1976-77 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Cards
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Once again, 1976-77 O-Pee-Chee Hockey held firm at 396 cards. They also mirrored the first 264 cards in the Topps hockey set that year. However, with a franchise moving to a different city, the set has more than simply a back change.
As with past years, 1976-77 O-Pee-Chee Hockey used a generic style for the fronts. The player's picture was either posed or taken from a game. Above the photo is a team name with a slight tilted curve and a corresponding logo. The player's name and position appear along the bottom of the card. Backs are horizontally-oriented and printed in both English and French. They have a stats line across the top. Below that is a puck-shaped icon with a card number, along with the player's name and vital stats. Two boxes take up the bottom. The left box has a short biography with the right one containing a cartoon about the player.
The first six cards in the set feature league leaders in certain categories from the previous season. All-Stars have a medallion-shaped icon on their base cards. Card 132 through 149 featured team cards, which had a team checklist on the back and were arranged alphabetically by city name. A card featuring the previous season's Stanley Cup champions was is included. There are three regular checklist cards in the set. The Colorado Rockies are noted as the team that moved from Kansas City. Team leaders from the previous season are showcased on cards 379 through 396. Two new subsets appear in 1976-77 O-Pee-Chee Hockey. Cards 65 through 68 feature record breakers from the previous year. Cards 214 to 218 are multi-player cards done in a similar fashion to the ones Topps once used in its baseball sets.
In a change from 1976-77 Topps Hockey, players who were with California have a line that explains they were now with the Cleveland Barons. Among those players is Gary Simmons on cards 176. He actually has three variations: the Cleveland note, one that mistakenly said he was with Colorado and one with the error airbrushed out.
Bryan Trottier and Dave "Tiger" Williams are the only two notable rookies in 1976-77 O-Pee-Chee Hockey. Trottier did get a second card in the Record Breakers subset.
Key 1976-77 O-Pee-Chee NHL Hockey Cards:
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Set Checklist
1976-77 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Cards Set Checklist
2 Jean Ratelle Assists Leaders
3 Gilbert Perreault Scoring Leaders
4 Dave Schultz Penalty Minutes Leaders
5 Denis Potvin Power Play Goals Leaders
6 Michel "Bunny" Larocque GAA Leaders
7 Gary Doak
8 Jacques Richard
9 Wayne Dillon
10 Bernie Parent
11 Ed Westfall
12 Dick Redmond
13 Bryan Hextall
14 Jean Pronovost
15 Pete Mahovlich
16 Danny Grant
17 Phil Myre
18 Wayne Merrick
19 Steve Durbano
20 Derek Sanderson
21 Mike Murphy
22 Borje Salming
23 Mike Walton
24 Randy Manery
25 Ken Hodge
26 Mel Bridgman RC
27 Jerry Korab
28 Gilles Gratton
29 Andre St. Laurent
30 Yvan Cournoyer
31 Phil Russell
32 Dennis Hextall
33 Lowell MacDonald
34 Dennis O'Brien
35 Gerry Meehan
36 Gilles Meloche
37 Wilf Paiement
38 Bob MacMillan RC
39 Ian Turnbull
40 Rogatien Vachon
41 Nick Beverley
42 Rene Robert
43 Andre Savard
44 Bob Gainey
45 Joe Watson
46 Billy Smith
47 Darcy Rota
48 Rick Lapointe RC
49 Pierre Jarry
50 Syl Apps
51 Eric Vail
52 Greg Joly
53 Don Lever
54 Bob Murdoch RC
55 Denis Herron
56 Mike Bloom
57 Bill Fairbairn
58 Fred Stanfield
59 Steve Shutt
60 Brad Park
