1993-94 Kraft NHL Set, which came with a special album. To some it was a perfect marriage Kraft products and hockey cards. The cards are large, measuring 5 3/16″ wide by 2 1/2″ tall.

You get the cream of the crop of stars with these cards. The back of the card features stats and career highlights.

The 1993–94 NHL season was the 77th regular season of the National Hockey League. The league expanded to 26 teams with the addition of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Florida Panthers. 

The New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks in seven games to become the Stanley Cup champions. It was the Rangers' fourth championship overall, and their first in 54 seasons, since 1939–40.The spectacular play of Dominik Hasek of the Buffalo Sabres ushered in a new era of goaltending dominance in the NHL. 

Only three teams reached the 300-goal plateau, and only one team, the Detroit Red Wings, averaged more than four goals scored per game. Goaltenders combined for 99 shutouts during the regular season, a mark that broke the all-time regular-season record of 85 set in 1974–75.

All-Stars

Dominik Hasek, Buffalo Sabres 

John Vanbiesbrouck, Florida Panthers

Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins

Al MacInnis, Calgary Flames

Scott Stevens, New Jersey Devils

Brian Leetch, New York Rangers

Sergei Fedorov, Detroit Red Wings

Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings

Pavel Bure, Vancouver Canucks

Cam Neely, Boston Bruins

Brendan Shanahan, St. Louis Blues

Adam Graves, New York Rangers

If you did not fancy yourself eating 28 Boxes of Kraft Dinners, at least 12 jars of peanut butter and three packages of cheese to grt these cards, Kraft had a couple of different options for you.

Collectors who did not complete the series by purchasing the products could obtain any combination of eight cards or discs by sending eight UPC symbols, $3.00 CDN, plus shipping and handling charges.

At a glance:

– Kraft Hockey

– 24 Team Photos

– 12 Goaltender Discs

– 12 All-Star Mini Cards

– Download checklist

To store the set, a Stanley Cup 100th Anniversary album could be purchased by sending in three UPC symbols from Kraft Dinner, one UPC symbol from both Kraft Peanut Butter and Kraft Singles, and $12.99 CDN along with sales tax and shipping and handling charges.

Collectors could also purchase a factory-sealed set. I tried to find an example of the order form online but was unsuccessful. I remember my grade 6 Science teacher bringing his albums in to show the class and him mentioning that it cost close to $100 to order the whole set.

Now to the Album itself. Kraft always did a fantastic job with these albums. In the All Star section you get a nice writeup on the game, and again it serves as a nice lesson on the history and legacy of the All-Star Game. The cards here are organized alphabetically by Conference.