Complete – Page 2 – A Quest Is Bruin'

1995-96 Parkhurst '66-67

1995-96 Parkhurst '66-67 #SR3 Bobby Orr Complete. Finishing acquisition, in 2017: Bobby Orr Super Rookie inserts, #SR4.

1994 Parkhurst Missing Link

1994 Parkhurst Missing Link Terry Sawchuk Complete. Nothing too fancy here, just Parkhurst pulling at the heartstrings of the nostalgic.

1994 Parkhurst Tall Boys

1994-95 Parkhurst Tall Boys (64/65) Derek Sanderson Complete. For the longest time, I was missing the "Greats" insert card of Frank Brimsek, a simulation of a non-existent 1951-52 Parkhurst card.

1992-93 / 1993-94 Parkie Reprints

1992-93 Parkie Reprint Canadian insert Don Cherry (NNO) Complete. Three years later, I finally tracked down #CL8.

1980s Checklists

1980-81 Topps Checklist Complete. Obtained the Tembec Test checklist card in 2020.

1982-83 Post Cereal

1982-83 Post Cereal Complete. I have the Bruins panel, unperforated.

1981-82 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

1981-82 Topps Complete, though regional distribution made finding quality copies of some of the cards… interesting.

1981 Topps Thirst Break

1981 Topps Thirst Break #52 Bobby Orr Complete. Two Bazooka-style "Sports Facts" wrappers that accompanied Topps Thirst Break gum.

1981-82 Post Standups

1981-82 Post Standups Ray Bourque Complete. Just one card of Ray Bourque that came in boxes of Post cereal (I remember these as a kid, but never kept any).

1980-81 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

1980-81 Topps Ray Bourque RC Complete. Both the O-Pee-Chee set and every Topps card in unscratched condition.

1971-72 Topps #111 Complete. My final acquisition was the corrected version of a 1977-78 O-Pee-Chee checklist (the much more common variation is an error, where the front shows a Topps label), along with two OPC WHA checklists.

1979-80 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Complete. This set is famous for the Wayne Gretzky rookie, not any Bruins players, but sadly marks the first post-1966 release without a Bobby Orr card.

1978-79 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

1978-79 O-Pee-Chee Complete. Not an exciting set by any means, though it does feature the Bobby Orr tribute card marking his early retirement.

1977-79 Sportscaster

1977-79 Sportscaster #01-02 Bobby Orr Complete. Large format, multi-sport series featuring three Bruins players in total.

1977-78 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

1977-78 O-Pee-Chee Complete. Including Bobby Orr in a Black Hawks uniform.

1976-77 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

1976-77 O-Pee-Chee Complete. Yawn. I have the Orr cards (his first with Chicago), but the O-Pee-Chee version has some major crimping on one side.

1975-76 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

1975-76 O-Pee-Chee #100 Bobby Orr Complete. Finally finished this team set when I located vastly overpriced traded variations of Phil Esposito and Jean Ratelle. This set features Orr's last mainstream card as a Bruin.

1974-75 Lipton Soup

1974-75 Lipton Soup Complete. Food issue from the mid-1970s.

1974-75 Loblaws

1974-75 Loblaws Complete. Well, technically, I'm missing the Dave Forbes stamp that was only available in the album, but I don't really count that.

1974-75 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

1974-75 O-Pee-Chee Don Cherry Complete. I mean, the Don Juan Cherry rookie card, come on. Surprisingly, no inserts in this release.

1973-74 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

Complete. What a funky color scheme.

1972-73 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

1972-73 O-Pee-Chee Phil Esposito Complete. I even have the three high-number series cards depicting Bruins who went to the WHA (Cheevers, Carleton, and McKenzie).

1971-72 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

Complete. No variations affected the Bruins here, but plenty of errors, and Topps and O-Pee-Chee once again deviate on card numbers.

1970-71 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

Complete. Finally they get the first series consistent on both sides of the border.

1970-71 Esso Power Players

1970-71 Esso Power Players Complete. These stamps were given away by Esso with a $3 purchase of gasoline, and featured 18 different Boston Bruins players.

1960s Checklists

1961-62 Topps #62, the first Topps checklist Complete. Almost every checklist is marked to some degree, but most are neat. Some are in gorgeous condition in spite of any markings.

1969-70 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

1969-70 Topps Bobby Orr Complete. Errors start to creep into production, and we also spot some differences between the Topps and O-Pee-Chee releases, aside from the French writing.

1968-69 O-Pee-Chee & Topps

Complete. Topps only had one series, and it was almost a carbon copy of O-Pee-Chee, except for the Gerry Cheevers card.

1967-68 Topps

1967-68 Topps Complete. Featuring the Derek Sanderson rookie card and more of those pink backgrounds.

1965-66 Coca-Cola

1965-66 Coca-Cola Bernie Parent Complete. Featuring a pre-rookie card of Bernie Parent, and one of only two original cards featuring him in a Bruins jersey.

1965-66 Topps

1965-66 Topps Gerry Cheevers (RC) Complete. Featuring the Gerry Cheevers rookie card and an extremely short-printed team card.

1964-65 Topps ("Tall Boys")

1964-65 Topps Orland Kurtenbach Complete. Not a big fan of the "Tall Boy" format, but I sought out this team set as well. Most of the cards are in really good shape.

1963-64 Topps

1963-64 Topps Milt Schmidt Complete. Horizontal set with a cheesy hockey stick; Ed Johnson rookie is probably the best card.

1962-63 Topps

1962-63 Topps Pat Stapleton Complete. Boring, blue-bordered cards with an odd choice in a serif font.

1961-62 Topps

1961-62 Topps Orland Kurtenbach Complete. Vertical set with a pink background (except for a couple of the rookie cards).

1960-61 Topps

1960-61 Topps Don Simmons Complete. A mix of both horizontal and verticals cards, including an "All-Time Greats" card of Eddie Shore.

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.