Hockey
Brag Photo: Working at UD is Sweet!
Working for a company with a legendary history like Upper Deck is a thrill. There are a lot of perks that go along with the job too. Many who work here appreciate our location as we are based in Carlsbad, California, just a few miles away from the ocean. Many of the sports card purists […]
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The Puck Drops Here
With this season’s NHL playoffs set to begin tonight with four first-round match-ups, Upper Deck has just released its newest NHL-licensed trading card set: 2009-10 SP Game-Used Hockey. A 100-card beauty, SP Game-Used packs all the thrills hockey card aficionados are looking for with at least one memorabilia or autographed card in every pack, on […]
READ MORENHL Playoffs and New Upper Deck Hockey Releases on the Horizon
Don’t forget to register your 2009-2010 NHL Rookie cards. Click here to register them at Upper Deck’s Rookie Card tracker. By registering your codes from the back of your rookie cards, you will have a chance to win a box of cards from Upper Deck! The next rookie of the month will be named early […]
READ MOREBrag Photo: The Captain’s Jersey
Sometimes, when you work at Upper Deck, you get to explore the game-used room in all its glory. And hold stuff like this: Note the “C” on the jersey, and you know who wore this one in a game. When he’s not leading the Canadian team to Olympic Gold, Crosby’s day job is leading the […]
READ MOREThe Race for the NHL Awards
Have you heard the news about the Upper Deck Awards? Check out Toby Wachter’s blog entry from earlier in the week if you have not and help nominate the best of the best! Heading into the last two weeks of the season, playoff and draft positioning are not the only things that are still in […]
READ MOREUpper Deck Renews Hockey Card License
The good news is that Upper Deck just renewed its hockey card license with both the NHLPA and the NHL. It’s a multi-year deal, so we’ll continue to deliver red-hot cards for years to come. But this time around we’ll be sharing the stage with Panini America, maker (for the most part) of collectible stickers. […]
READ MORENHL Teams Make Their Final Playoff Push
Don’t forget to register your 2009-2010 NHL Rookie cards. Click here to register them at Upper Deck’s Rookie Card tracker. By registering your codes from the back of your rookie cards, you will have a chance to win a box of cards from Upper Deck! As the NHL regular season winds down and we get […]
READ MORETrade Deadline and the Player Collection: What To Do Now?
March 3, 2010 represented this year’s NHL trade deadline. This year was one of the best and worst all wrapped up together. We had big moves before the Olympic roster freeze, with names like Kovalchuk, Phaneuf, Giguere, Jokinen switching teams. On the actual deadline day, we saw a record number of deals completed (although most […]
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