If you are looking for a hockey checklist this is a good place to start, the checklists you will find here will also have images. Often the checklists here will be for products that don’t have teams associated or are a prospects product. For a hockey checklist sorted by the NHL teams you may want breakninja.com.
Major hockey trading card companies of today are Upper Deck and Leaf. Panini recently lost their NHL license and Leaf and ITG are unlicensed to produce the cards.
For full checklists sorted by team you should visit breakinja.com as they have in depth checklists with plenty of extra info like hit totals and rookie lists. This is also a very fast loading website so your wait times will be at a minimum.
ITG’s Ultimate Memorabilia 9th Edition is the 2008-09 entry into the immensely popular product series. Straddling the divide between two collecting seasons, this product offers a wealth of game-used memorabilia and autographs. The product keeps the format that has made it popular, offering three cards, encased in hard plastic shells for protection. Some of the […]
2008-09 The Cup is Upper Deck’s ultra high-end offering. Each tin produces only 4 cards and sells at about $950USD each. As is to be expected the product is crammed with highly desirable cards, including epic patches, stunning autographs, and many 1/1 cards. It also contains the printing plates for most of the other Upper […]
2008-09 Ultimate Collection is a higher-end Upper Deck product that blends memorabilia and autographs together to form popular cards. The quality of autographs offered is appealing to collectors, while patch cards are eye grabbing, especially on the Rookie Debut Threads. Unfortunately the rookie memorabilia in this product is not game-used which hurts the overall value […]
2008-09 Series 2 is the follow up to Series 1. Usually less popular than Series 1, it still offers excellent value and provides Young Guns rookies for players such as Ben Bishop, Cory Schneider, and Karl Alzner. The product also brings forward many new insert sets that stand alone from Series 1, as well as […]
2008-09 Series 1 is the premier product for Upper Deck. Offering the much sought after Young Guns set, Series 1 is the first opportunity to grab true rookie cards of players such as Steven Stamkos, Claude Giroux, and Blake Wheeler. The addition of several insert sets and the chance at some good looking memorabilia, means […]
2008-09 Black Diamond was an excellent year for the popular Upper Deck product. It offered a balanced hit count that varied between inserts and parallels, as well as rookies and the jersey cards. While there is no guaranteed autograph, the product remains a fun and affordable option for collectors. Additionally, with a strong rookie class, […]
2008-09 MVP is a low-end Upper Deck product that focuses on base parallels and inserts. While the product does provide a jersey card in each box, the autographs are rare, and even the jerseys are a secondary focus. The product caters primarily to set builders and young collectors starting out in the hobby. Effectively 2008-09 […]
2016-17 Upper Deck Overtime Wave 3 has been released and it rounds out the product for this collecting year. These bonus packs are used as a incentive for purchases of hobby boxes of OPC Platinum, UD Ice, and SP Authentic. Each pack contains 4 cards; 3 base cards and an insert or autograph. Wave 3 […]
2008-09 Trilogy is a great example of one of Upper Deck’s better products. The 2008-09 edition is very similar to Upper Deck Ice, in that it contains a good amount of acetate cards. Each box produces 3 autographs, 3 memorabilia cards, and 3 rookies. These are some beautiful cards that justify the hefty price tag […]
2008-09 Artifacts is an Upper Deck product that relies heavily on its use of memorabilia cards and parallel sets. It is also one of the first opportunity for collectors to get their hands on rookie cards for players such as Steven Stamkos and Max Pacioretty. Artifacts comes at a relatively affordable price and remains a […]