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