tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42199065390010591242024-03-05T05:09:28.436-05:00The Cardboard and MeMy life with the Cardboard Gods and the games they play.JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.comBlogger421125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-67116409330161937232021-02-25T12:38:00.005-05:002021-02-25T12:38:01.978-05:00Lost 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 Vukota. Looking back, it's shocking to see that Baumgartner was an Islander for only about two seasons. Ken played his junior hockey with the Prince Albert Raiders of the JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-79163321693675316212021-02-11T12:33:00.000-05:002021-02-11T12:33:00.845-05:00Lost 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 more memorable personalites. Lorne Worsley was bestowed the nickname "Gump" as a child, due to as resemblance to Andy Gump of The Gumps comic strip. Not exactly a JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-50421492151246893042020-12-04T00:57:00.002-05:002020-12-04T00:57:21.882-05:00TTM: 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 Cards. He signed both, kept the copies I offered him and returned a note saying "Nicely done with the cards". It's always a warm fuzzy feeling when a player keeps theJGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-64372180446751421932020-11-17T01:25:00.002-05:002020-11-17T01:25:54.128-05:00TTM: 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 permanent home to call my own. I do have my computer but there is not enough space for it. So while I can venture behind and under the desk to switch a half dozen JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-49322929729689823292020-10-29T21:44:00.000-04:002020-10-29T21:44:06.728-04:00Lost 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 parent's basement. What I did find were the trading cards, unfortunately, Brunetta was out of my mock league, the "Super Hockey League" before I started making cards. &JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-10346550864085045862020-10-22T12:59:00.001-04:002020-10-22T12:59:00.472-04:00Lost 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 became far more rough and brawls became more common place. At the same time, a new group of pioneers were joining the NHL, the Europeans. They brought along with them a reputation JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-82496141440576090312020-10-16T21:38:00.000-04:002020-10-16T21:38:02.127-04:00Lost 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 to Germany and then to Paraguay after World War II. Willi born in 1955, moved with his family to Canada in 1956. Drafted in the 5th round, 80th overall, in the 1975 Draft,&JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-62346932806620767272020-10-08T10:14:00.000-04:002020-10-08T10:14:01.906-04:00Lost 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 years old. After playing his overage season in the OHL with the North Bay Centennials, Mark was signed as a free agent by the Detroit Red Wings in 1983. Mark bounced around theJGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-74194779436225541822020-10-01T12:28:00.001-04:002020-10-01T12:28:01.510-04:00Lost 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. Norm was drafted straight out of the BCJHL. He opted to go to college instead of junior hockey and played four seasons with Michigan State University in the NCAA. JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-17621616188832299012020-09-24T13:32:00.001-04:002020-09-24T13:32:21.183-04:00Lost 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 Maples in the 2nd round, 24th overall, in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. He was drafted as a defenseman. After scoring 86 points in 70 games with the JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-47979271206321175922020-09-17T12:04:00.010-04:002020-09-17T12:04:00.233-04:00Lost 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 former Vezina winners. Froese was originally drafted in the 10th round of the 1978 NHL draft by the St. Louis Blues. Froese never signed a contract JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-51225581589192657782020-09-10T13:03:00.005-04:002020-09-11T01:36:13.386-04:00Lost 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 he had back-to-back 40 goals seasons, Dan was not drafted by any NHL team. There were concerns about Daoust's size, which was generously listed as 5'10" and JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-66728186521939163342020-09-03T16:59:00.001-04:002020-09-24T13:17:41.419-04:00Lost 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 Buffalo Sabres, but never had a card while with them.
Cloutier was star goalie in the QMJHL and the top underage goalie prospect in the draft. In the two seasons JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-7651619799884991332020-08-27T13:05:00.000-04:002020-08-27T13:05:00.556-04:00Lost 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 the 2nd round of 1976 NHL Amateur Draft. A tough defenseman with a cannon for a shot, Larson was the top ranked American in the draft.
Larson's university career JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-88512008619287003282020-08-20T17:34:00.000-04:002020-08-20T17:34:58.405-04:00Lost 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 80s and went undrafted by the NHL. He signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Kings in 1985. Healy was called up to the Kings in November of 1985, as starter&JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-40423305063662473022020-08-13T11:19:00.000-04:002020-08-13T11:19:00.178-04:00Lost 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 Miller never had a rookie card until the 1990 Junk Wax boom, after he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings. And even then, only Upper Deck was the only set that included Miller JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-84733898649181723612020-08-06T12:40:00.001-04:002020-08-06T12:40:30.828-04:00The 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 like being hit by a Boxcar, and it rhymed with his last name. It was in the play-offs that his more memorable moments occurred, the good and the infamous.
JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-52741420658666562662020-07-30T14:31:00.000-04:002020-07-30T14:31:00.511-04:00Lost 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 the Edmonton Oilers in 1978-79, the final season of the WHA. He spent the majority of that season playing in the minors, the CHL. In his two WHA games, he played a total JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-32359656438365066992020-07-23T15:33:00.000-04:002020-07-27T09:28:56.195-04:00Lost 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 play junior hockey, instead he played with Cornell University in the NCAA. Like most college players, he went undrafted. He signed as a free agent with the Winnipeg Jets JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-1732028290140833102020-07-20T06:58:00.003-04:002020-07-20T08:30:55.730-04:00Facebook The 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, I usually did a single card or maybe two for the player. In looking back, some players were either omitted from OPC several times, or were given fairly poor photos in their JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-82183895176070729802020-07-16T14:36:00.000-04:002020-07-16T23:02:33.588-04:00Lost 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 with the Boston Bruins. Geoff was the late-bloomer of the two. Russ had more hype, but in the end, it is debatable who had the better career.
Geoff signed with the JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-68114659521446551542020-07-11T14:30:00.000-04:002020-07-11T14:30:15.905-04:00The 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. Part Three took me a little longer due to two factors, one was moving, and the other was that I felt the 1987 Topps/OPC is a sacred design, reserved only for baseball. 1987 was JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-37302858699772239292020-07-09T12:45:00.000-04:002020-07-09T19:36:37.090-04:00Lost 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 was a quick one to finish.
Dale McCourt was a highly touted teenager. He was the CHL player of the year in 1977. The Detroit Red Wings selected him first overall in JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-20370484727586917712020-06-29T11:25:00.001-04:002020-06-29T11:25:44.711-04:00OPC 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 Database website. It appeared that there was no easy way of just viewing goalie cards for each set on the site, so started making Lists of goalie base cards for each set in the 80s.&JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4219906539001059124.post-49267121395585668152020-03-27T12:49:00.001-04:002020-03-27T12:49:14.409-04:00Lost Cards: 1985-86 OPC Steve Shutt Steve Shutt was inducted into the HHOF in 1993. Drafted 4th overall in the 1972 draft by the Montreal Canadiens, Steve was one of four first round draft picks by the Canadiens that year, and was easily the most successful. The Canadiens acquired the draft pick used on Shutt, back in June of 1968. They traded minor league goalie Gerry Desjardins to the Los Angeles JGBlarghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06984741826030266285noreply@blogger.com0