The Stanley Cup Playoffs are still two weeks away, but some information about next season's hockey card releases is starting to trickle out, including one of the season's key products. Upper Deck has unveiled its plans for its 2022-23 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey. Traditionally, UD Series 1 is released on the second weekend of November, in conjunction with the Sport Card and … [Read more...] about 2022-23 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey Preview
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“A Thrill”: Olympic Gold Medalist Rattray on Getting Hockey Card in Tim Hortons Set
As collectors, we all get a thrill when we pull a special card out of a pack, or pick up a card we have been hunting for at a shop, show or online. But imagine being a hockey card collector and opening a pack and pulling your very own rookie card. Jamie Lee Rattray got to experience that thrill. I recently got the chance to watch the Ottawa Senators-Philadelphia Flyers … [Read more...] about “A Thrill”: Olympic Gold Medalist Rattray on Getting Hockey Card in Tim Hortons Set
2020-21 Upper Deck SP Signature Legends Preview
It may seem a little odd that the Upper Deck Company has a 2020-21 hockey card product coming out in April, 2022. But in this day and age of COVID-19, pandemics, cancelled games, closed borders and everything else that the current plague has brought with it, how could we even think for a minute this is unusual? The beauty of 2020-21 Upper Deck SP Signature Legends is that … [Read more...] about 2020-21 Upper Deck SP Signature Legends Preview
Women’s Hockey Legend Kim St-Pierre a Fan Favorite at Expo Signing Sessions
While the recent Sport Card and Memorabilia Expo in Toronto was a hockey autograph collector’s paradise, there was one guest in particular whose popularity has proven how far the hobby has come in the last generation. Kim St-Pierre, considered by many to be the greatest female goaltender of all time, was a fan favorite at the show. The Fall Expo coincides with the Hockey … [Read more...] about Women’s Hockey Legend Kim St-Pierre a Fan Favorite at Expo Signing Sessions
Like NSCC, 1991 Toronto Expo Was Buzzing
While the collecting world is anticipating this weekend’s Fall Sport Card and Memorabilia Expo in Toronto, the excitement of the first in person Fall Expo since 2019 is overshadowing the 30th anniversary of the first Expo. In 1991, the hobby exploded, and the sports collectibles industry grew to something no one anticipated. Just a few short months before that first show, … [Read more...] about Like NSCC, 1991 Toronto Expo Was Buzzing
Rising NHL Star Nick Suzuki Signs Autograph Deal with Upper Deck
Tuesday was a good day for Nick Suzuki. The 22-year-old Montreal Canadiens star signed an eight-year contract extension with the team worth $63 million while Upper Deck was announcing an exclusive multi-year autograph and memorabilia deal with him. Suzuki, who led the Canadiens to the 2021 Stanley Cup Final, has already signed pucks, gloves, sticks, helmets, prints and … [Read more...] about Rising NHL Star Nick Suzuki Signs Autograph Deal with Upper Deck
Upper Deck Celebrates PGA Rookie of the Year Zalatoris
The Upper Deck Company is celebrating Will Zalatoris with a Game Dated Moment card after he was named the 2021 PGA Rookie of the Year. Zalatoris finished the year with eight top 10 finishes and 14 top 25 finishes in his first year on the PGA Tour. While Zalatoris had an outstanding first season on the tour, the fact that there were any rookies at all on the tour was … [Read more...] about Upper Deck Celebrates PGA Rookie of the Year Zalatoris
NHL Hobby Draft Busts of the Last 20 Years
The NHL Draft is always a date that hockey collectors circle on the calendar. Pundits and analysts will try to grade the draft – who were the winners, who were the losers, and who graded a B-minus or a C. Of course, there is no way of knowing how any draft plays out for at least a few years. The NHL Draft is not like the NFL or NBA Drafts. In those leagues, players go … [Read more...] about NHL Hobby Draft Busts of the Last 20 Years
Avid Collector and Canadiens Fan Wins Trip to Game 4
An avid hockey card collector and die-hard Montreal Canadiens fan from Thunder Bay, Ontario will be attending Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Montreal Monday as one of the winners of the grand prize in the Tim Hortons Collect to Win contest that was held during the Upper Deck Tim Hortons hockey card promotion in late 2020. Jeff Murray of Thunder Bay, Ontario is an … [Read more...] about Avid Collector and Canadiens Fan Wins Trip to Game 4
Willie Roaf Talks Upper Deck Rookie Photo Shoot, Special Relationship with Fans and Massive Mancave
Football great Willie Roaf was not heavily recruited coming out of Pine Bluff (Arkansas) high school in the late eighties, so much so that he considered pursuing basketball instead of football at the college level. The choice to pursue a career on the gridiron was a very wise one, as Roaf became a consensus First Team All-American at Louisiana Tech and a finalist for the … [Read more...] about Willie Roaf Talks Upper Deck Rookie Photo Shoot, Special Relationship with Fans and Massive Mancave