Paul Bissonnette’s rookie season was 2009-2010 thanks to him playing just 16 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2008-2009
He skated in 41 games, scoring a career high 3 goals along with contributing 2 assists with the first of those 3 goals being his 1st NHL goal and it was scored in this jersey
Biz fought 19 different times in 2009-2010 which was the most he ever fought in a single season in the NHL, and three of those fights were in this sweater
Bissonnette played in 202 NHL games with 187 of those games coming with the Phoenix Coyotes
Biz fought 52 times while in the league with 48 of those also coming with the Yotes
His 48 fights in a Coyotes sweater cements him as the enforcer with the most fights in franchise history, edging out Andrei Nazarov (43) and Dan Carcillo (41)
He has 22 career points (7 goals, 15 assists) with all but his very first point coming in a Coyotes sweater
The Phoenix Coyotes wore their Red Set 1 jerseys from training camp all the way through January 12th, 2010
Biz wore his Red Set 1 gamer in seven total games, scoring 1 goal and having three fights (Marc Methot, Matt Walker, and Jay Leach)
He scored his first NHL goal in this jersey on November 12th, 2009 against the Montreal Canadiens
The jersey has light wear with board burns visible in spots on both sleeves
There is one stick mark on the left sleeve in the white band around the elbow
Bissonnette’s jersey shows the most wear in the neck where the right side of the collar has a long repair from the collar being ripped in a fight
Around the collar on both sides are loose threads, and there is an unrepaired hole that has repair stitching on both sides (causing that section of the collar to bunch up) on the right hand side of the collar just above the aforementioned long repair and NHL shield
There are loose threads throughout in the numbers and lettering on the back
The loose threads in the numbers have led to a few matches, and it appears there is a match to the collar bunching above/around the repair in the neck in the photo above
This jersey has the Phoenix Coyotes/DHC set tagging in the hem
