Pack Break: 2011-12 Pinnacle

This is a pack that came as a nice little bonus after ordering two boxes of 1997-98 Score Cards for me and my friend and a set of 2011-12 Panini All Goalies and it was completely free of charge. Yay!

Happy with this little gift, I tore the pack open to see what is inside as I had no knowledge about the product.

I got three goalies - Crawford, Halák and Anderson, all of those interesting action shots. I love the goal cam shots, so I liket that card the best. Halák shot, on the other hand, is a bit weird, look at the guy's face all covered by his neck protector! Photo of Chris Neil inside the Senator's stadium is definitely unique. Onto the second part...

Three New York players, one Blues guy, all in sweet shots. Good job Pinnacle, you made a nice effort selecting pictures! One more base set guy was included, Anthony Steward.

There he is.Ok, this might be the most generic photo of the pack. Still, I like the simplistic design of the card and focus on photography. So I flipped the card to see the stats...

... and there were none. Instead, I got something I enjoyed even more, a description of the game the photo was taken from! In my books, this raises my appreciation of the card a level higher. The only complaint I have is that they have used the same photo as on the front.

The pack says there are 10 cards in the pack, right? So what is the final one? An insert, of course.

Claude Giroux breaking through the ice. Simple, but nice card. No foil, nothing shiny, nothing really fancy, just a decent card.

So, I got 10 solid cards for free. Nothing really special, but nice additions to my album. Three goalies and an insert? I will take that for free any day, thank you!