Often times, I upload these ''girl cards'' knowing very few people will have heard of the person depicted on the card; this is not one of those times. Even if the name Candice Michelle
doesn't ring a bell, you've seen her many, many times.Born Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich on September 30, 1978 - a mere 16 days after myself - in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she moved to Los Angeles in 1999 after winning a few modeling contests. After enrolling in acting school, she started using her middle name as her last name and her career took off in a hurry. In addition to modeling, she appeared on a bunch of TV shows, including Party Of Five
, 7th Heaven
and the Cinemax softcore series Hotel Erotica
.In 2002, she appeared as Playboy's Cyber Girl Of The Week and could subsequently be seen in the films Tomcats
(with Jerry O'Connell
), Anger Management
(with Adam Sandler
), DodgeBall
(with Ben Stiller
) and A Man Apart
(with Vin Diesel
).Having always been in top physical shape - to say the least - she often appeared on the cover of fitness magazines; it was only a matter of time before putting that body to work would become very lucrative. In 2004, she made her wrestling debut for the WWE and went on the win the Women's Championship belt. By the end of the decade, however, injuries - specifically recurring collarbone breaks - forced her out of wrestling, and she was free to resume her acting and modeling careers full-time.
She has been a regular cast member of Playboy TV's Totally Busted
( prank-based show) and, from 2005 to 2008, was the official Go Daddy Girl, appearing in four consecutive Super Bowl ads for the brand, before getting replaced by Danica Patrick
. In movies, she now appears in more serious films, such as indie gem Thumbsucker
and John Travolta
's sleep-inducing follow-up to Get Shorty
, Be Cool
.All in all, if you've watched TV or films or seen ads in the past decade, you've probably seen a lot more of the shapely Mrs. Michelle than you initially thought.
And chances are you don't mind seeing her here, from this beautiful autograph card from Benchwarmer's 2010 Signature Series (card #100A), signed in black sharpie. Because of who she is, her autographed cards are usually among the most valuable of all Benchwarmer cards; this one can already reach five times as much as others in Ebay auctions, and is considered to already be worth $25-35.
, it's usually as a journeyman goaltender who has played for 8 NHL and 2 AHL teams in the past 6 seasons alone, but they forget he is an established and decorated veteran.
- a high pick for a goalie at the time - he was traded to the 
for two draft picks.
right now, and eventually landed the starting job in the 2005-06 season, playing in 67 games with a 2.94 goals-against average and .902 save percentage, winning both the Molson Cup as the player with the most Three Stars selections and the Cyclone Taylor trophy as the team's MVP. When the Canucks didn't make the playoffs, he was invited to play with Team Canada at the World Championships, splitting duties with 
for a 4th-place finish. Things were looking up.
, 
, 
and a draft pick that became Peter Aston. To make matters worse, the Panthers hired bad boy goalie 
on the free agent market, and he doesn't take competition too well. One incident in particular left Auld hospitalized.
could be a place where he'd have a place to shine, but with the 
putting 
on waivers, the offer was too good for the Coyotes to pass up, and Auld was let go in December, traded to the Boston Bruins.
, where he beat out 
for the starting job. Unfortunately, the trade winds came along again, bringing 
from the 
, and to the 
Auld went, before concluding the 2009-10 season with the 
.
this summer, Auld had been the #1 goalie on three different teams and played for Team Canada three times, which is more than most journeymen goalies can say, apart perhaps from HVC darling 
in 2009-10 and is currently with their AHL affiliate 
. He is currently listed on each AHL stat sheet as ''J.T. Wyman'' and has 2 goals and 4 assists (for 6 points) in 15 games so far.
of the ECAC, when he went 15-15-30 in 29 games as a senior. Chances are this right-handed right winger will be a checker if and when he makes it to the NHL - and not a grinder, seeing as the season he had the most penalty minutes was 20 (yes, 20 minutes), in 2006-07. Last year, in Hamilton, he went 17-20-37 in 76 games with 12 PIMs.
, whom the Habs traded to the 
last week for prospect Michael Bournival.
, 
, 
, 
, The Great Debate, Megan Wants A Millionaire, The Truth Commercial and, of course, Rock Of Love: Where Are They Now. So, really, it seems VH1 is really interested in finding this poor gal somebody to love. Unfortunately for them, it's been reported that she is currently engaged with one Anthony Scirpoli, of Cerca Trova Fashion, a jewelry company. I guess she found her millionaire after all.
, for their moment in Rock Of Love 2.
