2024 ONLINE BLASTER - PART 7: HOCKEY PLAYER COLLECTIONS

BACK TO MORE CARDS I BOUGHT THIS YEAR. THESE ARE SOME RAD HOCKEY DUDES. I FINALLY GOT MY NEGLECTED HOCKEY CARDS IN ORDER LAST YEAR AND PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION IS DECIDING WHAT CARDS I ACTUALLY GAVE A CRAP ABOUT. I HAD A TON OF PLAYER COLLECTIONS FROM THE 90S BACK WHEN I ACTUALLY LIKED HOCKEY BUT I CUT ALL THAT DOWN TO SIX PLAYERS TO FOCUS ON

CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION

1995 STADIUM CLUB MEMBERS ONLY CHRIS CHELIOS, PAUL COFFEY AND ED BELFOUR

THESE ARE THE BIG THREE: CHELIOS, BELFOUR AND COFFEY. I LOVED PLAYING HOCKEY GAMES ON MY SUPER NINTENDO THAT THESE DUDES WERE ALWAYS AWESOME. CHELIOS AND COFFEY WERE DEFENSEMEN THAT COULD SCORE AND ED HAD AN EAGLE ON HIS HELMET. HOW COOL IS THAT! I HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED CARDS EACH OF THESE PLAYERS AND HAVE BEEN PICKING UP A FEW HERE AND THERE WHEN I NOTICE I DON'T HAVE THEM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE FROM A HIGHER END SET OR INSERT. THIS IS THE ONLY PAUL COFFEY CARD FROM THIS BATCH WHICH MAKES SENSE SINCE I HAVE ALMOST AS MANY COFFEY CARDS AS CHELIOS AND BELFOUR COMBINED SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND ONE I NEED

1996-97 SKYBOX IMPACT CHRIS CHELIOS BLADERUNNERS INSERT

CHELIOS IS MY OFFICIAL FAVORITE PLAYER IN HOCKEY SO IF I SEES AN INSERT I GETS IT. I ALREADY HAD A FEW OF THESE BLADERUNNER INSERTS FROM MY 90S PACK RIPS BUT NO CHRIS. HOORAY! INSERT IN MY HOCKEY BOX

1997-98 POST CHRIS CHELIOS

I'M ALSO LEARNING ABOUT A TON OF ODDBALL FOOD ISSUES NOW AND HAD NO CLUE THAT POST DID HOCKEY CARDS AS WELL AS THE BASEBALL CARDS I WAS COLLECTING. THE PINNACLE BRANDING IS COOL AND THIS DESIGN IS PRETTY WILD EVEN FOR THE LATE 90S. I DARE YOU TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS CARD IS OFF CENTER OR NOW. GO AHEAD, THEY TO FIGURE IT OUT

1991 STAR PICS ED BELFOUR FLASHBACK

THE FIRST TEAM I PLAYED ON THOSE OLD NINTENDO GAMES WAS THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS AND I QUICKLY LEARNED HOW GOOD ED WAS AT NOT LETTING PUCKS IN THE GOAL. I LIKE GOALIE CARDS IN GENERAL AND ED'S ALWAYS LOOK GOOD. THIS STAR PICS SET WAS ANOTHER ONE I HADN'T HEARD OF BEFORE AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN INSERT WHEN I FIRST SAW IT

1999-00 UPPER DECK RETRO MCDONALDS ED BELFOUR, 1999-00 UPPER DECK RETRO MCDONALDS ED BELFOUR ROOKIE YEAR INSERT

MCDONALD'S CARDS ARE USUALLY PRETTY SHINY BUT 2000 WAS THE YEAR RETRO REALLY KICKED OFF SO UPPER DECK GAVE UP THE RETRO DESIGN FOR THE BURGER CARDS. THESE ARE PRETTY NEAT LOOKING AND WE GET ED IN THE TOWO UNIFORMS HE'S BEST KNOWN FOR

1999-00 UPPER DECK VICTORY ED BELFOUR SEASON LEADERS

I THOUGHT I DIDN'T HAVE ONE OF THESE BUT I FOUND TWO OF THEM LATER ON WHEN PUTTING AWAT SOME UPPER DECK BOXES. THAT'S WHY YA GOTTA GET ORGANIZED KIDS!

1994-95 PINNACLE ED BELFOUR

THIS BIZZARE OBELISK DESIGN ON 94-95 PINNACLE ALWAYS SEEMED ICONIC TO ME SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HOW WEIRD IT WAS. I COULDN'T SWORN I HAD THIS CARD BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE SO I MADE SURE I HAVE ONE. BUT SERIOUSLY, WHAT IS THAT FOIL THING? A TROTHY? A  STAIRCASE? A CENTEPEDE? WHAT THE HECK IS IT??

