Pack Rip - 1995-96 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey

Ever heard of ice dams?  If you haven't had the pleasure, I invite you to go Google the term.  Suffice to say it has been so bad in New England that I actually had a crew of guys shovel the snow and ice off of my roof today after noticing water trickling down the outside front of my home.  I've lived in New England for 32 years now, and that's the first time I've had to have that done to the place I call home.  There's about 4' of snow on the ground here, to the point where I had to dig my mailbox out of a snowbank in order to keep receiving cards (and bills).  Oh, and on top of that I had what I think may have been the flu this week and missed the last three days of work sick in bed.

Yup, it's winter in New England.  Seems like the perfect time to post another pack of hockey cards...

12 cards from 1995-96 Upper Deck Series 2 hockey, from a retail box I picked up a few months back on the cheap.  Here we go...

Your obligatory one-per-pack Electric Ice parallel.

A great look at Grant Fuhr's St. Louis Blues keyboard mask on this card.  Upper Deck photography at its best.

I have a hard time picturing Pat Falloon with anybody but the Sharks, though he played for 4 other teams in his 9 NHL seasons.

Always like pulling an Irbe card.  Late last year I was finally able to add his autograph to my collection.

Andrei Trefilov, aka not Dominik Hasek.

The names are sometimes a little difficult to read due to the foil, so in case you can't make it out this is Sergei Gonchar.  The same Sergei Gonchar that is still around in the NHL, having logged ice time in two games with the Montreal Canadiens this season.

Never made the NHL.

Ditto.  Not even sure he tried to make the NHL actually.

Here's a name hockey fans will recognize.  Without looking over the checklist, I'd have to say this is probably one of the better guys to pull from the World Junior subset.  In fact, Jose would make his first appearance with the Montreal Canadiens the same year this set was released.

Great look at the Panthers' palm tree shoulder patches on Stu Barnes' card to finish off the pack.

Well, that's about all I can muster for today.  Back to pounding Gatorade...