Early last week, I tweeted a picture of an unopened box of 1990-1991 7th Inning Sketch WHL cards and asked if I should open it.
Of course, it was kind of a rhetorical question because I knew I was going to open it, but it sure got a lot of people talking about it and reminiscing about some of the names that could be in all of those packs.
Hey all! @JoeMcFarland checking in here. Found this box of @TheWHL cards from 1990-1991. Should I open them? #WHL #hockeycards pic.twitter.com/nwBFNiWOmC— Canes This Week (@CanesThisWeek) November 29, 2019
Even Jordan tweeted back saying he hopes this edition of the blog will just be me giving a play-by-play of me ripping into each of the foil wrappers.
Sorry to disappoint buddy, but I wasn’t going to bore your audience to tears with that. However, I am here this week to give you a bit of a recap.
And I will start with the very first pack opened and the very first card that appeared. To my surprise and delight, it was none other than former Kamloops Blazer and NHL defenseman Scott Niedermayer.
The second card featured Victoria Cougars forward Larry Woo, who is the father of current Calgary Hitmen blueliner Jett Woo.
Dean McAmmond and Hardy Sauter were also a part of that first pack, so not bad in the grand scheme of things.
Given this is a Lethbridge Hurricanes podcast, I’ll cut to the chase on the story around the cards from the team. It took until the fourth pack before I finally saw Jamie Pushor’s card in my hand. Interestingly, many of the packs opened had several players from the same team inside. So in that pack with Pushor, I also found Scott Adair, Allen Egeland, Jason McBain, Jason Widmer and Darcy Werenka.
The next pack also featured a handful of Lethbridge players, including Kevin St. Jacques, Jason Ruff, Rob Hartnell, Lance Burns and a checklist featuring Ruff.
In fact, those packs pretty much repeated themselves further through the box, so now I have doubles and, in some cases, triples. So if anyone wants to make a trade or two, drop me a line!
As for some of the other star power found in the box, look no further than Brandon Wheat Kings goaltender Trevor Kidd, Spokane Chiefs star Ray Whitney, Medicine Hat Tigers netminder Chris Osgood, Swift Current Broncos speedster Geoff Sanderson and Portland Winterhawks forward Steve Konowalchuk.
Plenty of coaches in the mix as well, including former Pronghorns bench boss Greg Gatto in a Portland jersey. And a dapper Seattle Thunderbirds coach and GM looking skyward. His name: Peter Anholt.
It’s a pretty cool throwback to see some of these cards. No Cooperalls but plenty of mullets to go around.
Like I said, if you want to make a trade or two, drop me a line. And if you know someone who is a super-Hurricanes collector, let me know. I’d love to profile them in an upcoming episode of the blog.
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