1950 – A Quest Is Bruin'

Due in part to the Great Depression and WWII, we didn't really see any hockey card releases after the late 1930s. But then there was a flurry of releases from both Topps and Parkhurst, starting with the iconic 1951-52 Parkhurst set. These two companies had quite the battle throughout the decade, where each manufacturer would only include certain teams in their releases.

1959-60 Topps

Complete. Bold colors, white edges, boring photographs. A couple of interesting action cards though…

1958-59 Topps

1958-59 Topps #40 John Bucyk Complete. The 1958-59 Topps set is home to the Bobby Hull rookie, and the famous Gordie Howe card where his name is misspelled "Gordy."

1957-58 Topps

1957-58 Topps Johnny Bucyk Complete. A couple of cards are a bit banged up, but they're all here, including a graded Bucyk rookie.

1954-55 Parkhurst

1954-55 Parkhurst Jim Henry Complete. This was actually the very first Bruins team set I successfully compiled, but read on to see why I ended up having to complete it twice…

1954-55 Topps

1954-55 Topps #18 Doug Mohns Complete. This set is really tough to come by in good condition, because they're just a little bit bigger than standard cards.

1953-54 Parkhurst

1953-54 Parkhurst #92 Milt Schmidt Complete. While I'm missing the corrected Fleming Mackell variations, I do not consider this team set incomplete without them. I mean, because reasons.

1952-53 Parkhurst

th-5253parkhurst Complete. Almost half the set is rookie cards.

1951-52 Parkhurst

Complete. 1951-52 Parkhurst, the set that essentially started this whole blog.

1951 Berk Ross

Complete. 1951-52 Berk Ross features only four hockey cards in total, and only a single Boston Bruins player: Bill Quackenbush.