Friday Pack of Cards

It's Friday, and that means the fans are salivating for the next Friday Pack of Cards! This week, another pack of 1990-91 Upper Deck. As a side note, I'm working on a little treat for you all in 2 weeks!

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1) Ulf Dahlen - Minnesota North Stars - Dahlen was actually the first swede to be drafted in the top 10. Outside that, nothing remarkable. As I've said before, he was an early member of the San Jose Sharks.

2) Lucien Deblois - Quebec Nordiques - Another old-timer in the twilight of his career. Really really unremarkable player.

3) John Bryce - Boston Bruins (Star Rookie) - This star rookie, who hadn't played a game at this point, played a total of 21 regular season NHL games. However, he did manage 2 goals in 8 playoff games.

4) Steve Duchesne - Los Angeles Kings - Duchesne actually made the NHL All Rookie team in 1987, netting 38 points (13+25) in 75 games. Other than that, he looks high in this picture.

5) Peter Lappin - Minnesota North Stars (Star Rookie) - Drafted in the 1987 supplemental draft by Calgary, the 6 NHL games listed on this card is one game less than his NHL totals. Another bad pick for a "Star Rookie"

6) Petri Skriko - Vancouver Canucks - Other than being the final player to complete my set of Bowman Cards, Skriko was an offense minded player. His best finish was a -3. His worst? -21 at this point.

7) Vladimir Krutov - I wonder if people every called him "Crouton." ANYWAY...he was another late in life pick from the Soviets. He played on the Central Red Army team from 1977-1989.

8) Greg Hawgood - Boston Bruins - Looks like Hawgood picked up the NHL game well. After going -1 in one game his rookie season, he followed up next season as a +4 in 56 games, then a +12 in 77 games. Not bad.

9) Scott Stevens - Washington Capitals - Yes, it's THAT Scott Stevens. Seeing 601 games played, one might think he's near the end of his prime. However, he was only 8 seasons into the 21 he played in his career. and still had over 1000 more games to play. Sick.

10) Bob Essensa - Winnipeg Jets (All Rookie Team) - Really, my only memories of Essensa are of beating him like a rented mule in the old NHL games. Still, he wasn't terrible as a goaltender, though he was probably worked to death in Winnipeg.

11) Bill Ranford - Edmonton Oilers - If you could only see the back of this card. Ranford's hair would put Barry Melrose to shame. Neat tidbit: if you look closely at the puck, you can see the old orange NHL logo facing up on the puck. Now it's sliver.

12) Donald Dufresne - Montreal Canadiens - Pretty sure that's an awesome hockey smile. The native of Quebec, Quebec looks to have been a solid defenseman. 268 career games according to HockeyDB.


As always, it's been fun. Be sure to make your way back next week for another pack of 1990-91 Upper Deck hockey!