Friday, April 10, 2020

NHL Sets missing from my collection

I finally typed up the list of NHL sets missing from my collection. I had made notes when I was creating my paper listing a while back...I don't remember when I finished. Last summer maybe? I'm sure I wrote a post about it but I can't remember. I do know that nothing newer than 2016-17 was on the paper list. Ever since, though, I've been putting off typing up the list, for no real reason other than the (seemingly) million other things I'm always trying to do at the same time. Today, it was too cold and wet to work on models (actually snowing, on April 10th! Crazy year) and I decided I needed to make this a priority...so I did it, finally. And it wasn't as easy as just copying over what I wrote well over a year ago now. I had gotten some sets but forgot to cross them off, and I only started keeping notes with 1992-93 Bowman. NHL cards started being produced in the 1920s, so I had a bit of work ahead of me. I ended up with three windows open, cross checking off my typed list, with the Cardboard History Gallery, checking to see if the set had an album. If it did, that meant it was in my collection, and I removed it from the typed list and crossed it off the paper list. I also had a window open with the Database and was checking against my collection on there. I also used that to check the cards pre-1992-93. It's a good thing I did, too, because I missed one that I was sure I had, but I don't. By checking the albums to see what I had vs. what existed on the Database, I realized I was missing 1986-87 O-Pee-Chee from my collection.

Even though the NHL is now what most of my collecting is, there's still a massive amount of sets missing- 223 listed, although I did include two not released yet, and one that was released this week. I also included the three main sets issued before the NHL was founded. Although not technically NHL sets, they absolutely count towards the collection. Unfortunately for me, 50 of them are 1980s and older, and while it may not seem like 80s are hard to find, only one of the 80s is NOT a sticker set. the aforementioned 87-87 OPC set. Stickers are MUCH less common than cards, so they will be about as challenging as the vintage cards on the list- 37 of which are Original 6 era or older.

Honestly, I don't expect to ever have any cards from many of the earlier sets. They are just too costly; that's history I won't be able to document. However, there's still a bunch of modern sets to work on. And the work has already started, because if you remember the packs SumoMenkoMan sent me last summer, which I wrote about a few months ago, three of the missing sets were included! Not only will I be able to get these cards represented, I have an actual pack to open. I also have 3 of the sets waiting to ship from COMC, although I don't know when I will actually be able to do that with the virus situation going on. I've actually been holding off on opening the packs until I could type the chart up and double check it.

What I'm NOT going to do is go out and hunt down cards from each of these sets like I did when I made the NBA list several years ago. I nabbed almost all of them on COMC in one fell swoop, going in and just buying the cheapest card available just to have the set represented in my collection. It was a bit of a rush when I did it, but I find that it wasn't really all that fun, and now I don't have the enjoyment of getting a new set totally at random, other than newly issued sets. With the NHL cards, I'm going to take it as they come...and enjoy the thrill of the hunt. I still have some of the store-made repacks I have held since 2017 and boxes upon boxes of cards sent to me by other collectors...what treasures await me in them? Only time will tell.

The list, like my lists for NBA, NASCAR and some non-sport sets, is always available from the Sets Missing from my Collection page in the top of every post, but I've also copy & pasted it below. As I get the missing sets, I will remove them, so by C&Ping it here, it will be a record of the sets that were missing from my collection at the time I created the chart.

Please note that this is only major sets. It doesn't include promos, team sets, lower levels, International, etc...all of which I collect and want to have. This is just mainstream sets. Underlined sets are simply year breaks, and the sets struck through are those that I have coming to me already- the three packs from Ryan, and the cards waiting with COMC.

