wallet that he doesn't!

I was about to blow up because no scheifele, but this is the first wave.
There are more silhouettes

[bojohnson]

I hear they're making an update later in the year. I expect to see Scheifele, Read and a few others in it.

I read that too, Im hoping postma also gets a silhouette
And klingberg

[mxaxtxtx]

Has anyone identified a print run on these? I know they blew up the football print run to the point where they weren't too desirable...hoping they don't mess the one thing up I really like about a Panini product.