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Published: August 30, 2006
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A little later than baseball, a sport played on an ice court, with twelve players (six opposing six), sticks, and a
small black disk was being formed. In 1875, at McGill University, Montreal, hockey was being born.
However, it wouldn't be until 1917 when the NHL would formalize five Canadian teams.
This time frame initializes
hockey as a professional sport but doesn't stabilize it until the 1920's, after World War I, when American teams are
added to the league. Twenty years later, after the Second World War, hockey becomes a well established, flourishing professional sport.
Hockey cards first came into production in 1910 and lasted only a few years. For the same reasons baseball cards
were halted (rationing resources, shift to war production, and destabilized economies), hockey card production
stopped during World War I.
By the mid-1920's, hockey card printing had resumed by Champ's Cigarettes. Forty hockey cards were produced, a
paltry lot compared to the over one hundred baseball cards printed. Picking up the slack for Champ's Cigarettes,
confectioners and food processors began printing hockey cards, but neither quite caught on until much later.
Champ's Cigarettes printed the "holy grail" or "Honus Wagner" of hockey cards with its limited issue of Montreal's
Billy Coutu. The extremely low number of this card makes it the rarest and most valuable of finds - when it comes
to hockey cards.
Canadian candy company O-Pee-Chee halted it's hockey card production because of Canada's early involvement in
World War II. It would be a little over a decade before hockey cards would resume production.
Mainly due to the food industry, the most abundant hockey cards of the early-twentieth century were printed in the 1950's. Reprinting comes off the heels of hockey's first glory days during the 1940's.
When it comes to vintage collecting, hockey cards run from the rare to the obscure. Because many early editions
were so limited, the older the hockey card the harder to find - for some cards may be completely lost.
Conversely, recent hockey cards featuring the likes of Wayne Gretzky or Jocelyn Lemieux are sensible purchases and should accrue much value for the years ahead. Hockey card collecting can only continue to grow with its fan base - as it is currently doing.
A little later than baseball, a sport played on an ice court, with twelve players (six opposing six), sticks, and a
small black disk was being formed. In 1875, at McGill University, Montreal, hockey was being born.
However, it wouldn't be until 1917 when the NHL would formalize five Canadian teams.
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hockey as a professional sport but doesn't stabilize it until the 1920's, after World War I, when American teams are
added to the league. Twenty years later, after the Second World War, hockey becomes a well established, flourishing professional sport.
Hockey cards first came into production in 1910 and lasted only a few years. For the same reasons baseball cards
were halted (rationing resources, shift to war production, and destabilized economies), hockey card production
stopped during World War I.
By the mid-1920's, hockey card printing had resumed by Champ's Cigarettes. Forty hockey cards were produced, a
paltry lot compared to the over one hundred baseball cards printed. Picking up the slack for Champ's Cigarettes,
confectioners and food processors began printing hockey cards, but neither quite caught on until much later.
Champ's Cigarettes printed the "holy grail" or "Honus Wagner" of hockey cards with its limited issue of Montreal's
Billy Coutu. The extremely low number of this card makes it the rarest and most valuable of finds - when it comes
to hockey cards.
Canadian candy company O-Pee-Chee halted it's hockey card production because of Canada's early involvement in
World War II. It would be a little over a decade before hockey cards would resume production.
Mainly due to the food industry, the most abundant hockey cards of the early-twentieth century were printed in the 1950's. Reprinting comes off the heels of hockey's first glory days during the 1940's.
When it comes to vintage collecting, hockey cards run from the rare to the obscure. Because many early editions
were so limited, the older the hockey card the harder to find - for some cards may be completely lost.
Conversely, recent hockey cards featuring the likes of Wayne Gretzky or Jocelyn Lemieux are sensible purchases and should accrue much value for the years ahead. Hockey card collecting can only continue to grow with its fan base - as it is currently doing.
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