27th October 2009
Every year Upper Deck comes out with hockey hobby boxes which already have a presence in the hobby community. These products are well known and are considered staples in the collecting community. Collectors look forward to their release every year. Th...
19th October 2009
Every year the NHL boasts many new young players affectionately known as rookies. The 2009-2010 NHL Season is now underway. This is a very exciting year for rookies as the class is very deep and talented. Card companies such as upper deck will be relea...
15th October 2009
A lot of people I know used to collect hockey cards as a kid but stopped collecting after the industry meltdown of the early 1990’s. Being in the sports card industry, I am surprised how many former collectors have no idea on the changes that have been...
08th October 2009
We all love the thrill of a hockey game. As children our drive to play a game such as hockey is derived from the desire to do something that is fun. When we get older however, we still consider hockey fun, but another dimension is added which takes ou...
05th October 2009
As Canadians, there are certain things that happen during the year that are a given, they are part of our culture. We live, we die, we pay our taxes, we shovel snow, and we love hockey. Hockey, some claim born and bred in Canada (at least the modern fo...
02nd October 2009
Hockey cards have had a lot of changes over the years. From the time they used to be on cigarette packages to today’s hockey hobby boxes, cards have seen a stark evolution. Back in the day of Parkies (Parkhurst brand cards) and cigarette backs, player...
30th September 2009
The hardcore sports fan loves to watch sports on television. This is a fact. When we’re young we relish in the chance to watch a big game or to see that awesome highlight that happened on a game we may not have been able to watch. There is nothing be...
25th September 2009
Hockey has been around for what seems like forever. The league was organized in 1917 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the National Hockey Association (NHA), which had been founded in 1909. I...
23rd September 2009
Hockey cards have been around for a long time. From the Parkies in the fifties to modern day upper deck cards, we’ve seen several different variations throughout the years. Many people I’ve talked to used to collect hockey cards as children, but hav...
23rd September 2009
Hockey cards have been around for a long time. The first hockey cards were included in cigarette packages from 1910 to 1913. After World War I, only one more cigarette set was issued, during the 1924-25 season by Champ's Cigarettes. Through to 1941, O-...
23rd September 2009
In today’s market, we see several different kinds of cards that a person can pull out of a sports card hobby box. We see fancy cards with autographs, jerseys, patches, numbers, balls, gloves, subsets, parallels etc. Lost among all these special cards ...
22nd September 2009
Ever since Sidney Crosby entered the NHL and was eligible to be on an official rookie card (Sidney was depicted on cards while in junior, but these were not considered rookie cards), it seems the hockey card industry has come back to life. We all remembe...
22nd September 2009
From the mindset of a young collector, the thrill of opening a pack of hockey cards is indescribable. When you're a kid, you know nothing of boundaries. Personally, I would imagine that there were a million cards and every pack I opened would bring fort...
22nd September 2009
Hockey cards have come a long way since the bubble gum carrying twenty five cent packs from the seventies and eighties. They have transformed from a hobby for kids to an industry for grown men. There are many reasons for this, perhaps the children who u...
22nd September 2009
Ever since I've been a kid, the thrill of opening a pack of hockey cards was
indescribable. When you're a kid, you know nothing of boundaries. I would
imagine that there were a million cards and every pack I opened would bring
forth new and ...
