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Today's post features the 18-card 1991-92 Upper Deck Euro-Stars set. I think everyone who collected as a kid has those few sets that strike a chord, whether they were the first cards in your collection, a set you ripped a ton of, or something that you latched onto for sentimental reasons. For me, 1991-92 Upper Deck falls into the second category, a set that I ripped an insane amount of packs of.
I'm pretty sure that everything I opened came out of standard hobby packs. The 1991-92 Upper Deck Euro-Stars inserts were found in jumbo packs only though. So, I never landed a single one of these as a kid. I rectified that yesterday, picking up all 18 of them at the hobby shop. My cost? A mere $2. Here are all 18 in numerical order:
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Alright, so the set doesn't start off so strong. It's going to get better, and in a hurry.
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See, I told you. Is it just me, or does Mogilny not get as much love in the collecting world as some of the other Russian/European snipers of the early 90's like Fedorov, Bure and Jagr?
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The lone Whaler in the set, and the card featured at the top of the post.
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Semenov's stats are misleading as he played in Russia for the entire decade of the 1980's, his prime years. The design on these is identical to the 1991-92 Upper Deck base cards, with the addition of a small Euro-Stars logo in the lower right corner. The flag of each player's nation is portrayed in the crest of the logo, a nice touch.
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A ton of talent, generally regarded as a soft player though. Bounced around to quite a few teams in his NHL career.
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Surefire Hall-of-Famer. It will definitely be interesting to see how he fares this year in the NHL.
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Big, physical wing. Captured a Cup with Detroit in 1997.
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I saw this guy play more than a few times for the Hartford Whalers back in the day.
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Always nice to add another Fedorov to the collection. I think I'm over 75 now...
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5-time Stanley Cup winner. Did you know he actually made his NHL debut in the Cup finals?
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Apparently retired from the NHL because he refused to play for the Jets. I find that funny for some reason.
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Played the majority of his career in Washington, but hit the 500-goal plateau in his final season as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks.
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Joins Jagr and Bondra as the only three 500-goal scorers in this set. Finished his career at just better than a point per game. Impressive.
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One of the most exciting goalies I've ever seen in net. 2.20 career GAA, not too shabby at all.
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Started his career with the Wings, but was dealt and ended up playing for some pretty bad teams.
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Finally, 16 cards in and we have the first defenseman. Alexander played for quite a few NHL teams, including my beloved Hartford Whalers.
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Brutal enforcer who is still blamed in Boston for cutting Cam Neely's career short with a knee-on-knee hit. Current head coach of Modo Hockey in Sweden.
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3-time Stanley Cup champion, and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
There you have it, the 1991-92 Upper Deck Euro-Stars set. I've got at least 3 or 4 more of these posts to go before the puck drops on the upcoming season.
Well worth the $2! Nice pick up.
ReplyDeleteCool set, I've got a lot of 91-92 UD but I haven't seen these before.
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