Product Preview - 2009-10 UD Champs

UD Champs has rolled off the production line and is ready to be busted open. With 2009-10 UD Champs, Upper Deck continues their visit to the land of the dinosaurs. Definitely not your typical hockey card product, UD Champs contains hockey players as well as dinosaurs, fossils, artifacts, bones, historical figures, and endangered species on tobacco-style mini cards. You can collect subsets which include Wonders of the World and Museum Pieces as well. Or you can just collect the all-stars and the rookies. It's all up to you!



Typical Box Break Summary:
4 Signature or Jersey cards
1-2 Mini Signatures and 5 Mini Rookie Cards
2 Mini Threads
10 Wonders of the World/Natural History/Historical Figures cards
1 Red Back mini parallel card
8 Regular-Sized Parallels



Projected Key Inserts:
Museum Pieces:
Dinosaur Teeth, Golden Jurassic Amminites, Paradoxides Trilobite, Turtle Claw, Great White Shark Tooth, Giant Armadillo Claw, Woolly Mammoth Molar Tooth, Wild Boar Fossil Teeth and more.



Mini Signatures:
Alexander Ovechkin, LeBron James, Sidney Crosby, Wayne Gretzky, Dr. J, Bobby Orr, Steve Yzerman, John Tavares, Gordie Howe, Martin Brodeur and others!

2009-10 UD Champs is being released tomorrow and will be available at Canada Card World.

Product Preview - 2009-10 ITG Between The Pipes

Another new week and more amazing news from In The Game.

ITG has given collectors more to talk about with the release of the cards within the various subsets of memorabilia cards. The goaltender checklist is phenomenal as usual. With names like Pelle Lindbergh, Bernie Parent, Jacques Plante, Vladislav Tretiak, and Patrick Roy to go along with all the best youngsters, ITG BTP is a must-break product.

2009-10 ITG Between The Pipes Game-Used Memorabilia Checklist

In The Game has released more pictures of the big hits and included below are some of the available cards. For more pictures and names, visit the link above.

Game-Used Jersey/Number/Emblem
Game-Used Number
Game-Used Emblem



Limited Jersey/Emblem/Number
Auto/Jersey
Auto/Emblem
Auto/Number



Home Grown
Origins
International Crease



Complete Package
Stick Save
Glove Save
Pad Save
He Shoots He Scores
Mega Stars
Complete Jersey
AutoThreads
Made To Order

2009-10 In The Game Between The Pipes will be released on March 25, 2010 from Canada Card World.

Product Preview - 2009-10 ITG Between The Pipes

2009-10 Between The Pipes from In The Game will continue to deliver an incredible array of game-used memorabilia cards and autographs for goaltender collectors. Goalies have always been, and will always be, a hobby cornerstone. Due to their popularity, Between The Pipes features more goalie autograph cards and memorabilia card than anywhere else in the hobby.



This season, each box of 2009-10 Between The Pipes will have 18 packs with 9 cards per pack. All inserts will be seeded 1:8 packs. This means that, on average, each box of Between The Pipes will have 8 hits!



In The Game has just released the first peek at this season's checklist. Although not complete, it has many collectors drooling already.

Between The Pipes Preliminary Checklist

The 150-card Base Set will include 4 subsets:
Future Stars, Stars of the Game, Greats of the Game, and The Rival League.

The GoalieGraph autograph set will contain over 125 different autograph cards.



There will be five different non-memorabilia inserts:
AHL Rookies, CHL Rookies, Gold Metal Masks, Tribute, and the always popular Net Brawlers.

There are nineteen different Authentic Game-Used memorabilia inserts including:

Game-Used Jersey
Game-Used Number
Game-Used Emblem
Jersey/Auto
Number/Auto
Emblem/Auto
Pad Save
Glove Save
Stick Save
He Shoots He Scores
International Crease
Home Grown
Complete Package
AutoThreads
Complete Jersey
Mega Star
Origins
Complete Logo
Made To Order

Anyone need an oxygen mask? That's a dizzying number of phenomenal hits.



