Prior to it’s high-end reboot Upper Deck’s Black Diamond brand focused mainly on short printed cards and limited autographs. The memorabilia that was included was small and mostly single colour jersey cards. It did not include gem pieces or manufactured patches, instead this was a mid-end product that targeted the average collector. Of special interest […]

UD Artifacts is the traditional first product of the collecting season for the company. This means that rookie cards, for the most part, come in the form of redemptions. For this reason the 2012-13 edition was probably the Upper Deck product least affected by the NHL Lockout. As a mid-end product Artifacts offers up a […]

Habs Down Detroit on the Road The Montreal Canadiens kicked off their 5 game road trip with a big win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night. This was an exciting back and forth game that required overtime to solve it. Montreal’s Alex Galchenyuk ended up scoring the game winning goal on a beautiful […]

2012-13 saw Upper Deck’s SP Game Used brand undergo a change of format. With this release SPGU now promised an autograph or memorabilia card in each pack. This was the first step towards the hit only product that we have today. Big pieces of memorabilia and stunning autographs were a major draw for this product, […]

SP Authentic remains one of Upper Deck’s more popular products. With several categories of autographs, as well as some nice patches, this is a product that more often produces actual value. The 2012-13 edition was, like all other products, hit by the cancellation of the NHL season. The loss of a rookie class meant that […]

Pacioretty Ends Drought in Habs Win Fans and coaching staff alike have been critical of the play this season of Habs captain Max Pacioretty. Thankfully Pacioretty was able to put that aside as he scored the winning goal in the team’s 2-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night. The Habs entered the game […]

Ottawa Solves Price in Big Win The Ottawa Senators did what no team has done in over a year. Beat Carey Price in regulation time. Price entered the game with an 11-0-1 record this season, and having not lost a regulation time game since last October, prior to his season ending injury. However an Ottawa […]

The long awaited mystery redemption lists for new Upper Deck products have finally been released. The most anticipated of these is undoubtedly the 2016-17 Artifact list, which is now FULLY AVAiLABLE. 2016-17 Upper Deck Artifacts Redemption List Base Rookie Redemption Set 40 Cards – 1:9 Hobby Packs; 1;96 Blaster/Retail Packs Parallels: Emerald – 1:53 Hobby […]

Habs, Price Top Toronto 2-1 The Habs went into Saturday night’s game having lost three in a row and were coming of a long night of travel returning from Carolina, where they played on Friday. Fortunately for Montreal Alexander Radulov returned after missing two games with the flu, and Carey Price was back after a night […]

Habs Fall to Hurricanes, Lose 3rd Straight Well the Habs are officially on their first losing streak of the season. The Carolina Hurricanes scored a pair in the 3rd to hand Montreal a 3-2 loss, the team’s 3rd straight losing effort. Montreal backup goalie Al Montoya was in net for Montreal and played well, but […]