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Updates of my sportcards and hockey cards blog. This will include edits on old posts.

12/29/2024

1982-83 OPC James Reimer
Upper Deck never made a card for Reimer while he was a Red Wings. For sure they won't make one of him as a Duck. And Extended Series is our best hope for a Sabres card. There is a very good chance Reimer won't have another card made of him by Upper Deck before he retires.
So I came out of hiding to right the wrongs of Upper Deck. Not all of them, not enough time, just this one.
In classic OPC style, all three teams on one card.
#1982 #8283

02/03/2024

1987 OPC Jimmy Carson
I believe 1990-91 was the first season that OPC put prospect or rookie labels on the hockey cards themselves. Topps had been doing it was baseball a few years.
Jimmy Carson sure looked like a future star. Calder finalist and All-Rookie team in his rookie season. Followed up with a 55 goals and 107 points in his sophomore season, while still a teenager.
The key piece going to the Oilers from the Kings in the 1988 Gretzky trade, Carson never lived up to expectations and soured under the weight of replacing the Great One in Edmonton. After bouncing around the, he was out of the NHL at age 27.

01/20/2024

1956 Topps Mike Bossy
Whenever I create a new template, I need to make a Mike Bossy.

01/17/2024

1981-81 OPC Glen Cochrane
1989-90 OPC Glen Cochrane
Glen recently passed away at the age of 65 after battling cancer. He played parts of 10 NHL seasons with the Flyers, Canucks, Blackhawks and Oilers. In 411 games, he scored 89 points and 1556 PIM. He was one tough defender.
OPC/Topps never produced a card of Glen during his playing days. The closest he got was being part of the 1986 Kraft Hockey set. His official rookie card is from the 2002 Fleer Throwbacks set.
I am posting a pair of cards I previously mocked up. One as a rookie card, and the second as his final season card.

01/11/2024

1956 Topps Ed Belfour
I saw a custom Football card using the 1956 Topps Baseball design and it inspired me to for one for hockey. I chose Belfour due to his iconic mask. I hate cutting out images or else I would probably do a lot more of these. It's a nice clean iconic design.

11/26/2023

1989-90 OPC Matt Tomkins
Matt Tomkins must of went to the Rick Knickle school of goaltending. After a long and winding journey, Tomkins made his NHL debut earlier this season, at age 29. He persevered and achieved the dream of playing in the NHL, including earning a win.
With Vasilevskiy ready to return, Tomkins was waived to the AHL earlier this week. Whether he makes it back to the NHL or not, he can proudly say, he was a NHL goalie.

11/12/2023

1992-93 Fleer Ultra Dennis Hildeby
I have seen a few comments on Facebook suggesting the Maple Leafs bring up Marvin Jones to cure their goaltending woes. I have found the strength not to reply with a laughing emoji, but I did something on the farm that has impressed.
Dennis Hildeby, coming off shutouts in each of last two starts, has positioned himself for more work. He is now 2-1-1 with a 1.26 and .950 save percentage on the season in the AHL. The 22 year old Swedish netminder could be a name to watch for Leafs fans.

11/08/2023

1972-73 OPC Mason Lohrei
A brief cup of coffee for Mason, as he picked up 2 points in his first three career NHL games before being sent down. A defence prospect from the NCAA, Mason was drafted in the 2nd round by the Bruins in 2020. He's a player to look for for in the upcoming years.
I really dig these Bruins uniforms. Got a nice vintage feel to them.

11/03/2023

1982-83 OPC Rogatien "Rogie" Vachon
OPC did Rogie dirty when making his cards. Every base card except the 1976 was a posed shot or warm-up picture. Don't even look at the 1971 card. Yikes.
Vachon did get a card in the 1982 set, his last card during his playing days, but it was yet another warm-up towel around the neck shot OPC was so fond of. So here's an upgrade.

10/30/2023

1983-84 OPC Hunter Shepard
A bit slow on this one, but I came out of hiding to celebrate Hunter Shepard's first NHL game and win from last Monday. The stats, 4 goals on 22 shots aren't what was hoped but a couple of the goals were on broken plays and he passed the eye test. Not the easiest task having to face the Devils on the road for your first game.
I have him on my dynasty team, on which I have the leagues worst goaltending. So I need a goalie to basically come from out of nowhere to make my team a contender. I am hoping Shepard is him.
Although he was since been sent back to the minors as backup Charlie Lindgren is ready to play again. we'll see how the season plays out.

09/23/2023

1990-91 Score David Rittich (x2)
Rittich signed with the Kings in the offseason as veteran insurance for the starting duo of unproven Phoenix Copley and oft-injured Cam Talbot. If Rittich gets into a regular season game, it'll be his fifth team in four seasons.
I made two versions of this card. After seeing this picture of Rittich making the save on Jason Zucker, I felt I had o use it. Although since Rittich has no guarantee of playing with the Kings, I went a more traditional photo as well to show off his full gear.

08/26/2023

2015-16 OPC Ilya Bryzgalov
Bryzgalov finished his career where it started, with the Anaheim Ducks. One of the more quotable players of the 21st century, Bryz finished up his career playing on three teams in his final two seasons. He never got a NHL card from his second go around with the Ducks.

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