1973-74 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Forum

I probably won't be able to do all the teams for this set, because I haven't been able to locate a team photo with a printed list of names for some teams, but I've got two done so far, for both the OPC and Topps sets, so I might as well post the evidence I used in case there's any questions going forward.

MAPLE LEAFS

CANADIENS

BACKUP PHOTO: https://i.imgflip.com/64ej1k.jpg

That card for the Canadiens has an incredible 14 members of the Hockey Hall of Fame on it. 😳

One impressive team through the years. 

It includes two HOF non-players and 1 retired HOF player. But still, 11 HOF players on one team is ridiculous. I wonder if that's the record in any sport. Lemme check...it's a tie, at least, with the 1961 Packers. The Celtics and Yankees each had 9 on the same roster at one point. And...whaddya know, the record seems to be 12, for the 1937 Bruins. Nice!

I wonder if that's the record for most HOF players on one team card. I'm betting there are All Star team cards and Dream Team team cards that might have more. But as for single franchise team cards, this card and the next year's Canadiens team card must own the record.

RANGERS

Finished both the Topps & OPC. (I won't post evidence unless I do both versions.) An impressive 5 HOF players and 2 HOF non-players...but that's still only HALF the number on the Canadiens card.

p.s. I think I figured out which card in history has the most HOFers pictured on one card. I'm not counting tribute cards, even though I didn't find one anyway, because a company could pump out a tribute card tomorrow with 50 HOFers if it wanted, I'm only counting cards where all the HOFers still had an active role in the sport. I won't reveal which card I think it is until tomorrow, because I want to buy one while it's underappreciated and wicked cheap, lol.

BLACK HAWKS

BACKUP PHOTO: https://i.imgflip.com/64ej95.jpg

"Only" 2 HOF players pictured, but 3 HOF executives.

DONE: Maple Leafs, Canadiens, Rangers, Black Hawks

NO TEAM PHOTO WITH LIST OF NAMES AVAILABLE: Bruins, Canucks, Red Wings, Flames, Kings

TEAM PHOTO WITH LIST AVAILABLE, STILL LEFT TO DO: Flyers, Golden Seals, Sabres, Blues, Penguins, Islanders, North Stars

If anyone with better google-fu skills can find a name-listed team photo for any of those 5 teams, or if anyone has such a thing in their possession, let me know. I still can't believe I couldn't find one for the Bruins, I know that particular team didn't win a cup, but this city has always had memorabilia fever, even for the non-champions.

SABRES

NORTH STARS

GOLDEN SEALS

Just 13 closeup faces, so I used good old-fashioned facial recognition from rosters and individual photos, as represented here by a bunch of individual cards from that year.

ISLANDERS

Not much going on here except Billy Smith in his rookie year.

PENGUINS