61 Gilles Villemure
62 Bert Marshall
63 Chuck Lefley
64 Simon Nolet
65 Reggie Leach Record Breaker
66 Darryl Sittler Record Breaker
67 Bryan Trottier Record Breaker
68 Garry Unger Record Breaker
69 Ron Low
70 Bobby Clarke
71 Michel Bergeron RC
72 Ron Stackhouse
73 Bill Hogaboam
74 Bob Murdoch
75 Steve Vickers
76 Hubert "Pit" Martin
77 Gerry Hart
78 Craig Ramsay
79 Michel "Bunny" Larocque
80 Jean Ratelle
81 Don Saleski
82 Bill Clement
83 Dave Burrows
84 Wayne Thomas
85 John Gould
86 Dennis Maruk RC
87 Ernie Hicke
88 Jim Rutherford
89 Dale Tallon
90 Rod Gilbert
91 Marcel Dionne
92 Chuck Arnason
93 Jean Potvin
94 Don Luce
95 Johnny Bucyk
96 Larry Goodenough
97 Mario Tremblay
98 Nelson Pyatt RC
99 Brian Glennie
100 Tony Esposito
101 Dan Maloney
102 Dunc Wilson
103 Dean Talafous
104 Ed Staniowski RC
105 Dallas Smith
106 Jude Drouin
107 Pat Hickey
108 Jocelyn Guevremont
109 Doug Risebrough
110 Reggie Leach
111 Dan Bouchard
112 Chris Oddleifson
113 Rick Hampton
114 John Marks
115 Bryan Trottier RC
116 Checklist
117 Greg Polis
118 Peter McNab
119 Jim Roberts
120 Gerry Cheevers
121 Rick MacLeish
122 Bill Lochead
123 Tom Reid
124 Rick Kehoe
125 Keith Magnuson
126 Clark Gillies
127 Rick Middleton
128 Bill Hajt
129 Jacques Lemaire
130 Terry O'Reilly
131 Andre Dupont
132 Atlanta Flames Checklist
133 Boston Bruins Checklist
134 Buffalo Sabres Checklist
135 California Golden Seals Checklist
136 Chicago Blackhawks Checklist
137 Detroit Red Wings Checklist
138 Kansas City Scouts Checklist
139 Los Angeles Kings Checklist
140 Minnesotta North Stars Checklist
141 Montreal Canadiens Checklist
142 New York Islanders Checklist
143 New York Rangers Checklist
144 Philadelphia Flyers Checklist
145 Pittsburgh Penguins Checklist
146 St. Louis Blues Checklist
147 Toronto Maple Leafs Checklist
148 Vancouver Canucks Checklist
149 Washington Capitals Checklist
150 Dave Schultz
151 Larry Robinson
152 Al Smith
153 Bob Nystrom
154 Ron Greschner
155 Gregg Sheppard
156 Alain Daigle
157 Ed Van Impe
158 Tim Young RC
159 Bryan Lefley
160 Ed Giacomin
161 Yvon Labre
162 Jim Lorentz
163 Guy Lafleur
164 Tom Bladon
165 Wayne Cashman
166 Pete Stemkowski
167 Grant Mulvey
168 Yves Belanger RC
169 Bill Goldsworthy
170 Denis Potvin
171 Nick Libett
172 Michel Plasse
173 Lou Nanne
174 Tom Lysiak
175 Dennis Ververgaert
176 Gary Simmons
177 Pierre Bouchard
178 Bill Barber
179 Darryl Edestrand
180 Gilbert Perreault
181 Dave Maloney RC
182 Jean-Paul Parise
183 Jim Harrison
184 Pete LoPresti RC
185 Don Kozak
186 Guy Charron
187 Stan Gilbertson
188 Bill Nyrop RC
189 Bobby Schmautz
190 Wayne Stephenson
191 Brian Spencer
192 Gilles Marotte
193 Lorne Henning
194 Bob Neely
195 Dennis Hull
196 Walt McKechnie
197 Curt Ridley RC
198 Dwight Bialowas
200 Ken Dryden
201 Ross Lonsberry
202 Curt Bennett
203 Hartland Monahan RC
204 John Davidson
205 Serge Savard
206 Garry Howatt
207 Darryl Sittler
208 J.P. Bordeleau
209 Henry Boucha
210 Rick Martin
211 Vic Venasky
212 Fred "Buster" Harvey
213 Bobby Orr
214 Rene Robert The French Connection
215 Reggie Leach LCB Line
216 Billy Harris Long Island Lightning
217 Jim Roberts Checking Line
218 Jean Pronovost Bicentennial Line
219 Bob Kelly
220 Walt Tkaczuk
221 Dave Lewis
222 Danny Gare
223 Guy Lapointe
224 Hank Nowak RC
225 Stan Mikita
226 Vic Hadfield
227 Bernie Wolfe RC
228 Bryan Watson
229 Ralph Stewart
230 Gerry Desjardins
231 John Bednarski RC
232 Yvon Lambert
233 Orest Kindrachuk
234 Don Marcotte
235 Bill White
236 Gordon "Red" Berenson
237 Al MacAdam
238 Rick Blight RC
239 Robert "Butch" Goring
