1980-81 Topps Hockey Cards
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1980-81 Topps Hockey did something that had never been tried in any sport's base set. Trying to determine whether there was any interest in the concept, the company placed a scratch-off area over the player's name. In the past, scratch-off areas were relegated to the backs of cards and usually were a separate area that included a trivia question. This method made it hard to identify the player without a checklist, especially for those collectors who didn't know who the players were. However, cards that have been scratched have a severe hit on their values.
1980-81 Topps Hockey fronts feature a player photo that is sometimes posed, but is usually a game-action shot. A puck graphic is in the lower right corner. The top part contains the player's name, but has been covered with scratch-off material. The player's position appears on the edge of the puck. A banner extends at an angle from the puck and contains the team name. On the back, another puck icon in the upper left corner contains a card number, and a strip extending across the card gives the player's team and position, but not his name. A box of vital stats appears, followed by a main area with year-by-year statistics and short bullet points if needed. A cartoon about the player appears on the right side.
There are 264 cards in a complete 1980-81 Topps Hockey set. All-Star players are given their own subset, which runs from card 81 through 92. Players who were on the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team are given a shield designating their part of history. The first five cards in the set feature highlights and record breakers, cards 161 through 168 shows the league leaders in several categories and the final three cards in the set recap the playoffs. There are two checklist cards in the set, and a change in team cards leaves a single player featured as a leader in some category. Unlike previous years, these are scattered throughout the set.
Ray Borque is the most significant rookie in 1980-81 Topps Hockey, but there is actually a larger crop of first-year players than usual. Other notable rookies include Mike Gartner, Dave Christian, Mike Foligno, Michel Goulet, Mike Liut, Ken Nilsson, Brian Popp, Rob Ramage and Rick Valve.
Key 1980-81 Topps Hockey Cards:
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Set Checklist
1980-81 Topps Hockey Cards Set Checklist
2 Ray Bourque Record Breaker
3 Wayne Gretzky Record Breaker
4 Charlie Simmer Record Breaker
5 Billy Smith Record Breaker
6 Jean Ratelle
7 Dave Maloney
8 Phil Myre
9 Ken Morrow RC - US Olympic Team
10 Guy Lafleur
11 Bill Derlago RC
12 Doug Wilson
13 Craig Ramsay
14 Pat Boutette
15 Eric Vail
16 Mike Foligno RC Red Wings Team Leaders
17 Bobby Smith
18 Rick Kehoe
19 Joel Quenneville
20 Marcel Dionne
21 Kevin McCarthy
22 Jim Craig RC - US Olympic Team
23 Steve Vickers
24 Ken Linseman
25 Mike Bossy
26 Serge Savard
27 Grant Mulvey Blackhawks Team Leaders
28 Pat Hickey
29 Peter Sullivan
30 Blaine Stoughton
31 Mike Liut RC
32 Blair MacDonald
33 Rick Green
34 Al MacAdam
35 Robbie Ftorek
36 Dick Redmond
37 Ron Duguay
38 Danny Gare Sabres Team Leaders
39 Brian Propp RC
40 Bryan Trottier
41 Rich Preston
42 Pierre Mondou
43 Reed Larson
44 George Ferguson
45 Guy Chouinard
46 Billy Harris
47 Gilles Meloche
48 Blair Chapman
49 Mike Gartner Capitals Team Leaders
50 Darryl Sittler
51 Rick Martin
52 Ivan Boldirev
53 Craig Norwich RC
54 Dennis Polonich
55 Bobby Clarke
56 Terry O'Reilly
57 Carol Vadnais
58 Bob Gainey
59 Blaine Stoughton Whalers Team Leaders
60 Billy Smith
61 Mike O'Connell RC
62 Lanny McDonald
63 Lee Fogolin
64 Rocky Saganiuk RC
65 Rolf Edberg RC
66 Paul Shmyr
67 Michel Goulet RC
68 Dan Bouchard
69 Mark Johnson RC - US Olympic Team
70 Reggie Leach
71 Bernie Federko Blues Team Leaders
72 Pete Mahovlich
73 Anders Hedberg
74 Brad Park
75 Clark Gillies
76 Doug Jarvis
77 John Garrett
78 Dave Hutchison
79 John Anderson RC
80 Gilbert Perreault
81 Marcel Dionne First Team All-Star
82 Guy Lafleur First Team All-Star
83 Charlie Simmer First Team All-Star
84 Larry Robinson First Team All-Star
85 Borje Salming First Team All-Star