2009-10 In The Game Between The Pipes will be released on March 25, 2010 from Canada Card World.

Upcoming NHL Hobby Box Release Dates

Listed below is the new release schedule for In The Game and Upper Deck releases. As you can see, there is a log-jam in May, especially on May 25th, 2010. This probably means that OPC Premier or UD Be A Player will be pushed back further. There is no information available yet on UD The Cup or ITG Ultimate.

09/10 Upper Deck Champs Hockey - March 9th, 2010

09/10 Upper Deck SP Game Used Hockey - March 23rd, 2010

09/10 In The Game Between The Pipes - March 25, 2010

09/10 Upper Deck ICE Hockey - April 12th, 2010



09/10 SP Authentic Hockey - April 27th, 2010

09/10 UD Ultimate Hockey - May 11th, 2010

09/10 O-Pee-Chee Metal Hockey - May 18th, 2010

09/10 UD Be A Player Hockey - May 25th, 2010



09/10 UD O-Pee-Chee Premier Hockey - May 25th, 2010

All these exciting NHL products and more will be available at great prices this season from Canada Card World.

Product Preview - 2009-10 UD Champs

Set for release early next month, UD Champs is the next product to roll off the production line for Upper Deck. With 2009-10 UD Champs, Upper Deck is returning to the land of the dinosaurs. Definitely not your typical hockey card product, UD Champs contains hockey players as well as dinosaurs, fossils, artifacts, bones, historical figures, and endangered species on tobacco-style mini cards. You can collect subsets which include Wonders of the World and Museum Pieces as well.



Typical Box Break Summary:
4 Signature or Jersey cards
1-2 Mini Signatures and 5 Mini Rookie Cards
2 Mini Threads
10 Wonders of the World/Natural History/Historical Figures cards
1 Red Back mini parallel card
8 Regular-Sized Parallels



Projected Key Inserts:
Museum Pieces:
Dinosaur Teeth, Golden Jurassic Amminites, Paradoxides Trilobite, Turtle Claw, Great White Shark Tooth, Giant Armadillo Claw, Woolly Mammoth Molar Tooth, Wild Boar Fossil Teeth and more.



Mini Signatures:
Alexander Ovechkin, LeBron James, Sidney Crosby, Wayne Gretzky, Dr. J, Bobby Orr, Steve Yzerman, John Tavares, Gordie Howe, Martin Brodeur and others!

2009-10 UD Champs will be released on March 9th, 2010 and will be available at Canada Card World.

Product Preview - 2009-10 ITG Between The Pipes

Are you a fan of the men behind the mask? Do you collect the last line of defense? Then get ready! ITG's Between The Pipes release date has been set for March 25, 2010.



How will In The Game top last years version?

Similar to the awesome 2009-10 Heroes and Prospects, each box of 2009-10 Between The Pipes will have 18 packs with 9 cards per pack. All inserts will be seeded 1 per 8 packs. That means on average each box of Between The Pipes will have 8 hits! Last year's product was possibly the product of the year. This one could top that!



There will be a lot more information to come between now and the release date but in the meantime, we're giving you a sneak peek at a couple of authentic Game-Used Memorabilia cards.

This year, there will be four different autograph insert sets including Future Stars, The Rival League, Greats Of The Game and Stars Of The Game.

Complete Jersey, Complete Package, Pad Save, autographs, non-memorabilia inserts. In The Game is giving the collectors everything that they want this season. What new surprises will they release this season? Keep an eye for more news in the coming weeks.



2009-10 In The Game Between The Pipes will be available in late March from Canada Card World.

Upcoming Upper Deck NHL Hobby Box Release Dates

Upper Deck has experienced some delays with products this season and has just released a new schedule for their upcoming products over the next few months. UD Ultimate and UD The Cup have not yet been given release dates at this point.

