Pro Set Pronunciation Guide

30 years ago this year, I was introduced to the NHL through the inaugural (and eror-filled) set of Pro Set hockey cards. I knew almost nothing about the sport, other than Wayne Gretzky was great and the Hartford Whalers were lousy. 

Without seeing or hearing a single minute of NHL action, this is how I pronounced some of the players' names when I was 10 years old:

 Moe-ginn-lee

 Turr-ginn

(and sometimes Peter Tur-ginn)

Yes-sir-man

Jerry Curry 

 

 Doo-chez-nee

 (as in Kenny Chez-nee)

Luck Robe-italy

Roy

Duh-nee-ko

(as in Nico Hischier)

Cha-churn

 Bear-uh-so

 (but not Bear-ass-o)

 Lem-me-uks

 

 Laff-ler

 

 Less-chai-shine

 Damp-house

Jai-ricky Lum-me

Series II

 

Roo-zee-ka

(rhymes with musica)

Pear Juice

(actually that's correct)

Lines-min

 Breeze-in

 (not to be confused with Breeze-by)

 Duh-mayo

 

 Peter-angelo

 (I didn't know this was wrong until Alex Pietrangelo entered the NHL)

Woe-lin-in

Mah-ree-o Mah-ree-os

 Snep-its

 Smile

Can-cucks

(I thought there was an extra 'c' in there)

Jerr-o-mur Jag-er

Sun-din

Lay

tee hee Ass he hee*

*this was also how I reacted to certain baseball player's names. 

Thanks for reeding!

 

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Set Fillers from Kin Kinsley

Today has been a great day. My favorite internetainer Taryn Southern acknowledged and appreciated my comment on her latest video (I 💕 her) .. and I got a PWE from Kin Kinsley of the blog I Feel Like A Collector Again. 

Kin had contacted me about helping me with some set needs, and thanks to his generosity I can cross thirteen cards off my list.

First off, we have ten pieces of Flair:

#177 Tim Salmon. I was always on the lookout for Salmon, Jim Edmonds, and J.T. Snow cards in 1993 and 1994. This may have been because they were expected to blossom into superstars, but for me it was all about those awesome Angels unis. It makes me happy that Mike Trout (Salmon...Trout...hmm) is sporting these throwbacks on his Topps Update RC... and it makes me sad that I can't afford one :/

#83 Marquis Grissom. This card looked familiar, and I thought I might have had it and mistakenly added it to my 'need it' list. But my initial assumption was correct. Maybe I had one originally and it was all scratched up so I discarded it. Not sure why I wouldn't have held onto it as a placeholder, but whatever. It's here now, and that's the important thing.

#61 Doug Drabek and #65 Doug Jones. This completes my collection of mustachioed Astros pitchers named Doug.

#238 Shane Mack. There aren't a whole lot of horizontal cards in the 1993 Flair set, but in most cases they look better than the vertical cards. There's no 'ghost' effect with these, as you'll see below.

#19 Randy Myers. See what I mean - where is his lower body? Maybe one of the 5,000 Cubs bloggers can tell me if that blue armband was part of the uniform, or a tribute to a late legend (Harry Caray perhaps?)

The rest of the Flair. I'm now 31 cards short of a complete 300 card set - and my first order with Just Commons should get that completion percentage up over 90%.


Kin also tossed in some 1990-91 Pro Set Hockey:

I used to have a complete set of this, but I've no idea what happened to it. No matter, I'm now just one card away from completing it once again (all I need is the Neal Broten.)


Thanks again Kin! I'll be sure to send something your way soon. 


Have a great weekend everyone!


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