Like most everything from the era, 1990-91 Upper Deck Hockey is readily available still today. 1990-91 Upper Deck French has the same checklist. Today, the French cards carry little to no premium over their English counterparts other than the novelty aspect. However, it turned out the cards were not rare at all. At one point, packs were selling for more than $20 each. The cards are written in French but that's not why they were originally popular. Of course, the technology has come a long way since then.ġ990-91 Upper Deck French Hockey caused a major splash at the time of release.
The nine-card set includes Wayne Gretzky, Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Mark Messier. Both series have randomly inserted holograms. With inserts only starting to gain popularity at this point, there's just one set of extra cards. Mike Modano, Ed Belfour, Mats Sundin, Mike Richter, Jeremy Roenick and Rod Brind'Amour are among the other standouts with rookies in the set. Draft picks cards include Jaromir Jagr and Owen Nolan. The set has plenty outside of the Young Guns and Canadian Juniors subsets. This is Bure's only rookie card.ġ990-91 was a very good year for rookie cards in hockey. Another High Series subset, rookies here include Sergei Fedorov and Pavel Bure. However, Upper Deck was able to sneak him onto a couple of multi-player Canadian Junior cards.ġ990-91 Upper Deck Hockey marked the debut of the brand's trademark Young Guns. The top prospect in hockey at the time, Eric Lindros was under an exclusive deal with Score. Scott Niedermayer and Felix Potvin are among them. Canadian Juniors are included in the High Series, offering rookie cards for many players who won gold for Team Canada at the World Junior Championship. These include All-Stars and Heroes of the NHL. The inclusion of a small anti-counterfeiting hologram on the back was a big deal at the time.ġ990-91 Upper Deck Hockey is bolstered by several subsets that include some all-time greats and future superstars. Crisp photography is what makes the cards really stand out, especially when compared to the drab pictures used on a lot of O-Pee-Chee and Topps sets in the years leading up to Upper Deck's debut.īase card backs offer a cropped photo along with a variety of stats. Cards have white borders that are complemented by a marble frame that's colored according to the player's team. The design brought a glossy look to hockey. Both came with separate boxes, although High Series packs have a mix of all 550 cards. The first 400 are considered the Low Series and the final 150 make up the High Series. The 1990-91 Upper Deck Hockey set has 550 total cards divided into two series. It didn't hurt matters any that it has a loaded checklist filled with rookie cards of Hall of Famers and future Hall of Famers. Just like it did in 1989 with baseball cards, Upper Deck's debut on the ice took hockey card quality to a new level.
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