- I'll never forget the uproar when this set came out. "There's no player or team name on the front!!" Pro Set really did fail on that regard.
- That being said, I really like this photo. Sakic battling with Canadiens captain Guy Carbonneau was a great representation of the battle of Quebec back in the early 90's. With the visible whistle on the left hand side of the card, I'm thinking that this photo was taken during a faceoff.
- Game 33 of Joe's career saw him in the middle of what was probably one of his worst scoring droughts. For a 12 game stretch between 12/29/88 and 1/23/89, Joe only recorded 2 assists. That period was also in the middle of a 17 game goalless drought. Nothing's ever easy for a rookie in the NHL...
- Robert
- Before you ask, yes this is a separate scan. I'm trying to show each individual card, but without showing off the back of the card, I guess there's no real way to differentiate the English and French variations. You'll just have to take my word for it.
- 1991-92 featured 37 different Sakic cards (variations included). I don't think I have 2/3 of them yet, which is disappointing.
- It's amazing what you notice after scanning a card; it appears that there's a bit of a rough edge on the bottom of this card. No matter, it's good enough for my collection...
-Robert
- This stretch of Joe Sakic cards over the next week or two is going to be tedious because what's coming up is parallels/alternate versions of the same card. But my goal is to show each card that I have, so bear with me.
- The big thing that I've noticed between the Sakic and Thome PCs is the amount of cards released for each player after they've retired. Upper Deck is still pumping out cards of Sakic 6 years later, while Thome has been very quiet (9 cards in 2013, just 2 in 2014 and 0 in 2015). So far in 2015-16 Sakic has 21 cards.
- On this date in 1989, Sakic played his 49th career game, a 3-2 win over rival Montreal. One of the Quebec goal scorers was Randy Moller, who is now VP of broadcasting for the Florida Panthers.
-Robert
- Joe just doesn't look all that interested in this photo. I do like the full bleed photos that Pro Set used for their base set.
- The 1991 All Star Game was Campbell vs. Wales, and the starting lineups featured 11 Canadians out of 12 players. Chris Chelios was the only non Canadian to start the game.
- Sakic had just 1 assist in an 11-5 loss.
-Robert
- This whole page coming up is full of the same card with minor variations (Topps/OPC--English/French--American/Canadian)
- This is a rare shot of Joe without a letter on his jersey, it may have been taken during the 89/90 season.
- Joe's 19th career game would be his 3rd multi goal game, a 2 goal 1 assist effort in a 5-5 tie against the Blackhawks.
-Robert
