Heading into the 1989-90 season, hockey fans were intrigued by the arrival of talents from the Soviet Union, but hockey card collectors would have to wait a year - and for the hobby to boom - before adding most of them to their collections. All told, ten players from behind the Iron Curtain skated for an NHL club in 1989-90 and while some of them were bound for the Hockey … [Read more...] about Glasnost on Ice: Collecting Rookie Cards of the NHL’s First Soviet Players
Sergei Makarov
Elusive Ink: Missing Certified Autograph Cards for 10 NHL Greats
Certified autograph cards have been a part of the pack-ripping experience for collectors for 30 years and thousands of athletes have been asked by trading card manufacturers to sign for them. For hockey cards, these thrills started when Pro Set, Score, and Upper Deck had limited Patrick Roy, Bobby Orr, and Brett Hull autographs as part of their core 1991-92 releases. It was … [Read more...] about Elusive Ink: Missing Certified Autograph Cards for 10 NHL Greats