Archive for January, 2010

Sunday Fun-Day Fun-Facts

The Leaf Candy Company was a major American producer of candy and trading cards. The company was originally founded by Sol S. Leaf in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Leaf started various candy companies beginning in the 1920’s and they were merged into Leaf Brands in 1947. The company headquarters were later moved to Illinois before Leaf [...]

Today is National Hockey Card Day In Canada

If giving away a free pack of Upper Deck NHL cards to everyone in Canada on Saturday, Jan. 30, wasn’t enough, they’ve upped the ante for this year’s National Hockey Card Day. As the NHL’s exclusive manufacturer of licensed hockey trading cards, Upper Deck has hidden 11 major memorabilia prizes at hobby shops throughout Canada [...]

2010 UD National Hockey Card Day Video with Evander Kane

In this video, Upper Deck’s Terry Melia shares the fun of the 2010 National Hockey Card Day set with fans. Evander Kane lends his support to the program as well. Pick up your free five-card pack at hobby and retail locations throughout Canada on Saturday, January 30, 2010. The 15 card set will feature Canadian-born [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]