240 Cesare Maniago
241 Jim Schoenfeld
242 Cliff Koroll
243 Scott Garland RC
244 Rick Chartraw
245 Phil Esposito
246 Dave Forbes
247 Jim Watson
248 Ron Schock
249 Fred Barrett
250 Glenn "Chico" Resch
251 Ivan Boldirev
252 Billy Harris
253 Lee Fogolin
254 Murray Wilson
255 Gilles Gilbert
256 Gary Dornhoefer
257 Carol Vadnais
258 Checklist
259 Errol Thompson
260 Garry Unger
261 J.-Bob Kelly
262 Terry Harper
263 Blake Dunlop
264 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup
265 Richard Mulhern RC
266 Gary Sabourin
267 Bill McKenzie RC
268 Mike Corrigan
269 Rick Smith
270 Stan Weir
271 Ron Sedlbauer RC
272 Jean Lemieux
273 Hilliard Graves
274 Dave Gardner
275 Tracy Pratt
276 Frank St. Marseille
277 Bob Hess
278 Bobby Lalonde
279 Tony White RC
280 Rod Seiling
281 Larry Romanchych
282 Ralph Klassen RC
283 Gary Croteau
284 Neil Komadoski
285 Ed Johnston
286 George Ferguson
287 Gerry O'Flaherty
288 Jack Lynch
289 Pat Quinn
290 Gene Carr
291 Bob Stewart
292 Doug Favell
293 Rick Wilson
294 Jack Valiquette RC
295 Garry Monahan
296 Michel Belhumeur
297 Larry Carriere
298 Fred Ahern RC
299 Dave Hudson
300 Bob Berry
301 Bob Gassoff
302 Jim McKenny
303 Gord Smith RC
304 Garnet "Ace" Bailey
305 Bruce Affleck RC
306 Doug Halward RC
307 Lew Morrison
308 Bob Sauve RC
309 Bob Murray RC
310 Claude Larose
311 Don Awrey
312 Bill MacMillan
313 Doug Jarvis RC
314 Dennis Owchar
315 Jerry Holland
316 Guy Chouinard RC
317 Gary Smith
318 Pat Price RC
319 Tom Williams
320 Larry Patey
321 Claire Alexander RC
322 Larry Bolonchuk RC
323 Bob Sirois RC
324 Joe Zanussi RC
325 Joey Johnston
326 Jean-Paul LeBlanc
327 Craig Cameron
328 Dave Fortier
329 Ed Gilbert
330 John Van Boxmeer RC
331 Gary Inness
332 Bill Flett
333 Mike Christie
334 Denis Dupere
335 Sheldon Kannegiesser
336 Jerry Butler
337 Gord McRae
338 Dennis Kearns
339 Ron Lalonde
340 Jean Hamel
341 Barry Gibbs
342 Mike Pelyk
343 Rey Comeau
344 Jim Neilson
345 Phil Roberto
346 Dave Hutchison
347 Ted Irvine
348 Lanny McDonald
349 Jim Moxey RC
350 Bob Dailey
351 Tim Ecclestone
352 Len Frig
353 Randy Rota
354 Juha Widing
355 Larry Brown
356 Floyd Thomson
357 Rich Nantais RC
358 Inge Hammarstrom
359 Mike Robitaille
360 Rejean Houle
361 Ed Kea
362 Bob Girard RC
363 Bob Murray
364 Dave Hrechkosy
365 Gary Edwards
366 Harold Snepsts
367 Pat Boutette RC
368 Bob Paradise
369 Bob Plager
370 Tim Jacobs RC
371 Pierre Plante
372 Colin Campbell
373 Dave "Tiger" Williams RC
374 Ab DeMarco
375 Mike Lampman RC
376 Mark Heaslip RC
377 Checklist
378 Bert Wilson
379 Claude St. Sauveur Flames Leaders
380 Rick Martin Sabres Leaders
381 Terry O'Reilly Bruins Leaders
382 Cliff Koroll Blackhawks Leaders
383 Bob Murdoch Seals Leaders
384 Steve Durbano Scouts Leaders
385 Bryan Watson Red Wings Leaders
386 Mike Corrigan Kings Leaders
387 Dennis O'Brien North Stars Leaders
388 Doug Risebrough Canadiens Leaders
389 Garry Howatt Islanders Leaders
390 Phil Esposito Rangers Leaders
391 Bill Barber Flyers Leaders
392 Ron Schock Penguins Leaders
393 Bob Gassoff Blues Leaders
394 Dave "Tiger" Williams Maple Leafs Leaders
395 Harold Snepsts Canucks Leaders
396 Tony White Capitals Leaders
jeff fay
Something I feel should be mentioned is the differences between the OPC and Topps sets. It is true that they are ‘mirrored’ but OPC chose to replace at least four cards with different players: 102 Wilson for Wilkins, 159 Lefley for Bergman, 183 Harrison for Sheehan, and 243 Garland for Redmond. I was wondering where to find out more of when this happens because I find it very interesting.