09/10 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey - February 12th, 2010

09/10 Upper Deck Champs Hockey - March 9th, 2010

09/10 Upper Deck SP Game Used Hockey - March 23rd, 2010

09/10 Upper Deck ICE Hockey - April 13th, 2010

09/10 O-Pee-Chee Metal Hockey - April 13th, 2010



09/10 SP Authentic Hockey - April 27th, 2010

09/10 UD Be A Player Hockey - May 11th, 2010

09/10 UD O-Pee-Chee Premier Hockey - May 25th, 2010

All these exciting Upper Deck NHL products and more will be available at great prices this season from Canada Card World.

Product Preview - 2009 UD Exquisite Collection Football

The day after the biggest game of the year seems a suitable time to preview one of the most exciting products of the NFL trading card season from Upper Deck. The New Orleans Saints surprised the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV last night with a 34-17 victory. Collectors will also be surprised by the amazing array of sublime cards on the Exquisite checklist this season.



Every box contains 1 bonus Autographed Memorabilia Card.
Either Exquisite Autobiography or Exquisite Rookie Bookmarks
Every card is foil numbered and every autograph is hard-signed.
All rookie autographs are numbered to 225 or less.



Product Configuration:
7 cards per pack
1 pack per box
3 boxes per case

Each box/pack is hand-collated and will contain seven premium cards. Each box will contain a bonus pack that includes one additional autographed memorabilia card. 2009 Exquisite Collection Football features Exquisite Book Marks multi-signed hinged cards.



2009 UD Exquisite Collection Football will be available for order in late February from Canada Card World.

Product Preview - 2009-10 Upper Deck Series Two

The Winter Olympics in Vancouver are coming. Luckily for collectors, so is Upper Deck Series Two Hockey.

Bringing out the new set of Young Guns, Upper Deck Series Two finishes off what Series One started. New this year, Upper Deck's "The Champions" set features some of the best former Olympians and future champions just in time for the Opening Ceremonies.



The regular set will contain players not in Series One as well as players who have switched teams via trade. Not only that, 50 new Young Guns will be added to the checklist including 'The Monster' Jonas Gustavsson. The new insert set 'The Champions' will also feature some which are autographed. This will definitely be a favourite among collectors.

Regular Set:
Regular Cards (200)
Young Guns (50)



Top Inserts:
Acetate Hits: Rookie Breakouts (#/100) & Draft Class (#/10)
The Champions (1 in every 12 packs)
Fab Four Fabrics (#/100)
UD Rookie Materials Patch (#/25)



Typical Box Break Summary:
Six Young Guns RC’s
One Rookie Materials
One UD Game Jersey
Twelve Victory Rookies
Two 'The Champions'

Typical Case Break Summary:
One Die-Cut Acetate card
Draft Class & Rookie Breakouts
One UD Signatures

2009-10 Upper Deck Series Two Hockey will be available in mid-February from Canada Card World.

In The Game and the Vancouver 2010 Olympics

Vancouver 2010. It will be one of hockey's greatest events. The Olympic Men's Hockey Tournament.

Will the defending champion Team Sweden take the gold again? Can Team Canada return to glory? How will the American youth movement work out? What about the high-powered Team Russia?



In The Game is commemorating this great event with a group of autograph and game-used memorabilia cards. Many of the great players from the 2010 Olympic Games and Olympic Games of years past will be on the checklist.

There are four different card categories:
Autograph cards
Authentic Game-Used Jersey cards
Authentic Game-Used Patch cards
Authentic Game-Used Jersey/Autographed cards.

There will be only ten of each card and they will be sold on a first-come first-serve basis. The only place to find these cards is at the In The Game online store.



Ideal for player collectors and Olympics enthusiasts, don't miss this opportunity to order your favorite player or players as soon as they are available. Remember, orders will be filled on a first come, first serve basis.

All cards will go on sale on Friday February 5th, 2010 at the ITG Online Store.

