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1991-92
Future Trends Canada ’72
Background
Information:
Future
Trends, Ltd. produced an impressive 101-card standard-size set to celebrate the 20th
anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series between the Soviets and the Canadiens.
The cards were available initially only at
The Bay stores (Canadian department store) and were sold in
10-card foil packs with no factory sets.
All 70 players of the Canadian and Russian teams are represented, and
30 additional special cards capture unforgettable moments from the series.
Between one and two special cards, signed in gold paint pen by living
Canadian players, were randomly inserted into each foil case.
Only one Russian player, Vladislav Tretiak, signed cards.
Supposedly each of the signers signed only 750 cards for insertion
and distribution within the packs. These
cards were specially coated with a swirl pattern over the autograph.
Reportedly, The Bay also issued 2500 autographed sets without the
special coating, but this has never been confirmed.
The card fronts
feature borderless black and white, action or posed pictures.
A white, red, and gold stripe cuts across the bottom of the card face
and intersects the ’72 Hockey Canada logo at the lower right corner.
The backs carry additional photos, biographical information, series
statistics, sportswriters’ editorial comments, and player quotes.
Card number 40 features Phil Esposito’s September 8, 1972 address
to the nation. The card number
appears in a blue oblong design within the bottom red stripe on both sides.
The ’72 Hockey Canada logo also appears in the local right corner
of the back.
The set was issued
in both an English and a French version.
The production quantities were reportedly 9,000 English and 1,000
French 12-box cases. Also
released were 1972 uncut sheet sets. Signed
cards generally command 100 to 150 times the values below.
These cards are the most
popular cards used by autograph seeking collectors.
Value:
from the Beckett Hockey Card Price Guide and Alphabetical Checklist Edition 9
- All values in US Funds.
Complete
Set: 101 cards; $6.00 mint/$2.70 near mint
Individual
Cards: name, mint/near mint
No value
means it is a common card and thus listed at $.05/$ .02
1. In The
Beginning .15/.07
2. The
Backyard Rink
3. It
Didn’t Take Long
4. The
Patriarch Anatoli Tarasov .15/.07
5. More
Hours A Day Vladislav Tretiak .50/.23
6. Coming
Out Party 15/.07
7. Never In
Doubt
8. Team
Canada .25/.11
9. Pat
Stapleton
10. Vsevolod
Bobrov
11.
Vladislav Tretiak .50/.23
12. Faceoff
Game 1 and Montreal (9/2/72)
13. 30
Seconds (Game 1 and Montreal 9/2/72) .10/.05
14. Yevgeny
Zimin
15. Bill
White
16. 7-3 Game
1 Statistics
17. Don
Awrey
18. Mickey
Redmond .20/.09
19.
Alexander Gusev .15/.07
20.
Alexander Maltsev .25/.11
21. Rod
Seiling
22. Dale
Tallon
23. Coming
Back (Game 2 and Toronto 9/4/72)
24.
Unforgettable Game 2 Statistics
25. Wayne
Cashman .15/.07
26. Frank
Mahovlich .25/.11
27. Peter
Mahovlich
28.
Vyacheslav Solodukhin/Alexander Sidelnikov .15/.07
29. Yuri
Shatalov .15/.07
30. Brothers
Frank Mahovlich/Peter Mahovlich .15/.07
31. The
Goalies .50/.23
32.
Alexander Bodunov
33. All Even
Game 3 Statistics
34. Yuri
Bilnov
35. Jocelyn
Guevremont
36. Vic
Hadfield
37. Yuri
Lebedev
38. Yevgeny
Poladiev/Vyacheslav Starshinov .15/.07
39. Disaster
Game 4 Statistics
40. Address
to the Nation – Phil Esposito .25/.11
41. Victor
Kuzkin
42. Vladimir
Lutchenko .25/.11
43. Boris
Mikhailov .35/.16
44. Grace
Under Pressure Game 5 and Moscow (9/22/72)
45. Afraid
to Lose
46. Ready to
Win Game 5 Statistics
47. Vladimir
Vikulov
48. Red
Berenson
49. Richard
Martin
50.
Alexander Martynyuk
51. Gilbert
Perrault .25/.11
52. Vladimir
Petrov .25/.16
53. Serge
Savard .15/.07
54. Vladimir
Shadrin
55. DA DA
KA-NA-DA Game 6 and Moscow (9/24/72)
56. One Step
Back Game 6 Statistics
57. Bobby
Clarke .35/.16
58. Valeri
Kharlamov .50/.23
59.
Alexander Volchkov .15/.07
60. Standing
Guard .15/.07
61. Stan
Mikita .35/.16
62. One More
to Go Game 7 Statistics 9/26/72)
63. The
Winner
64. The Fans
Go Wild
65.
Alexander Ragulin .15/.07
66. Jean
Ratelle .15/.07
67. Gennady
Tsygankov .15/.07
68. Valeri
Vasiliev .35/.16
69.
International Dialogue
70. Series
Stars Phil Esposito/Alexander Yakushev .35/.16
71. Series
Stars Paul Henderson/Vladislav Tretiak .35/.16
72. No
Solitudes Game 8 and Moscow (9/28/72) The Telegrams
73. 2-2 Game
8 and Moscow
74. Rod
Gilbert .15/.07
75. Yevgeny
Mishokov .15/.07
76. Ron
Ellis
77. 5-4
78.
Different Games Game 8 and Moscow (9/28/72) Interlude
79. Bill
Goldsworthy
80. The
Huddle
81. The
Moment .50/.23
82. Yvan
Cournoyer .25/.11
83. Yuri
Liapkin
84. Phil
Esposito .35/.16
85. Ken
Dryden .50/.23
86. Peace
Game 8 Statistics
87. Gary
Bergman
88. Brian
Glennie
89. Dennis
Hull
90.
Vyacheslav Anisin
91. Marcel
Dionne .25/.11
92. Guy
Lapointe .15/.07
93. Ed
Johnston .10/.05
94. Harry
Sinden GM
95. Brad
park .25/.11
96. Tony
Esposito .25/.11
97.
Alexander Yakushev .35/.16
98. Paul
Henderson .50/.23
99. J.P.
Parise
100. Valeri
Kharlamov (Alex Kharlamov on back) .50/.23
101.
Checklist .15/.07
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