by Chris
Coomber
Arguably, the
most important hockey release of 2005/2006 is
Upper Deck Series One Hockey Cards.
 Every
season this is the set that hockey card collectors
look for, and this year especially with that
addition of Sidney Crosby.
The key card of the first series is Crosby’s
Upper Deck Rookie, #201 of the Young Guns set
is already valued at $250.
Crosby’s presence, along with the return
of the NHL have caused the availability of Upper
Deck Series one hobby boxes to begin to dry
up.
The limited availability of hobby boxes has
increased their value. Fans looking to pull
a Crosby or other members of the young guns
set can also purchase retail or blaster box
versions of 05/06 Upper Deck Series One.
Other Important rookie cards found in 05/06
UD Young Guns set include: Mike Richards, Dion
Phaneuf, Corey Perry, Alexander Steen, Zach
Parisé, and Rostislav Olesz, Brent Seabrook,
Petteri Nokelainen, Jeff Woywitka, Jim Slater,
Alexander Perezhogin, Andrej Meszaros, Cam Ward,
Keith Ballard, Braydon Coburn, Wojtek Wolski,
Hannu Toivonen, Peter Budaj, Henrik Lundqvist,
Rene Bourque and Brandon Bochenski.
Aside from Young Guns rookies, 05/06 Upper
Deck includes regular cards, and three memorabilia
cards per box. You can find inserts in approximately
1 out of every 6 packs.
Every second pack includes either a rookie
card or a basic insert.
Exciting inserts to note are Notable Numbers
(serial numbered to the player’s jersey
number), featuring big names such as Gretzky,
Brodeur and Hasek, the Big Playmakers (numbered
to 50 copies each), the Game Patch card (numbered
to 15 copies each), and the High Glossy parallel
cards (numbered to 10 copies each).
Whether you are looking for Crosby, the bevy
of other special cards and young guns, or just
collecting to make a complete set, boxes are
a great pick up for collectors.
As always Upper Deck features the highest quality
photography and cutting edge designs.
Collectors have come to expect and even demand
this type of quality from Upper Deck, ever since
they rocked the hockey world with their 1990/91
release.
Basic Info: 200 card base
set, 42 card Young Gun subset, 24 packs/box
Parallels: 242 UD High Glossy
(#’d to 10)
Memorabilia: 42 Game Jerseys
(1:12), 42 Game Jersey Patches (#’d to
15), 25 Shooting Stars (1:32), 10 NHL Generations
Dual (1:144), 7 NHL Generations Triple (1:288),
42 Big Playmakers (#’d to 50)
Autographs: 100 Notable Numbers
(#’d to player’s jersey number)
Inserts: 14 Gold Rush (1:12),
14 Hometown Heroes (1:12), 7 School of Hard
Knocks (1:24), 7 Playoff Performers (1:24),
30 Hockey Scrapbook
About the author:
Chris Coomber is a hockey card and sports card
dealer. His company, Grizzly Sports Cards has
one of the widest selections of sealed wax sports
cards boxes on the Internet. Upper
Deck Series 1 Hockey Cards are available
at Grizzly Sports Cards.
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