Product Preview - 2009-10 Be A Player Hockey

Offering one autograph card in every pack, 2009-10 Be A Player Hockey truly brings the collectors what they want! And no product delivers signatures like Be A Player! The feeling a card collector gets from pulling an autograph card cannot be beat! With chances at duals, triples, and more, how can you stay away?



Get 1 Autograph Card in Each Pack!
Collect 1 rookie card or rookie redemption card in each Box!
Autographed Rookie Jersey cards!
Rookie Patch cards - #/15!
Find 1 dual signed card in each box on average!
Big Hit in Each Box: Rookie Jersey cards!

Typical Box Break Summary:
1 Dual-Player Signature Card
1 Rookie card or Rookie Redemption
1 Rookie Jersey Card

Typical Case Break Summary:
Five 3-player Signature Cards



Key Inserts:
Be A Player Rookies:
John Tavares, Matt Duchene, James van Riemsdyk, Jonas Gustavsson, Michael Del Zotto, Evander Kane, Colin Wilson, Logan Couture, Victor Hedman, Tyler Myers, Jamie Benn, Michael Grabner, Tyler Bozak, and more.

2009-10 UD Be A Player Hockey will be available in mid-May from Canada Card World.

Product Preview - 2009-10 OPC Premier

With four phenomenal hits in each pack, 2009-10 O-Pee-Chee Premier is what hockey card collecting is all about. This year's checklist includes amazing manufactured patch cards, four swatch rookie cards (quad jerseys, two-jerseys/two-patch combos, and quad patch versions), and autographs, autographs, autographs!



Each OPC Premier pack contains:
1 Autographed Quad Rookie Memorabilia card!
1 Manufactured Patch card.
1 Autographed card
1 three or four swatch jersey or patch card, or a parallel card /25 or less!

Manufactured Patches cards of the NHL’s elite players!
Yzerman, Lemieux, Orr, Howe, Neely, Messier, Kane, Tavares.



Awesome autographed versions!
Premier Signings Extravaganza!
Single, Dual, Triple & Quad versions with the best of the NHL!
Top-of-the-line Triple and Quad Jersey and Patch card die-cuts!
Signed and non-signed O-Pee-Chee Premier Remnants!



Key Hits:
Cool Manufactured Patches – with nicknames, achievements, famous moments, and more.
Top-Notch Autos – singles, duals, triples, and quads of the NHL’s superstars.

2009-10 O-Pee-Chee Premier will be available in late May from Canada Card World.

2009-10 Upper Deck Trilogy Checklist Released

With two tiers of rookie cards, four awesome multi-swatch jersey inserts and a massive amount of autograph offerings, 2009-10 UD Trilogy Hockey delivers hits throughout the set. With its trademark scheme of one signature, rookie card or jersey card in every pack, Trilogy delivers pack after pack. Add in low-numbered multi-player plexi-glass autographs, and it’s a must-own product!



2009-10 Upper Deck Trilogy Checklist

Get 3 autograph, rookie and jersey cards in every box!
Get 1 Autographed Plexi-Glass card per Box!
Also find multi-player card of this sleek, popular insert!
Autographed Jersey cards!
Look for Classic Confrontations dual-sided jersey cards!
Get more low-numbered jersey parallels!



Typical Box Break Summary:
3 Autograph cards
3 Rookie Cards
3 Memorabilia Cards
1 Autographed Plexi-Glass card



2009-10 Upper Deck Trilogy will be available next week from Canada Card World.

Product Preview - 2009-10 ITG Between The Pipes

Last season, In The Game released 2008-09 Between The Pipes with one promise. They would cut production but they would not cut the goods. Collectors were hopeful and what resulted was one of the most popular and most hit-filled brands of the season. Collectors will be hoping for similar results this year.



Recently, In The Game released this sneak peek at the base cards for 2009-10 ITG Between The Pipes. Returning this season are the popular Future Stars, Stars of The Game, Greats of the Game, and The Rival League.



