Complete – Page 2 – A Quest Is Bruin'

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.

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.

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 #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 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.

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 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.