Monday, March 31, 2014

74-75 OPC WHA Set Card by Card #19 - Mike Pelyk

Mike Pelyk was another NHL'er who was lured to the WHA by a hefty contract. Some sources I have seen suggest that he was offered a million dollars to jump to the WHA. I am not sure over how many years that contract was intended to be fore, but in the end he was back in the NHL by 1976 and out of hockey by 1978.


Here is the back side of the card. Apparently he was the property of the Stingers and was loaned to the Blazers. I am curious to know how common these deals were back in the day? Hard to imagine a player like Brent Seabrook or Scott Hartnell being lent to another club in the same league.

Interestingly enough, this card is Mike's only WHA card despite playing two years in the league. Another neat fact is he would only ever appear in one other set after this year and that is the 76-77 OPC set.

For all interested, here is his final hockey card

4 comments:

  1. I got this card signed TTM--he also included three business card type coupons for a Wendy's single quarter pounder--I still have these today

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    1. That is awesome! Not just because of the TTM aspect but Wendy's is just the best of all the fast foods too.

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  2. I'm always interested in the concept of lending another player. I've only recently gotten into British Premier League Soccer the past couple seasons, but teams are constantly loaning players from their stables (who might not be seeing playing time) to other clubs, and I think they even have it worked out where if you loan a club a player they cannot use that player when they play against you (makes sense). Very cool to see how differently other leagues operate...

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    1. Totally forgot that the EPL does stuff like that all the time. Thanks for reminding me that it does work in harmony elsewhere.

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