Hockey
The 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 […]
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Trade 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 […]
READ MORECanada Tops USA in Overtime for Olympic Hockey Bragging Rights
Sidney Crosby fulfilled his destiny. At the age of 22 he has done more now then most players hope to accomplish in a career. He has won an Art Ross trophy as the top scorer. He has won a Hart Trophy as the leagues most valuable player. He has captained his team to a Stanley […]
READ MORELooking Back at Some of the Best Hockey Designs from Upper Deck
With the NHL on the Olympic break and a roster freeze in effect until March 1, I thought it would be a great time to take a look back at some of my favorite designs that Upper Deck has brought to the hockey market in the last twenty years. Feel free to comment at the […]
READ MOREJanuary Rookie of the Month: Matt Duchene, Colorado Avalanche
Have 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! During the month of January, 2009 first rounder (3rd overall) Colorado Avalance forward Matt […]
READ MOREFour Teams, Three Trades, Two Franchises Desperate for a Shakeup
The past few days have brought three very large trades involving some of the biggest hockey markets in the league (not to mention some of the largest hobby markets). If you are a fan of NHL hockey and you have not heard about the Toronto Maple Leafs/Calgary Flames, Anaheim Ducks/Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames/New […]
READ MORENHL Record Road Trip: Olympics Send the Canucks Packing
As the good people organizing the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics put the finishing touches on venues and prepare to host the world, January 28 marked the day they gave the Vancouver Canucks the boot, sending them on what will be an NHL-record road trip. The 14-game excursion will be nearly twice the length of the […]
READ MOREPlayer Spotlight: Ilya Kovalchuk
As NHL teams amp up for the Olympic break (playing three to four games a week), the Olympic roster freeze looms large. February 12th at midnight marks the start of the roster freeze, and Ilya Kovalchuk and his situation with the Atlanta Thrashers is making management and fans uneasy. Kovalchuk is set to become an […]
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