The premier edition of Upper Deck’s Team Canada Juniors product. These cards laid the foundation for the subsequent editions by splitting the focus between the men and women’s teams. Celebrating both highlights the vastness of Canadian sport and the uniting force of hockey. Included players such as Connor McDavid, Haley Wickenheiser, and Jonathan Drouin make […]
Month: October 2016
The most anticipated list of the collecting season had just been released by Upper Deck. The Series 1 Young Guns celebrate the best of the coming rookies and are split into two groups. The regular Young Guns list is led by Auston Matthews and Jesse Puljujarvi, while the Young Guns Canvas feature Mitch Marner and […]
Price Returns as Habs Fans Celebrate Habs fans rejoiced Thursday night as superstar goalie Carey Price finally returned to regular season action. The Montreal starting goalie was injured last November and missed the remainder of the season, leading to a monumental collapse for the team. After missing the first 3 games of this season with a […]
Upper Deck’s Overtime promotional packs have been a fun little extra for the last couple of years. Coming in three waves and being given as bonus packs to box buyers, these cards offer a little something extra for collectors. 2015’s Wave 3 packs offered the last round of base cards and parallels, adding 60 names […]
NASCAR fans rejoice, trading cards have returned. Panini’s newest racing product marks an early example of what’s to come for NASCAR collectors. The demise of Press Pass left a void in the collecting world and Panini Torque fills that void quite nicely. A higher end product that the Prizm product already released, Torque promises authentic […]
Panini USA Soccer is back for another year. Catering to a growing North American market, the factory set features one autograph and one relic card per box. Panini has taken care to ensure that both the men’s and women’s teams are well represented across the product, ensuring that there is something for everybody in this […]
Stellar Goaltending Secures Big Win For Habs Habs fans anxiously awaiting the return of Carey Price got a preview when the star goalie was present for the pre-game ceremonies Tuesday night, but the real goaltending performance was in the Montreal net. Al Montoya, making his third consecutive start for the Canadiens secured his first shutout […]
Leaf Ultimate jumps onto the scene every year with a monumental selection of autographs and memorabilia. The high-end product is certainly not for everyone, but if you can get your hands on some of these cards I’d highly recommend that you do. Each box promises a total of 6 autographs or relics cards, and the […]
2015-16 Leaf Metal Hockey once again focuses its sight on young prospects and big name legends. An all autograph product Leaf Metal offers up several categories of cards, as well as multiple parallels for each. With prospects making up the bulk of the product, collectors of future stars will want to grab this one. However […]