Denny's Hockey Card Blog

For their 1985-86 sets O-Pee-Chee and Topps started putting cards on the bottom of their boxes in 4 card panels. These cards features different art but looked very similar to the regular issue cards. This trend continued until the 1990-91 sets. Upper Deck followed suit with their 1991-92 box bottoms being 1 large card but shortly after that box bottom cards disappeared. In recent years Upper Deck has revived that trend on their new O-Pee-Chee product but this post will focus on the older stuff.

1985-86 O-Pee-Chee Box Bottoms - This set really started things off right featuring the rookie Mario Lemieux. Cards were same design as the regular set but had yellow borders instead of white.

A Brian Bellows
B Ray Bourque
C Bobby Carpenter
D Chris Chelios
E Marcel Dionne
F Ron Francis
G Wayne Gretzky
H Tim Kerr
I Mario Lemieux
J John Ogrodnick
K Gilbert Perreault
L Glenn "Chico" Resch
M Reijo Ruotsalainen
N Brian Sutter
O John Tonelli
P Doug Wilson

1986-87 O-Pee-Chee Box Bottoms - Cards were same design as the regular set but had blue borders instead of white.

# Description
A Greg Adams
B Mike Bossy
C Dave Christian
D Mike Foligno
E Michel Goulet
F Wayne Gretzky
G Tim Kerr
H Jari Kurri
I Mario Lemieux
J Lanny McDonald
K Bernie Nicholls
L Mike Ridley
M Larry Robinson
N Denis Savard
O Brian Sutter
P Bryan Trottier

1987-88 O-Pee-Chee Box Bottoms - Cards were same design as the regular set but had yellow borders instead of white. This time rookie Luc Robitaille was featured.

A Wayne Gretzky
B Tim Kerr
C Steve Yzerman
D Luc Robitaille
E Doug Gilmour
F Ray Bourque
G Joe Mullen
H Larry Murphy
I Dale Hawerchuk
J Ron Francis
K Walt Poddubny
L Mats Naslund
M Michel Goulet
N Denis Savard
O Bryan Trottier
P Russ Courtnall

1988-89 O-Pee-Chee Box Bottoms - Cards were same design as the regular set but had grey borders instead of white.

A Ron Francis
B Wayne Gretzky
C Pat LaFontaine
D Bobby Smith
E Bernie Federko
F Kirk Muller
G Ed Olczyk
H Denis Savard
I Ray Bourque
J Brian Propp
K Dale Hawerchuk
L Steve Yzerman
M Dave Andreychuk
N Mike Gartner
O Hakan Loob
P Luc Robitaille

1989-90 O-Pee-Chee Box Bottoms - Cards were same design as the regular set.

A Mario Lemieux
B Mike Ridley
C Tomas Sandstrom
D Petri Skriko
E Wayne Gretzky
F Brett Hull
G Tim Kerr
H Mats Naslund
I Jari Kurri
J Steve Larmer
K Cam Neely
L Steve Yzerman
M Kevin Dineen
N Dave Gagner
O Joe Mullen
P Pierre Turgeon

1990-91 O-Pee-Chee Box Bottoms - Cards were same design as the regular set but had blue borders instead of white.

A Alexander Mogilny
B Jon Casey
C Paul Coffey
D Wayne Gretzky
E Patrick Roy
F Mike Modano
G Mario Lemieux
H Al MacInnis
I Ray Bourque
J Steve Yzerman
K Darren Turcotte
L Mike Vernon
M Pierre Turgeon
N Doug Wilson
O Don Beaupre
P Sergei Makarov

1991-92 Upper Deck Box Bottoms

#1 Wayne Gretzky
#2 Brett Hull
#3 Mark Messier (Oilers)
#4 Mark Messier (Rangers)
#5 Steve Yzerman

Did you collect box bottoms or just the regular cards?