86 Tony Esposito First Team All-Star
87 Wayne Gretzky Second Team All-Star
88 Danny Gare Second Team All-Star
89 Steve Shutt Second Team All-Star
90 Barry Beck Second Team All-Star
91 Mark Howe Second Team All-Star
92 Don Edwards Second Team All-Star
93 Tom McCarthy RC
94 Rick Middleton Bruins Team Leaders
95 Mike Palmateer
96 Jim Schoenfeld
97 Jordy Douglas
98 Keith Brown RC
99 Dennis Ververgaert
100 Phil Esposito
101 Jack Brownschidle
102 Bob Nystrom
103 Steve Christoff RC - US Olympic Team
104 Rob Palmer
105 Dave "Tiger" Williams
106 Kent Nilsson RC Flames Team Leaders
107 Morris Lukowich
108 Jack Valiquette
109 Richie Dunn RC
110 Rogatien Vachon
111 Mark Napier
112 Gordie Roberts
113 Stan Jonathan
114 Brett Callighen
115 Rick MacLeish
116 Ulf Nilsson
117 Rick Kehoe Penguins Team Leaders
118 Dan Maloney
119 Terry Ruskowski
120 Denis Potvin
121 Wayne Stephenson
122 Rich Leduc
123 Checklist
124 Don Lever
125 Jim Rutherford
126 Ray Allison RC
127 Mike Ramsey RC - US Olympic Team
128 Stan Smyl Canucks Team Leaders
129 Al Secord RC
130 Denis Herron
131 Bob Dailey
132 Dean Talafous
134 Ron Sedlbauer
135 Tom Bladon
136 Bernie Federko
137 Dave Taylor
138 Bob Lorimer
139 Steve Payne North Stars Team Leaders
140 Ray Bourque RC
141 Glen Hanlon
142 Willy Lindstrom
143 Mike Rogers
144 Tony McKegney RC
145 Behn Wilson
146 Lucien DeBlois
147 Dave Burrows
148 Paul Woods
149 Phil Esposito Rangers Team Leaders
150 Tony Esposito
151 Pierre Larouche
152 Brad Maxwell
153 Stan Weir
154 Ryan Walter
155 Dale Hoganson
156 Anders Kallur RC
157 Paul Reinhart RC
158 Greg Millen
159 Ric Seiling
160 Mark Howe
161 Blaine Stoughton Goal Leaders
162 Guy Lafleur Assist Leaders
163 Guy Lafleur Scoring Leaders
164 Paul Holmgren Penalty Min. Leaders
165 Darryl Sittler Power Play Goal Leader
166 Don Edwards Goals Against Avg. Leader
167 Blaine Stoughton Game Winning Goal Leaders
168 Rogatien Vachon Shutout Leaders
169 Perry Turnbull RC
170 Barry Beck
171 Charlie Simmer Kings Team Leaders
172 Paul Holmgren
173 Willie Huber
174 Tim Young
175 Gilles Gilbert
176 Dave Christian RC - USA Olympic Team
177 Lars Lindgren RC
178 Real Cloutier
179 Laurie Boschman RC
180 Steve Shutt
181 Bob Murray
182 Wayne Gretzky Oilers Team Leaders
183 John Van Boxmeer
184 Nick Fotiu
185 Mike McEwen
186 Greg Malone
187 Mike Foligno RC
188 Dave Langevin RC
189 Mel Bridgman
190 John Davidson
191 Mike Milbury
192 Ron Zanussi
193 Darryl Sittler Maple Leafs Team Leaders
194 John Marks
195 Mike Gartner RC
196 Dave Lewis
197 Kent Nilsson RC
198 Rick Ley
199 Derek Smith
200 Bill Barber
201 Guy Lapointe
202 Vaclav Nedomansky
203 Don Murdoch
204 Mike Bossy Islanders Team Leaders
205 Pierre Hamel RC
206 Mike Eaves RC
207 Doug Halward
208 Stan Smyl RC
209 Mike Zuke RC
210 Borje Salming
211 Walt Tkaczuk
212 Grant Mulvey
213 Rob Ramage RC
214 Tom Rowe
215 Don Edwards
216 Pierre Larouche Canadiens Team Leaders
217 Dan Labraaten
218 Glen Sharpley
219 Stefan Persson
220 Peter McNab
221 Doug Hicks
222 Bengt Gustafsson RC
223 Michel Dion
224 Jim Watson
225 Wilf Paiement
226 Phil Russell
227 Morris Lukowich Jets Team Leaders
228 Ron Stackhouse
229 Ted Bulley
230 Larry Robinson
231 Don Maloney
232 Rob McClanahan RC - US Olympic Team
233 Al Sims
234 Errol Thompson
235 Glenn "Chico" Resch
236 Bob Miller
237 Gary Sargent
238 Real Cloutier Nordiques Team Leaders
239 Rene Robert
240 Charlie Simmer
241 Thomas Gradin
242 Rick Vaive RC
243 Ron Wilson RC
244 Brian Sutter
245 Dale McCourt
246 Yvon Lambert
247 Tom Lysiak
248 Ron Greschner
249 Reggie Leach Flyers Team Leaders
250 Wayne Gretzky
251 Rick Middleton
252 Al Smith
253 Fred Barrett
254 Robert "Butch" Goring
255 Robert Picard
256 Marc Tardif
257 Checklist
258 Barry Long
259 Rene Robert Rockies Team Leaders
260 Danny Gare
261 Rejean Houle
262 Islanders vs. Sabres Stanley Cup Semi-Finals
263 Flyers vs. North Stars Stanley Cup Semi-Finals
264 Islanders vs. Flyers Stanley Cup Finals
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JG
Was the Topps executive who signed off on the “scratch-off puck” concept the same one who greenlit that year’s “3 detachable mini-cards” NBA set? If I had more impulse control as an 11-12 yr old I could put my kid through college on these two sets. But, alas…