1995-96 Fleer Metal HEAVY METAL - Near Set (24 car

One of Metal's scarcer inserts. Metal made awesome inserts like these beauties with brushed metal look and player's country in huge letters on back. Average price on eBay is $55 to $65.

Grade	NM/MINT
Book Value	n/a
Our Price	$ 39.95 Add to cart

1995-96 Fleer Metal HEAVY METAL - Near Set (24 car Hockey cards value

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1971-1972 Topps/O-Pee-Chee (OPC) Hockey

Topps had (132) cards in their set. O-Pee-Chee had (264) cards in their set. A bunch of superstar rookies led by Ken Dryden, Marcel Dionne, and Guy Lafleur.
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NHL's Original Hockey Teams

The Original Teams of the NHL (1917)
National Hockey League (NHL) was formed in 1917. The original four teams were all from Canada:

Montreal Canadiens Montreal Wanderers Ottawa Senators Toronto Arenas (now Toronto Maple Leafs)

The Quebec Bulldogs were also part of the founding meeting but did not field a team the first season.

The "Original Six" (1942-1967)
The "Original Hockey Teams" usually refers to the "Original Six." These six teams formed the NHL from 1942 to the 1967 expansion. They were:

Boston Bruins Chicago Black Hawks (now Blackhawks) Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers Toronto Maple Leafs

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Hockey cards & Items

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How long have sports cards been around ? (part 1)

The first baseball trading cards date back to 1869. For many years, baseball cards were packaged in packs of tobacco as a way to increase sales the same way that today prizes are packaged in boxes of cereal. In the 1920's and 1930's, candy and gum companies started packaging baseball cards in their products as well.

Baseball card production was virtually halted in the early 1940's due to paper shortages created by World War II. The "Modern Era" of baseball cards began in 1948 when Bowman Gum Inc. offered one card and one piece of gum in a pack for a penny.

The first important football set was the Mayo set featuring college players in 1984. Other than the 1935 National Chicle set no other key football set was issued until 1948 when noth Bowman and Leaf produced sets.