Archive for the ‘91-92’ Category

Voting for defencemen has closed and no one got the required 60%. Larry Murphy was the closest with 42% followed by Serge Savard with 37%. Voting for goalies closes during my next post, so if you haven’t voted, now is the time. And then I can put this thing to bed. Finally.

Moving on, here is the latest contest update:

Congratulations to those who are still alive. Lots of “upsets” in Round 1; will it continue?

By the way, for those of you wondering what my thoughts are on the Bruins’ first round exit: I’m okay with it. I thought the team defended the Cup well and they have nothing to hang their heads about. It was a hard fought series with no real controversy/bad calls and so I have little to be angry about. I will say, though, that not enough was made about Adam McQuaid’s injury that sidelined him the entire series. Same goes for Horton, but hey, injuries happen.

Last but not least, here is the second pack of 1991-92 Upper Deck Series 1 (Pt. 1 here). Enjoy? Sure, why not.

Stu Barnes was a 4th overall pick who had a decent career in the NHL, playing for five different teams over the course of sixteen years. He currently is part owner of the Tri-City Americans with former teammate Olaf Kolzig.

HOF-JO!

Looks like poor Benoit Hogue is getting worked over by Rod Buskas. And who the heck is Rod Buskas?! Anyways, did you know that Hogue had three straight 30+ goal seasons? Or that he has his named engraved on the Stanley Cup?

Easy with that flashy mask, Mike! Interesting that he has a home and an away mask; I’m not sure I’ve seen that before.

GUH! James Patrick strikes again! This is my fourth junk wax two-pack break and this is my third James Patrick card. I have unwillingly become a James Patrick supercollector!

I have mixed feelings about Steve Chiasson. On one hand, it is sad that he died at a relatively early age and left behind a wife and three children. On the other hand, his blood alcohol was three times the legal limit when he crashed his truck, so my sympathy is somewhat lacking. For me, the only “good” thing was that he didn’t take out anyone else in the accident. Ugh, this is depressing.

Elvis’ son.

Wait a second, Ray Sheppard once scored 52 goals in a season?!  AND he had five other 30+ goal seasons?! I am humbled.

Hands down the best card in the pack. You are looking at a very young Doug Weight, Steven Rice, and Tony Amonte. There is a lot going on here. First off, they are all wearing different shorts. Y’got your sweatshorts (always a solid look), your mesh shorts (with boxers hanging out), and of course the jorts (jean shorts). If that is not enough, check out those reflective (possibly) Ray Bans on Weight while Rice pulls off the power move of hanging his shades from his collar. The smiles on their faces are downright hysterical and WHY ARE THEY IN THE OCEAN?!

Pfft, a Canadien.

In my mind, Tony is best friends with Reggie Miller and they continually try to convince each other that they were better pro athletes than their sisters. And fail.

We end with former Bruin Tom Fergus. Tom Fergus, everyone. Tom Fergus.

Time to present the last batch of potential Hall of Famers: the goalies! Before I give you the candidates, let me say that voting for the left wingers is now closed. No one got the required 60%, so no one gets in. The closest to making it was Michel Goulet with 52%. Sorry Michel, no Hall for you. Don’t forget to cast your vote(s) for right wingers and defencemen.

Now, the (not always) masked men…

Okay, enough about the Hockey Hall of Fame and all that jazz; let’s rip a pack of 90s era junk!

I’ve done a card-by-card rip of some 90s junk before. First there were two packs of 1991-92 O-Pee-Chee (pt. 1/pt. 2). After that were two packs of 1990-91 Upper Deck, their inaugural year in hockey (pt. 1/pt. 2). Then there was 1994-95 Pinnacle (pt. 1/pt. 2)Now we return with 1991-92 Upper Deck Series 1.

The 91-92 set consists of 700 cards, released in two series. Series 1 had 500 cards while Series 2 had 200 cards; there was also a French version. There were a few different inserts and subsets including  the Award Winner Holograms, IIHF World Junior Championship players, and Canada Cup participants. There are also a ton of rookies including future Hall of Famers Dominik Hasek, Peter Forsberg, Nicklas Lindstrom, and Teemu Selanne. Other rookies include Glen Murray, Nikolai Khabibulin, Alexei Kovalev, Keith Tkachuk, and Doug Weight. The big chase/insert is the Brett Hull Heroes subset. This was a nine-card subset, but the crown jewel was the autographed checklist card, limited to 2,500 hand numbered copies. Did I get one? We’ll see…

Awwwww yeah! First card is of enforcer Enrico Ciccone! My hopes are high for this pack. While not exactly a tough sounding name, Enrico could throw ‘em. One thing I like about this set is that Upper Deck used two different photos for the front and back. And not just a little photo on the back, but a nearly full sized photo. I wish this was more commonplace today. Ah well.

This is one of the cards from the Canada Cup subset. Janne had a brief NHL career including three separate stints with the Devils (two regular season and one playoff series). Nearly his entire career (20 years!) were spent playing in Finland, where he won a bunch of different awards.

Not much on Glynn other than he was part of the deal with Brendan Shanahan that brought Paul Coffey and Keith Primeau to Hartford. Is that the Blues logo on the puck?!

A number one draft pick and 500+ goal scorer? Nice! Did you know that he played for Canada’s Little League team in the Little League World Series in 1982?

According to legendsofhockey.net, “prior to his injury [Bureau] was considered in the upper echelon of defensive centres in the NHL.” Wait, what?! Really?! Also, is that Hasek flopping around on the front? I’m calling this an unofficial Hasek rookie and listing it on eBay with a BIN of $7.99.

HELMETLESS-JO! We all know Craig was the last NHLer to go lidless, but did you know he has four Stanley Cups under his belt? You probably did, actually. What I didn’t know was that he actually started his career with the Bruins. Huh.

Oh Glen Wesley…

Best. Card. Ever.

Bruins hot pack! Galley was a pretty solid blueliner throughout his career, even putting up 70 points in a season. Whoa!

Plavsic and I have something in common: we both spent a year at UNH, him playing for the Wildcats and me basically failing out. Anyways, I love the back of this card. Will you accept a collect call from “HEYMOMTHISISADRIENANDIJUSTWONAMEDAL”. I’m not sure what medal he is sporting here, but Adrien was a member of Team Canada in the 1992 Winter Olympics who won the silver.

Interesting shot on the front as Volek battles an unidentified Penguin. Interesting because during the next season, Volek would score an OT winner in Game 7 of the second round matchup versus Pittsburgh, preventing them from winning three straight Stanley Cups.

Before there was Zdeno Chara there was Zdeno Ciger. He recorded a 31 goal season in 95-96 and then left the NHL for six seasons before returning for one last skate for the Rangers and Lightning.

Is it too late to fill this out and send it in.

There ya go, a pack of junk from the junk era. Stay tuned for part 2.