Dan Bouchard's Autograph - Why "PS: 139"?

[TheBoxBreaker]

Hello fellow collectors,

As many of you have probably noticed, Dan Bouchard has incorporated a smiley face in his signature. However, I've noticed that on a fair number of cards he also adds "PS: 139". Why is that? At first I thought it was his number of career wins in the NHL, but it's not (he won a total of 286 games in the NHL).



Can anybody explain this signature?

-Ethan

[RGM81]

It's a Bible verse.

[subban7677]

I'm certainly not the one who would know for sure...but is that something from the Bible? A psalm, or something?

[Gallinator]

Agreed that it refers to Psalm 139

[TheBoxBreaker]

It's a Bible verse.

Now that's really interesting! Cool addition to his signature for sure. Thanks for the reply, Rich.

I'm certainly not the one who would know for sure...but is that something from the Bible? A psalm, or something?

It is indeed.

Agreed that it refers to Psalm 139

Thanks a lot for the replies, guys. It's an awesome forum we have here when someone asks a question and gets three responses within an hour. Sports Card Forum FTW, eh?

Thanks to you guys for responding, I appreciate it.

-Ethan

[Frendo]

It's quite amusing that he's a religious guy...just check out his PIM stats...!
He's top-10 for goalies with most PIM in all-time...hehe!

But same thing with Stu Grimson who apparently was also a very religious guy...a bit strange...

[TheBoxBreaker]

It's quite amusing that he's a religious guy...just check out his PIM stats...!
He's top-10 for goalies with most PIM in all-time...hehe!

But same thing with Stu Grimson who apparently was also a very religious guy...a bit strange...

Great points there, Fredrik! Maybe he thinks that what happens on the ice, stays on the ice?

[13stepper]

For educational purposes only:

psalm 139

O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You understand my thought afar off.
3 You comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
5 You have hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall[a] on me,”
Even the night shall be light about me;
12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You.
13 For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;[b]
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.
19 Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!
Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.
20 For they speak against You wickedly;
Your enemies take Your name in vain.[c]
21 Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

[Gallinator]

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