You are never to old to collect hockey cards! That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. I used to collect all goalie cards, but that got out of hand, as there are just too many 'common' and regular cards out there these days. So, I've cut back on the habit, and now I just collect cards of Rangers goalies past and present. And inserts/short printed cards of all goalies.

So, in a much anticipated new series, we have the NY Rangers UK Blog's 'Rangers Goalie card of the Week', and a good place to start is with the Great Mike Richter's rookie card.



Card: Upper Deck 1990 #32
Front: Being such an early card, of course Richter is in his old helmet style mask. Also, check out the size of them pads! Ah them where the days, when goalies didn't wear mattresses strapped to their legs.
Back: Upper Deck lets us know that this young rookie 'Was named WCHA Rookie of the Year in 85-86 and a WCHA 2nd Team All Star in 86-87 with the U of Wisconsin Badgers before joining the US National & Olympic Team in 87-88"
Kickice Card Condition*: Damn Fine
Kickice Card Comment: A great looking classic Upper Deck card, and being a rookie card, it gets top marks from me!

* I don't follow the Beckett rules, so conditions are ranked like this:
Damn fine: Top notch card, no major flaws
Pretty damn good: Very good card, maybe not perfect, but excellent none the less.
Fair: Not top notch, but a card in decent condition
Homely: Looks a bit bruised, maybe has a few flaws.
Much loved: OK, so this card has been around the block a few times, but hey, I still love it.