1910-11 Imperial Tobacco
  • 1911-12 Imperial Tobacco
  • 1912-13 Imperial Tobacco  (Although the three Imperial tobacco sets predate the NHL, they were for the league the NHL spun out of and I would count them just the same)
  • 1923-24 William Paterson
  • 1924-25 Champ's Cigarettes
  • 1924-25 William Paterson
  • 1925-26 Unknown producer
  • 1926-27 Unknown producer
  • 1933-34 Unknown producer (Labeled as Anonymous V129 by Burdick)
  • 1933-34 Canadian Gum
  • 1933-34 Hamilton Gum
  • 1933-34 O-Pee-Chee
  • 1933-34 World Wide Gum Ice Kings
  • 1934-35 O-Pee-Che
  • 1935-36 O-Pee-Chee
  • 1936-37 O-Pee-Chee
  • 1937-38 O-Pee-Chee
  • 1937-38 World Wide Gum
  • 1939-40 O-Pee-Chee
  • 1940-41 O-Pee-Chee
  • 1952-53 Parkhurst
  • 1953-54 Parkhurst
  • 1955-56 Parkhurst
  • 1957-58 Parkhurst
  • 1958-59 Parkhurst
  • 1958-59 Topps
  • 1959-60 Parkhurst
  • 1960-61 Parkhurst
  • 1961-62 Parkhurst
  • 1961-62 Topps Pending
  • 1962-63 Parkhurst
  • 1963-64 Parkhurst
  • 1965-66 Topps
  • 1968-69 O-Pee-Chee
  • 1974-75 O-Pee-Chee WHA
  • 1975-76 O-Pee-Chee WHA
  • 1976-77 O-Pee-Chee WHA
  • 1981-82 O-Pee-Chee Stickers
  • 1982-83 O-Pee-Chee Stickers
  • 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee Stickers
  • 1983-84 Topps Stickers
  • 1984-85 O-Pee-Chee Stickers
  • 1985-86 O-Pee-Chee Stickers
  • 1986-87 O-Pee-Chee
  • 1986-87 O-Pee-Chee Stickers
  • 1987-88 O-Pee-Chee Stickers
  • 1987-88 Panini Stickers
  • 1988-89 O-Pee-Chee Stickers
  • 1988-89 Panini Stickers
  • 1989-90 O-Pee-Chee Stickers
  • 1990-91 Panini Stickers
  • 1991-92 Panini Stickers
  • 1992-93 Bowman
  • 1992-93 Panini Stickers
  • 1994-95 Panini Stickers
  • 1996-97 Donruss Canadian Ice
  • 1996-97 Fleer Picks
  • 1996-97 Panini Stickers
  • 1997-98 Leaf International Stars
  • 1997-98 Pacific Paramount Pending
  • 1997-98 Pacific Revolution
  • 1997-98 Panini Stickers
  • 1997-98 Pinnacle Bee Hive
  • 1997-98 SP Authentic
  • 1997-98 SPx
  • 1997-98 Upper Deck Diamond Vision
  • 1998-99 Pacific Revolution
  • 1998-99 Panini Stickers
  • 1999-00 O-Pee-Chee
  • 1999-00 Aurora
  • 1999-00 Panini Stickers
  • 1999-00 Revolution
  • 1999-00 Ultimate Victory
  • 1999-00 Victory
  • 2000-01 O-Pee-Chee Pending
  • 2000-01 Pacific Private Stock Draft Day
  • 2000-01 Pacific Private Stock Titanium
  • 2000-01 Panini Stickers
  • 2000-01 SP Game Used
  • 2000-01 Topps Gold Label
  • 2001-02 Fleer Legacy
  • 2001-02 Pacific Private Stock Titanium Draft Day
  • 2001-02 SP Game Used
  • 2001-02 NHL Legends
  • 2001-02 UD Playmakers Limited Pending
  • 2001-02 UD Premier
  • 2001-02 Upper Deck Stanley Cup Champs
  • 2001-02 Top Shelf
  • 2002-03 Between the Pipes
  • 2002-03 In the Game Used
  • 2002-03 MVP
  • 2002-03 SP Game Used
  • 2002-03 Upper Deck Classic Portraits
  • 2002-03 Premier Collection
  • 2003-04 Be A Player Memorabilia
  • 2003-04 Be A Player Ultimate Memorabilia
  • 2003-04 In the Game Used Signature Series
  • 2003-04 In the Game VIP
  • 2003-04 Pacific Complete
  • 2003-04 Invincible
  • 2003-04 Private Stock Reserve
  • 2003-04 Private Stock Reserve Titanium
  • 2003-04 Panini Stickers
  • 2003-04 Parkhurst Original Six Boston Bruins
  • 2003-04 Parkhurst Original Six Chicago Blackhawks
  • 2003-04 Parkhurst Original Six Montreal Canadiens
  • 2003-04 Parkhurst Original Six Toronto Maple Leafs
  • 2003-04 Parkhurst Rookie
  • 2003-04 Topps Pristene
  • 2003-04 Honor Roll
  • 2003-04 Trilogy
  • 2003-04 Premier
  • 2004-05 In the Game Franchises Canadian
  • 2004-05 In the Game Franchises US West
  • 2004-05 In the Game Franchises Update
  • 2004-05 UD Legendary Signatures
  • 2004-05 Upper Deck
  • 2004-05 Legends Classics
  • 2004-05 Ultimate Collection
  • 2005-06 Artifacts
  • 2005-06 Be A Player
  • 2005-06 Panini Stickers
  • 2005-06 Upper Deck The Cup