2003-04 PACIFIC ATOMIC MCDONALDS ED BELFOUR

LAST EDDIE IS ONE OF HIM IN A TORONTO UNI. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CARDS OF HIM WITH THE SHARKS OR PANTHERS OR LEAFS SO THIS IS A NICE PICKUP. YOU CERTAINLY KNOW IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT ED BELFOUR PLAYED FOR THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS WITH THIS DESIGN

2000-01 PACIFIC PRIZM MCDONALDS STEVE YZERMAN

ALONG WITH THE THREE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS I DECIDED TO COLLECT THREE FORWARDS AS WELL TO BUILD A FULL STARTING LINEUP. STEVE YZERMAN IS MY TEAM'S CENTER AS I SCORE A TON OF GOALS WITH HIM ON THAT SNES AND THE RED WINGS HAVE BECOME MY KINDA SORTA FAVORITE TEAM SINCE THE THRASHERS FLEED THE COUNTRY. DON'T ASK ME IF THE WINGS MADE THE PLAYOFFS BECAUSE I HAVE NO FRICKIN CLUE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SHINY MCDONALD'S CARDS I MENTIONED BEFORE AND HOLY MOLY THIS ONE IS EXTRA SHINY. MAN, I MISS GOOD PRISM WITH AN S

1991-92 O-PEE-CHEE PREMIER STEVE YZERMAN

I DON'T KNOW HOW I DIDN'T HAVE THIS ONE SINCE I HAVE MORE JUNKWAX ERA HOCKEY THAN I COULD EVER WANT BUT I DIDN'T SO I GOT IT

2005-06 PARKHURST STEVE YZERMAN CHECKLIST

I DON'T CARE MUCH ABOUT PARKHURST, WHEN I WAS ORGANIZING MY HOCKEY I DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER SORTING THE STUFF I HAD BUT AN ODDBALL INSERT CHECKLIST CAUGHT MY EYE. IT'S NOT A GREAT LOOKING CARD BUT IT SURE IS DIFFERENT

2003-04 PACIFIC ATOMIC MCDONALDS JAROME IGINLA

JAROME IGINLA IS MY RIGHT WINGER AS I WAS WELL AWARE OF HIS ROOKIE CARDS WHEN I WAS SERIOUSLY COLLECTING HOCKEY AND HE PLAYED FOR THE FLAMES, A TEAM I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR. I ALSO RECENTLY LEARNED HE'S THE LEAGUE LEADER IN GOALS FOR THE 00S? THAT'S DAMN GOOD. I ALSO LOVE THIS ATOMIC DESIGN SO I'LL TAKE ANY EXCUSE TO PICK ONE UP

2003-04 PACIFIC ATOMIC MCDONALDS ILYA KOVALCHUK

ILYA KOVALCHUK IS MY LEFT WINGER BECAUSE I KINDA HAVE TO COLLECT AT LEAST ONE ATLANTA PLAYER (CHELIOS DOESN'T COUNT EVEN THOUGH HE PLAYED A FEW GAMES WITH THEM AT THE END OF HIS CAREER) AND ILYA IS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY STAR FROM THAT FRANCHISE THAT DIDN'T END UP AN EMBARASSMENT. WELL, AT LEAST NOT WHILE I WAS WATCHING HIM AT LEAST. IVE GOT A FEW OF HIS CARDS IN A TRASHERS BOX SOMEWHERE BUT WHENEVER I LOOK THROUGH IT I GET DEPRESSED SO I HAVEN'T PULLED HIS CARDS YET. THERE'S SOME GOOD ONES IN THERE THOUGH, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST I'VE SEEN OF THIS MCDONALD'S DESIGN SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD BET IT'S NOT IN THERE

1994-95 CLASSIC IMAGES MANON RHEAUME

I HAVE HAD A TINY MANON RHEAUME COLLECTION FOR THIRTY YEARS NOW AND YOU CAN STILL REGULARLY FIND HERE CARDS IN DOLLAR BOXES HERE IN ATLANTA. I SAW SOME OF THESE CARDS ON THE SITE AND THOUGHT, HELL YEAH, WHY NOT BUILD UP A HUGE COLLECTION OF RHEAUME CARDS! THEN I CHECKED OUT TCDB AND SAW HOW MANY CARDS SHE HAD LOL. I WILL ALWAYS HAVE A TINY COLLECTION BUT I'VE PROBABLY DOUBLED IT SO FAR THROUGH THE SITE. THISONE'S GOT SHINY FOILBOARD BUT IS SADLY NOT AN ATLANTA KNIGHTS CARD

1992 CLASSIC DRAFT PICKS MANON RHEAUME 

MANON'S VERY FIRST CARD! I THINK. THERE'S ALWAYS EARLIER CARDS THE MORE YOU LOOK. AND ODDLY ENOUGH, MANON'S OFFICIAL ROOKIE CARD IS CONSIDERED TO BE HER 2008-09 MASTERPIECES CARD BY TCDB AND HER 2010-11 PANINI DOMINION CARD BY COMC. ROOKIE CARDS ARE FAKE, Y'ALL. JUST ENJOY THE ONES YOU GOT

1993 CLASSIC PRO HOCKEY PROSPECTS MANON RHEAUME 

THESE ARE THE LAST TWO CARDS OF MANON I NEEDED FROM THE 1993 CLASSIC PRO HOCKEY PROSPECTS SET THAT WENT NUTSO ON RHEAUME CARDS UNLESS THERE'S SOME VARIATIONS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. I HAD ABOUT HALF OF THEM FOR FOREVER UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP THE REST ON THE SITE. HOORAY FOR COMPLETION!

1994-95 CLASSIC HOCKEY MANON RHEAUME

AND TO FINISH UP WE HAVE MANON IN THE TEAM CANADA UNI WITH TAMPA BAY SPLASHED ON THE SIDE. ANOTHER NICE LOOKING CARD AND NOW I HAVE TWENTY THREE OF HER CARDS. OUT OF A POSSIBLE ONE THOUSAND AND ONE LOL. LIKE I SAID, ENJOY THE CARDS YOU HAVE AND ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR MORE COOL NEW ONES