OPC Goalies: 1980-81
One of the things I been doing while my own computer sits in a storage container is going through the goalie cards of the OPC sets from 1980s. I have been doing this by using the Trading Card...
View ArticleLost Cards: 1984-85 OPC Dale McCourt
First off, the good news is that I pulled my computer out of storage and I hooked it up. Which means I can work on making up more Lost Cards. I had this one already 75% done before the move so it...
View ArticleThe Lost Bossys: Baseball Edition Pt 3
So awhile back I started doing the Topps/OPC baseball designs and I figure what better way to motivate myself than to feature Mike Bossy. If you missed it, Part One is here, and Part Two is there....
View ArticleLost Rookies: 1985-86 OPC Geoff Courtnall
Geoff Courtnall entered the NHL the same season as his younger brother, Russ. Russ Courtnall was a 1st round draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Geoff was undrafted and signed as a free agent...
View ArticleThe Cardboard and Me is now on Facebook. I plan on updating some older posts with more re-skinned cards or filling in more blanks on some players careers. When I first started doing the Lost Cards,...
View ArticleLost Rookies: 1983-84 OPC Brian Hayward
Brian Hayward was part of the NHL's best one-two goalie punches in the late 80s. Brian was the 1B to Patrick Roy with the Canadiens, but that wasn't enough for Brain, he wanted more. Hayward didn't...
View ArticleLost Rookies: 1985-86 OPC Hannu Kamppuri
Hannu Kappuri was one of the best goalies in Finland during the 1980s but his two attempts in North American were both dismal failures. Hannu played briefly in the WHA. He played in two games for...
View ArticleThe Lost Cards: 1988-89 Ed Hospodar
Ed "Boxcar" Hospodar played 9 seasons in the NHL. He racked up 1314 PIM in 450 games plus and additional 206 PIM in 46 play-off games. He earned the nickname Boxcar due to his bodychecks. It was...
View ArticleLost Rookies: 1986-87 OPC Jay Miller
When I think of 1980s enforcers, I think of Jay Miller. Miller and Bruins had legendary battles against Chris Nilan and John Kordic of the Montreal Canadiens. So I was surprised when I learned...
View ArticleLost Rookies: 1988-89 OPC Glenn Healy
Glenn Healy has become more known as a hockey personality than as a hockey player. Let's look a closer look at Glenn Healy the hockey player. Healy attended Western Michigan University in the early...
View ArticleLost Cards: 1990-91 OPC Reed Larson
After winning heaps of accolades, and a National Championship, while playing for his home state, Minnesota University, in the NCAA, Reed Larson was drafted 22nd overall by the Detroit Red Wings in...
View ArticleLost Rookies; 1983-84 OPC Jacques Cloutier
The diminutive Jacques Cloutier, who is 5'7', played 12 NHL seasons but didn't get a rookie card until into his ninth season, when Junk Wax exploded. He spent the majority of his career with the...
View ArticleLost Cards: 1990-91 OPC Dan Daoust
Dan Daoust was born in Montreal, Quebec, but grew up in Ontario. He played with the Cornwall Royals of the QMJHL. Daoust and the Royals won the highly controversial 1980 Memorial Cup. Even though...
View ArticleLost Cards: 1990-91 OPC Bob Froese
The tale of Bob Froese is a Tale of Two Cities. In Philadelphia, he was one of the best goalies in the NHL. In New York, he was a middling back-up. In both cities, he played in the shadows of...
View ArticleLost Cards: 1995-96 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Gary Leeman
Gary Leeman is best known for two things - scoring 50 goals as a Maple Leaf, and being traded for Doug Gilmour. Or at least, that is how I remember him. Leeman was drafted by the Toronto...
View ArticleLost Cards: 1992-93 OPC Norm Foster
It took awhile for Norm Foster to make the NHL. Originally drafted 230th overall, in the 11th round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins, Norm did not make his NHL debut until 1991....
View ArticleLost Rookies: 1986-87 OPC Mark LaForest
Mark "Trees" LaForest played in parts of six NHL seasons, but yet only had a single NHL card. A bit of a late bloomer, not only was Mark undrafted by the NHL, he didn't make the OHL until he was 19...
View ArticleLost Cards: 1988-89 OPC Willi Plett
Willi Plett is the career leader in all statistical categories for players born in Paraguay. Willi Plett is the only player born in Paraguay to play in the NHL. His parents immigrated from Russia...
View ArticleLost Cards: 1990-91 OPC Borje Salming
During the 1970s, with the influx of expansion teams and watering down of talent, games in the NHL were often being decided by fists shots, just as much as they were with wrist shots. The game...
View ArticleLost Rookies: 1988-89 OPC Mario Brunetta
When I was a child, Mario Brunetta was a favourite of mine. I used to do mock leagues, with boxscores and trading cards. I have a notebook or two full of seasons tucked away somewhere in my...
View ArticleTTM: Mario Brunetta
I am sure my regular readers, if there are any, noticed I missed a few regular Thursday updates of the Lost Cards. I am back to a similar situation I was in early in the year. I still don't have a...
View ArticleTTM: Dan Daoust
This is the second time I received a TTM from Dan Daoust. The first was back in 2013. I sent to him again since I now had some custom cards for him to sign, which were featured in a previous Lost...
View ArticleLost Cards: 1975-75 OPC Gump Worsley
"Little round man of the Ranger nets just as quick with a quip as he is with a kick save." says the back of Lorne "Gump" Worsley's 1962-63 Topps card. Without a doubt, Gump was one of the hockey's...
View ArticleLost Rookies: 1988-89 OPC Ken Baumgartner
Ken "Bomber" Baumgartner was one of my favourite players when I was a child. I was an Islanders fan and they didn't have much on go other than Lafontaine and the truculence of Baumgartner and Mick...
View ArticleJoe Paterson: Q&A
First post in a long time, but I have a very good reason for returning to the blog. Former NHLer Joe Paterson reached out to me after reading my post about him. On a past post, I highlighted Joe...
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