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Hockey Figures -  NHL Series 11 (Series 12) and In The Crease Boxset

Ales Hemsky - Edmonton Oilers Ed Jovanovski - Vancouver Canucks Nikolai Khabibulin - Winnipeg Jets Mikka Kiprusoff - Calgary Flames Joe Nieuwendyk - Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Ryder - Montreal Canadiens

The lockout and eventual cancellation of the 2004/05 NHL Season finally impacted on the scheduling of the excellent McFarlane hockey figures when they announced the ‘full’ Series 10 would be put back to later in 2005 - hopefully, by then, the labor dispute will be over and a new CBA will be in place.  However, hockey fans are not left empty handed as McFarlane brought forward the release of Series 11 to April 2005 to fill the gap left by Series 10.  Series 11 is a six figure set that will be available to Canadian retailers only so those of us outside Canada will have to hit the online shops and eBay to get hold of these.

Ales Hemsky - Edmonton Oilers Ed Jovanovski - Vancouver Canucks Nikolai Khabibulin - Winnipeg Jets Mikka Kiprusoff - Calgary Flames Joe Nieuwendyk - Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Ryder - Montreal Canadiens

As with the previous two series made available to Candian retailers only - NHL Series 5 and NHL Series 8 - the focus of the set is players from the current Canadian NHL teams with a ‘vintage’ player thrown in as a tribute to former Canadian NHL teams.  So, here we have Ales Hemsky of the Oilers, Ed Jovanovski of the Canucks, Mikka Kiprusoff - the star of the Flames run to the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, Joe Nieuwendyk of the Leafs and Michael Ryder of the Canadiens.  The tribute here is Nikolai Khabibulin in the colours of the Winnipeg Jets.  As with some previous series the majority of these figures are previously used sculpts repainted to represent a different figure.  While this isn’t ideal I would prefer this than no new figures at all.

Ales Hemsky - Edmonton Oilers Ed Jovanovski - Vancouver Canucks Nikolai Khabibulin - Winnipeg Jets Mikka Kiprusoff - Calgary Flames Joe Nieuwendyk - Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Ryder - Montreal Canadiens

In addition to the Canadian retailer exclusive of Seriies 11, the McFarlane toys website also has details of a forthcoming Walmart Canada exclusive - the In The Crease boxset (great name!!).  This includes three netminders, again all with a Canadian link.  Here we have Ed Belfour for the Leafs, Dominik Hasek for the Senators and Roberto Luongo in his Team Canada colours from last year’s World Cup appearance.  This is a great mix and could be an interesting addition overall as there is a chance Haske may well retire before the labor dispute is sorted and may never play for the Senators.  The boxset is due for release in May 2005.

Ed Belfour - Toronto Maple Leafs Dominik Hasek - Ottawa Senators Roberto Luongo - Team Canada Ed Belfour - Toronto Maple Leafs Dominik Hasek - Ottawa Senators Roberto Luongo - Team Canada

Related Pages : NHLPA Series 1NHLPA Series 2, NHL Series 1, NHL Series 2, NHL Series 3, NHL Series 4, NHL Series 5,      NHL Series 6, NHL Series 7, NHL Series 8, NHL Series 9, NHL Legends 1, NHL Legends 2, Team CanadaGallery Page 1, Gallery Page 2, Gallery Page 3, Gallery Page 4

all pictures from www.spawn.com