2017-18 Upper Deck Series 1 hockey arrived on Wednesday. One of the most popular annual releases, the NHL’s flagship brand of hockey cards once again offers a 200-card base set with the ever-popular Young Guns insert set of 50 still in the driver’s seat. A full checklist is at the bottom of this story.
Each box has 24 packs of eight cards with 12 boxes per case. Box prices are about $60 online.
Both the base set and Young Guns have High Gloss parallels numbered to 10. The Young Guns will again have Canvas parallels (one in every two boxes, on 
average).
Each box will average six Young Guns, four non-Young Guns Upper Deck Canvas cards, four Upper Deck Portraits, three Shining 
Stars (printed on foil board), one Royal Blue parallel and four Centennial Standouts.
Case hits include Clear Cut (1 per 72 packs), Canvas Young Guns, Signature Sensations, Game Jerseys (six in each case) and Clear Cut (two in each case).
Among the more elusive hits: Day With The Cup and Ceremonial Puck drop cards, falling 1 in 2000 packs. Autographed versions are one in every 16,000 packs.
A breakdown of some of the other hits to look for is below.
Memorabilia & Autographed Cards
UD Game Patch – #’d to 15
A Piece of History, 300 Win Club Jerseys – (1:7:200), Patch #’d to 10
A Piece of History, 1,000 Point Club Jerseys – (1:2,400)
A Piece of History, 500 Goal Club Jersey – (1:7:200)
UD Canvas Signatures – #’d to jersey number
Shining Stars –
Shining Stars, Centers – (1:16 Packs)
Shining Stars, Left Wingers – (1:24 Packs)
Shining Stars, Goalies – (1:48 Packs)
Shining Stars Centers, Red Parallel – (1:48 Packs)
Shining Stars Left Wingers, Red Parallel – (1:72 Packs)
Shining Stars Goalies Red Parallel – (1:144 Packs)
UD Portraits (1:7 Packs)
UD Portraits Gold Parallel – #’d to 25, Platinum Blue #’d to 5
UD Portraits Super Stars – (1:60 Packs) – Gold Parallel – #’d to 25, Platinum Blue #’d to 5
UD Portraits Rookies – (1:60 Packs)
– Gold Parallel – #’d to 99, Platinum Blue #’d to 25
1 Clear Cut Insert in Every Case
Superstars (1:400 Packs)
Foundations Duos – #’d to 25
Foundations Trios – #’d to 10
Leaders – #’d to 10
Honoured Members Update – #’d to 100
Additional High Demand Inserts
Centennial Standouts (1:5 Packs)
The Second Six (1:1,000 Packs)
Day With The Cup (1:2,000)
2017 NHL Draft SP (1:12,000)
2017 NHL Draft SP Variation (1:72,000)
Base Set Parallels
Exclusives – #’d to 100
High Gloss Spectrum – #’d to 10
HOBBY EXCLUSIVE: Clear Cut PETG Parallels of the Complete Base Set (1:3 Boxes)
You can check out 2016-17 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey on eBay by clicking here.
2017-18 Upper Deck Series One Hockey Checklist
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