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The 10 Most Memorable Hockey Cards of the 1980s
As baseball cards took off in the 1980s, hockey cards also found a wide audience with some great sets and rookies. In a decade that gave us some of the greatest stars hockey had ever known, there was no shortage of prized cards. Although cards were only produced by Topps and O Pee Chee, these cards are now more valuable than the baseball cards from the same years due to less production and distribution. Without further ado, here are The 10 Most Memorable Hockey Cards from the 1980s from 10-1(with one very significant Honorable Mention):
1983-84 O-Pee-Chee Pelle Lindbergh
1988-89 Topps Brendan Shanahan
1984-85 Topps Pat LaFontaine
1980-81 O-Pee-Chee Ray Bourque
1984-85 Topps Steve Yzerman
1988-89 Topps Wayne Gretzky
1980-81 O-Pee-Chee Mark Messier
1988-89 Topps Brett Hull
1985-86 O-Pee-Chee Mario Lemieux
1986-87 O-Pee-Chee Patrick Roy
It was a very close call between the Lemieux rookie and the Roy rookie, but the Roy ultimately won out because it is the more attractive card (goalies cards were always the coolest). Since Gretzky's rookie was from the 1979-80 set, I decided not to count it as an 80s card. If I did it certainly would have been No. 1. I'll include it at the top of the list as an honorable mention:
1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky
Where is Luc? Also, what about Chris Chelios?