Featuring the greatest goalies in the game, future stars, and some goalies from the past who are long forgotten, ITG Between The Pipes gives collectors the men behind the masks.

Look for more details and images to be released over the coming months.



2009-10 In The Game Between The Pipes will be available later this spring from Canada Card World.

Upcoming Hockey Card Release Dates

Below is an updated list of all major hockey releases for the next few months. As usual, all release dates are subject to change.

2009-10 ITG Heroes & Prospects Hockey - January 27, 2010
2009-10 UD National Hockey Card Day - January 30, 2010



2009-10 UD Trilogy Hockey - February 2, 2010
2009-10 UD Series 2 Hockey - February 9, 2010
2009-10 UD SP Game Used Hockey - February 17, 2010
2009-10 UD Ice Hockey - February 24, 2010
2009-10 Famous Fabrics - February 24, 2010
2009-10 UD Champ's Hockey - March 10, 2010
2009-10 UD SP Authentic Hockey - April 1, 2010



2009-10 UD O-Pee-Chee Metal Hockey - April 13, 2010
2009-10 UD Ultimate Collection Hockey - April 27, 2010

Visit Canada Card World for great prices and information on the latest checklists and releases.

Product Preview - 2009-10 OPC Metal

O-Pee-Chee Metal cards help to make the most complete set on the market! Every Pack includes 1 Metal Parallel so there will be a version for all 800 cards from the entire O-Pee-Chee set. This also means that every rookie who debuted in October is back again. No. 1 pick John Tavares, Matt Duchene, James van Riemsdyk, Victor Hedman, Evander Kane, Jonas Gustavsson, Michael Del Zotto and so many more!



Collect Valuable Metal Parallels - 2 per Pack!
Metal ‘X’ versions fall 2 per box!
Get the best rookies from the Entire 2009-10 Rookie Class!
Complete the Awesome 800-card O-Pee-Chee set.
Hard-Signed O-Pee-Chee Metal Autographs - 2 per Case!
1 per pack Retail Variations of the whole set!
Find Top Draws Jersey Cards - 1 per Box.
OPC Update Rainbow parallels -1 in 3 packs!



Typical Box Break Summary:
48 Metal Parallels Total
2 ‘Metal X’ Parallels
1 Top Draws Triple Jersey card
24 OPC Retro variations
8 OPC Update Rainbow parallels

Typical Case Break Summary:
2 OPC Metal Autographs
2 OPC Signatures / The Champions Autograph cards



Key Inserts:
OPC Metal Autographs (hard-signed):
Sidney Crosby, Bobby Orr, Jarome Iginla, Ryan Miller, Jonathan Toews, Mike Richards, Marc-Andre Fleury, Henrik Lundqvist, Steven Stamkos and more!

Top Draws (Triple Jerseys):
John Tavares, Matt Duchene, James van Riemsdyk, Jamie Benn, Evander Kane, Viktor Hedman, Jonas Gustavsson, Tyler Myers, Michael Del Zotto and more!

2009-10 O-Pee-Chee Metal will be available this April from Canada Card World.

2009-10 ITG Heroes and Prospects - Class of 2010

The release In The Game's 2009-10 Heroes and Prospects is less than three weeks away. The company is pleased to announce preliminary details about a redemption program that has been added this season to make them even more fun to collect.



The Class of 2010 non-memorabilia insert cards will have a special redemption feature that could allow collectors to obtain a special limited game-used memorabilia card. Each Class of 2010 card will feature a foil-stamped number on the back that is between 1 and 30. If the player depicted on the front of the card is drafted at the position noted on the back, collectors can redeem their insert card for a game-used memorabilia card that is limited to only 10 copies!

"While it is rare for In The Game to do a redemption of any kind, we felt that the Class of 2010 cards were more of a new product feature that makes Heroes and Prospects more interactive for collectors," said In The Game's President, Dr. Brian Price. "We think that collectors are going to enjoy looking at the cards they have during the 2010 NHL Draft to see if they are lucky enough to exchange their card for something special."

