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Feb 17, 202610 min read
Family lines and the St. Louis connection
Hockey likes to advertise itself as a family sport, particularly in Canada where the roots of professional hockey runs almost four...
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Feb 10, 20269 min read
Scott Stevens and the history of NHL free agency
Unlike current day where free agency in the NHL is a highly-anticipated event culminating in hours of coverage on cable sports channels,...
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Feb 4, 20268 min read
Nicknames and the cruel world of goaltending
Two things struck me during while writing this post. First, NHL players really don't put effort into nicknames like the use to do....
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Jan 28, 20268 min read
Power forwards, a defining goal and a career resurrection
In researching this post I've come to realize how often players, even great players, were traded in the 80s and 90s. Perhaps it was a...
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Jan 19, 20268 min read
A Slovakian Superstar and Goalies Galore
I've come to a newfound appreciation for Peter Stastny. Not only was he a trailblazer in crossing the Iron Curtain to play in the NHL,...
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Dec 31, 20257 min read
Efficient shooters and expansion team career extensions
One of the most interesting aspects of researching and writing these blogs are the connections that I undercover small batches of...
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Dec 22, 20257 min read
A Cup winning goal , an unbelievable assist and a one-time GOAT
We have hit card # 101 and are officially 1/7th of the way through the 1991-92 Upper Deck hockey series. Aside from one brief jaunt into...
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Dec 21, 20257 min read
Team Checklists: Smythe Division
We are on to the second division in the Campbell Conference, and the last of four divisions from the 1991-92 NHL season. Constantine...
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Dec 13, 20257 min read
Team Checklists: Norris Division
For the third of four team checklists posts we will head to the Campbell Conference and the Norris Division. The Campbell Conference is...
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Dec 8, 20256 min read
Team Checklists - Patrick Division
The second division in the Prince of Wales Conference is named after Lester Patrick, a legendary player and coach. The entire Patrick...
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Dec 4, 20257 min read
Team Checklists - Adams Division
This is the first of four posts that will feature the team checklists that were included in the 1991-92 Upper Deck series. These cards...
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Nov 30, 20255 min read
The 1991 Entry Draft - Part Three
This is the third and final post featuring picks from the 1991 Entry Draft (you can read Part One and Part Two). Card # 73- Jamie Pushor...
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Nov 16, 20255 min read
The 1991 Entry Draft - Part Two
This the second post featuring cards from players selected in the high rounds of the 1991 Entry Draft. You can read Part One here. Card #...
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Nov 12, 20257 min read
The 1991 Entry Draft - Part One
The 1991 NHL entry draft was held on June 22 at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo. The 1991 Draft is probably the most famous draft of...
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Oct 31, 20258 min read
The first season of the San Jose Sharks
The start of the 1991-92 season was 12 years after the NHL had last expanded. In 1979, the four remaining WHA teams (Hartford, Quebec,...
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Oct 27, 20257 min read
Random Rookies
We are finally out of insert or subsets that kick off the 1991-92 Upper Deck series and into regular issue player cards. As I was...
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Oct 20, 20256 min read
An all time All-Rookie team
For this post we are looking at the insert cards for the 1990-91 Upper Deck All-Rookie Team. All-rookie teams have been selected by the...
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Oct 15, 20253 min read
Hockey as art & politics: Gretzky, the 50/50 Club & a White House Visit
What set Upper Deck apart from other trading cards in the early 90s, aside from aesthetics, was their unique sub-sets or inserts. We've...
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Oct 5, 20265 min read
Canada Cup: USA emerges as a new rival
Cards featured players from Team USA at the 1991 Canada Cup
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Sep 18, 20265 min read
Canada Cup: Tre Kronor finishes third
Cards featured players from Team Sweden at the 1991 Canada Cup
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