I think this may be my favorite back design ever

Everybody talks about card fronts, myself included. And my favorite card front design is well documented as the 1996-97 Ultra set.

Card backs...not so much. You can find an occasional post about card backs, but they are few and far between. Before I joined the Trading Card Database, I didn't even scan the backs!

But I really think this design is my favorite...not just in hockey, in everything.

The 1979-80 Topps/OPC back. How cool and creative is this? I mean, sure, they could have made the font smaller and fit in more stats, but that's just nitpicking at this point.

And it fits the sport it's used for perfectly, the skate shape is just so creative. And they had room for a cartoon, to boot!

It's a set I know I will never ever complete due to being Wayne Gretzky's rookie card season, but I enjoy them every time I get one. This one came from the stash of Rangers I posted about in November. As I was working on editing the scans I realized I never really mentioned how much I liked the backs of these, so I had to write this post.
Here's the front.

I think I actually like the back more than I like the front design, although it's certainly a classic...and one of only two 70s NHL sets that don't have a white border, joining 1972-73 which had a tan border.

New NHL Players added to my collection in October 2018

With all the crazy stuff that happened with my computers in the past month, I didn't get to do a lot of scanning in October. Add that to playing catchup with what needed to be done, I have not had the time to put the effort into this post. Finally...finally...on November 20th, I'm writing this post. Thanks to Shane of Shoebox Legends it's a plentiful amount of people, too!

2017-18 Upper Deck #394

2017-18 Upper Deck UD Canvas #C233

1997-98 Score New York Rangers #13

1997-98 Score New York Rangers #18

The first two came from the last packs of the hobby box of UD Series 2 I bought in June. The two promo Rangers came from the complete set a local dealer gave to me for my birthday, as I recounted in my Card of the Day post.
The next three Young Guns all came from a purchase I made.

2017-18 Upper Deck #205

2017-18 Upper Deck #236

2017-18 Upper Deck #225

The next cards I got for my birthday on the 18th.

1972-73 O-Pee-Chee #194

1979-80 Topps #240

1972-73 O-Pee-Chee #110

1971-72 O-Pee-Chee #9

2018-19 MVP #238

The next two cards came to me via trade on the Trading Card Database. With them and others, I now have every veteran player card from 17-18 UD Series 1!

2017-18 Upper Deck #261

2017-18 Upper Deck #33

When I went to thank the dealer for the birthday present, I picked up three vintage cards and he gave me an Islanders team set, which yielded me 4 new players. The player from 1959-60 actually was already present in my collection.

1964-65 Topps #49

1962-63 Topps #64

1995-96 Score #305

1995-96 Score #309

Everyone else in this post...and there's a lot of them...came to me from Shane of Shoebox Legends. He's happy to get rid of stuff, I'm happy to add stuff, it works out well! Most of the November post will be from him, too.

2007-08 MVP #48

2007-08 MVP #296

2007-08 MVP #314

2007-08 MVP #324

2007-08 MVP #345

2007-08 MVP #349

2012-13 In the Game Heroes and Prospects #110

Non-NHL players count. I guess I should call it "New Hockey players" rather than new NHL players, but I think you know what I mean.

1991-92 Score Canadian Bilingual #249

2005-06 Ultra Gold Medallion #228

 Name is hard to read, this is Chris Campoli.

2012-13 In the Game Heroes and Prospects #34

2012-13 In the Game Heroes and Prospects #90

2012-13 In the Game Heroes and Prospects #98

2011-12 SP Authentic Rookie Update #R32

My first card of 11-12 SPA as well.

2011-12 Score #273

2011-12 Score #345

1989-90 7th Inning Sketch #78

1989-90 7th Inning Sketch #80

1989-90 7th Inning Sketch #101

1989-90 7th Inning Sketch #110

1989-90 7th Inning Sketch #114

1989-90 7th Inning Sketch #115

1989-90 7th Inning Sketch #117

1989-90 7th Inning Sketch #124

Many of these minor league players appear to be One Hit Wonders, as well. (Meaning the only card they ever got)

2012-13 Upper Deck #204

2013-14 Upper Deck #244

Pretty sure this is my first YG from one of these two sets. I listed them in my paper listing a while ago now and I don't remember which set, though!

2009-10 Victory #204

2009-19 Ultra #216

2009-10 O-Pee-Chee #47

2009-10 O-Pee-Chee #134

 In a bit of a sad coincidence, I added both Derek Boogard and Steve Montador on the same day. Both died as a direct result of concussions received during game play.

2009-10 O-Pee-Chee #381

 I had a hard time not posting this card as a single card post and title it "Shane gave me the Finger!"

2009-10 O-Pee-Chee #386

2009-10 O-Pee-Chee #394

And even when I thought I had everything scanned, I had to go back and find one in my "waiting to be scanned" boxes...but luckily, I found it and got it scanned and it appears in this post. (The Vic Hadfield card)

But that's exactly 50 new people added to my hockey collection, bringing the total up to 2839 total people, which is now, already, less than 100 away from more different people than in my NBA collection, currently in my 22nd year with that sport.

Come back tomorrow to see the post for everyone else in my collection that's not NBA, NHL or NASCAR.