Included in the Class of 2010 collection are two players that are considered to be neck-in-neck for the first overall position - Taylor Hall of the Windsor Spitfires and Tyler Seguin of the Plymouth Whalers.



All but one of the players, Vladimir Tarasenko, are already named to the roster for the 2010 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. Once again, Team Orr will face Team Cherry and the players will have an opportunity to make a big impression on the pro scouts in attendance.



For a complete checklist of 2009-10 Heroes and Prospects, visit In The Game online at ITG 2009-10 H&P Checklist

Class of 2010 Checklist

C-01 Taylor Hall
C-02 Kirill Kabanov
C-03 John McFarland
C-04 Cam Fowler
C-05 Tyler Seguin
C-06 Joey Hishon
C-07 Erik Gudbranson
C-08 Brett Connolly
C-09 Brandon Gormley
C-10 Stanislav Galiev
C-11 Quinton Howden
C-12 Jeffery Skinner
C-13 Mark Pysyk
C-14 Alexander Burmistrov
C-15 Vladimir Tarasenko

2009-10 In The Game Heroes and Prospects will be available from Canada Card World on January 27th, 2010. Also available at CCW this season from In The Game is '1972 - The Year In Hockey'.

Product Preview - 2009-10 UD Ultimate Collection

2009-10 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Hockey gives you what you want. With a guarantee of one rookie card, one autographed card and one memorabilia card in each and every pack, all of the goodies are packed in nice and tight on this checklist. The new rookie class featuring John Tavares, Matt Duchene, James van Riemsdyk, Victor Hedman, Jonas Gustavsson, Jamie Benn, Evander Kane and others makes this collection impossible to ignore!



Ultimate Debut Jerseys & Patch Cards!
Ultimate Rookie Cards ~ Autographed!
Four Patch Cards per case!
Ultimate Patch Rookies, NHL Shields and Ultimate Signature Logos!
Ultimate Nicknames!
Ultimate Achievements ~ great signature cards!

Typical Pack Break:
1 autograph card
1 rookie card
1 memorabilia card

Typical Case Break:
1 autographed memorabilia card
3-4 patch cards
3 ‘A’-Level Signature cards



Insert Sets include:
Ultimate Nicknames:
Steve Yzerman, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Hull, Tony Esposito, Gordie Howe, Jarome Iginla, Don Cherry and more!

Trios Patches:
Gretzky/Lemieux/Messier, Crosby/Ovechkin/Iginla, Ovechkin/Malkin/Datsyuk, Roy/Brodeur/Luongo.

Oversized Premier Patches:
Alexander Ovechkin, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Roberto Luongo, Rick Nash.



2009-10 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Hockey will be available in late April 2010 at Canada Card World.

2009-10 UD Black Diamond Hockey Released

Always a favourite among collectors, Upper Deck 2009-10 Black Diamond has been a key product for rookie cards for more than ten years. This year’s group of Quad Diamond rookies should really have collectors salivating. John Tavares. Victor Hedman. James Van Riemsdyk. Jonas Gustavsson. Matt Duchene. Evander Kane.

With exciting quad diamond rookie cards, Gemography autographs, a beautiful jersey set, and lots of cool inserts, UD Black Diamond is packed with hits.

2009-10 Upper Deck Black Diamond Hockey checklist



Box Break Summary:
Get 3 Triple Diamond RCs and 1 Quad Diamond RC in each box.
A total of 6 Triple Diamond and 2 Quad Diamond cards per box.
Look for 2 Quad-Swatch Jersey cards per box!

Case Hits:
Four jersey parallels include a signed version, #’d to just 5!
Grab Hardware Heroes die-cut cards which fall 2 per case and are #’d to just 100.
Collect Gemography autograph cards, falling 1 in every other box.
Ruby, Gold & Platinum parallels offer more great low-#’d hits!

2009-10 Upper Deck Black Diamond is now available at Canada Card World.