
Since the regular Upper Deck set already included all the World Junior Championship player cards, and you couldn't have a set in the mid-90's without some kind of international junior tournament, Collector's Choice made cards for the European Junior Championships, a tournament that no one in North American had noticed before or has cared about since. The set only includes the Finnish and Swedish teams, but even with two of the stronger European hockey countries, there are very few notable players, with Vesa Toskala probably the best of the bunch. The set finished off with some ugly 'What's Your Game?' cards that explain to the lay-hockey fan the roles of various players such as scorers and grinders.
Five of my favorites:
#8 - Gary Suter - It always looks like Suter's face is melting off.
#168 - Keith Tkachuk - Kirk McLean is obviously making another highlight reel save.
#281 - Brent Gretzky - Tampa Bay was a pretty terrible team for its first few years in the league, but at least they knew how to get some easy publicity: first they put Manon Rheaume in net for a few minutes in a couple of pre-season games, then they drafted Wayne's lesser brother, Brent.
#129 - Brett Lindros - Doesn't this photo just warm your heart?
#326 - Mikko Markkanen - I can't figure out why a player would have a duffel bag on the ice at any time for any reason.