  • 2005-06 Ultimate Collection
  • 2006-07 Artifacts
  • 2006-07 Panini Stickers
  • 2006-07 SP Game Used
  • 2006-07 Upper Deck Mini Jersey
  • 2006-07 Upper Deck Sweet Shot
  • 2006-07 Upper Deck The Cup
  • 2006-07 Ultimate Collection
  • 2007-08 Hot Prospects
  • 2007-08 O-Pee-Chee Premier
  • 2007-08 Trilogy
  • 2007-08 Upper Deck Mini Jersey
  • 2007-08 Upper Deck Sweet Shot
  • 2007-08 Upper Deck The Cup
  • 2007-08 Ultimate Collection Pending
  • 2008-09 O-Pee-Chee Premier
  • 2008-09 Ovation
  • 2008-09 Panini Stickers
  • 2008-09 SP Game Used
  • 2008-09 Trilogy
  • 2008-09 UD Black
  • 2008-09 Upper Deck The Cup
  • 2008-09 Ultimate Collection
  • 2009-10 Be A Player
  • 2009-10 Ice
  • 2009-10 O-Pee-Chee Premier
  • 2009-10 Ovation
  • 2009-10 Panini Stickers
  • 2009-10 UD Black
  • 2009-10 Upper Deck The Cup
  • 2009-10 Ultimate Collection
  • 2010-11 Adrenalyn XL
  • 2010-11 Crown Royale
  • 2010-11 Ice
  • 2010-11 Panini Dominion
  • 2010-11 Limited
  • 2010-11 Upper Deck The Cup
  • 2010-11 Ultimate Collection
  • 2011-12 Ice
  • 2011-12 Panini Dominion
  • 2011-12 Panini Prime
  • 2011-12 Panini Titanium
  • 2011-12 Ultimate Collection
  • 2012-13 Classics Signatures
  • 2012-13 Panini Dominion
  • 2012-13 SP Authentic
  • 2012-13 SP Game Used
  • 2012-13 Upper Deck The Cup
  • 2013-14 Crown Royale
  • 2013-14 Ice
  • 2013-14 National Treasures
  • 2013-14 Panini Dominion
  • 2013-14 Playbook
  • 2013-14 Panini Prime
  • 2013-14 Panini Stickers
  • 2013-14 Totally Certified
  • 2013-14 SP Game Used
  • 2013-14 Upper Deck The Cup
  • 2014-15 Ice
  • 2014-15 Panini Stickers
  • 2014-15 SP Game Used
  • 2014-15 SPx
  • 2014-15 Trilogy
  • 2014-15 UD Premier
  • 2014-15 Upper Deck The Cup
  • 2014-15 Ultimate Collection
  • 2015-16 Black Diamond
  • 2015-16 Panini Stickers
  • 2015-16 UD Black
  • 2015-16 UD Premier
  • 2015-16 Upper Deck The Cup
  • 2016-17 Black Diamond
  • 2016-17 UD Premier
  • 2016-17 Upper Deck The Cup
  • 2016-17 Ultimate Collection
  • 2017-18 Black Diamond
  • 2017-18 SP Game Used
  • 2017-18 UD Premier
  • 2017-18 Ultimate Collection
  • 2018-19 Black Diamond
  • 2018-19 Chronology
  • 2018-19 Clear Cut
  • 2018-19 Compendium
  • 2018-19 Engrained
  • 2018-19 Ice
  • 2018-19 SP Authentic
  • 2018-19 UD Premier
  • 2018-19 Upper Deck The Cup
  • 2019-20 Black Diamond
  • 2019-20 Chronology
  • 2019-20 Credentials (pending release)
  • 2019-20 Engrained
  • 2019-20 Ice
  • 2019-20 O-Pee-Chee Platinum
  • 2019-20 Stature (pending release)
  • 2019-20 Synergy
  • 2019-20 Trilogy
  • 2019-20 UD Premier
  • 2019-20 Upper Deck Buybacks
  • 2019-20 Ultimate Collection
  • 9 comments:

    1. Lots good birthday, Christmas, Easter, and "Glad I'm not dead day" gift ideas here. 😉

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    2. I can definitely help with some of these, I'll go through my hockey cards next week in advance of my FSF post and set some aside for you.

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    3. I should also have a card from at least a couple of those years for you. Might take me a week or two to look through the list, but I'll keep you posted. Always good to see another hockey fan out there!

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    4. I know a good handful of people who are type collectors....that doesn't do it for me. I have to complete sets to get satisfaction. You have whittled the list down pretty well it seems for colleting hockey for such a short period of time.

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      1. Well, I'd complete them all if I could, but that's not in the budget, unfortunately. I have you, Shane, Joe, Douglas Chris and others to thank for helping me get as far as I have.

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