2025-26 Upper Deck Star Rookies is a hockey card box set that offers 26 cards in every box. The set is small with just a 25-card base set, as well as an autographed version of the same cards. This is an annual release that salutes the top rookies of each year’s class and is seen as fairly low-end. It is available at stores such as Walmart and Target and usually sits around for a while, especially if there aren’t any huge names to chase. A full breakdown of the release will be available at Breakninja.com.
Matt’s Opinion: I have never bought any of these cards, I am not a fan of rookies, and the autographs are too rare to take a chance on. That being said, it is not an expensive release and could be worth the risk.
2025-26 Upper Deck Star Rookies – Product Breakdown
Release Date: March 4, 2026
Price: Approx. $30USD Per Box Set
Configuration: 26 Cards Per Box; 20 Boxes Per Case
Box Break: 25-Base Card Set; 1 Parallel or Auto
2025-26 Upper Deck Star Rookies – Base Set
25 Cards
Parallels: Blue (1:1 Boxes); Gold #/249; Orange #/99; Red #/50; Green #/25; Black #/5
2 Ben Kindel – Pittsburgh Penguins
3 Noah Ostlund – Buffalo Sabres
4 Dalibor Dvorsky – St. Louis Blues
5 Matthew Schaefer – New York Islanders
6 Alexander Nikishin – Carolina Hurricanes
7 Beckett Sennecke – Anaheim Ducks
8 Gabe Perreault – New York Rangers
9 Ryan Leonard – Washington Capitals
10 Dmitri Simashev – Utah Mammoth
11 Easton Cowan – Toronto Maple Leafs
12 Axel Sandin-Pellikka – Detroit Red Wings
13 Michael Misa – San Jose Sharks
15 Zayne Parekh – Calgary Flames
16 Matthew Wood – Nashville Predators
17 Jimmy Snuggerud – St. Louis Blues
18 Brady Martin – Nashville Predators
19 Oliver Moore – Chicago Blackhawks
20 Braeden Cootes – Vancouver Canucks
21 Joakim Kemell – Nashville Predators
22 Michael Brandsegg-Nygard – Detroit Red Wings
23 Zeev Buium – Minnesota Wild
24 Isaac Howard – Edmonton Oilers
25 Artyom Levshunov – Chicago Blackhawks
Autograph Sets
2025-26 Upper Deck Star Rookies – Auto Set
25 Cards – 1:26 Boxes (SP Odds Not Noted) (*No Dvorsky, Martin)
Parallels: Blue #/25; Black 1/1
2 Ben Kindel – Pittsburgh Penguins
3 Noah Ostlund – Buffalo Sabres
4 Dalibor Dvorsky – St. Louis Blues*
5 Matthew Schaefer – New York Islanders SP
6 Alexander Nikishin – Carolina Hurricanes
7 Beckett Sennecke – Anaheim Ducks
8 Gabe Perreault – New York Rangers
9 Ryan Leonard – Washington Capitals
10 Dmitri Simashev – Utah Mammoth
11 Easton Cowan – Toronto Maple Leafs
12 Axel Sandin-Pellikka – Detroit Red Wings
13 Michael Misa – San Jose Sharks
15 Zayne Parekh – Calgary Flames
16 Matthew Wood – Nashville Predators
17 Jimmy Snuggerud – St. Louis Blues
18 Brady Martin – Nashville Predators*
19 Oliver Moore – Chicago Blackhawks
20 Braeden Cootes – Vancouver Canucks
21 Joakim Kemell – Nashville Predators
22 Michael Brandsegg-Nygard – Detroit Red Wings
23 Zeev Buium – Minnesota Wild
24 Isaac Howard – Edmonton Oilers
25 Artyom Levshunov – Chicago Blackhawks
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