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Apr 19, 2024 | 
thehockeynews.com | Michael C. DiStefano
There’s no such thing as a perfect match, but coffee and cards are pretty close, right? Tim Hortons and Upper Deck have partnered up once again, providing their guests and collectors with another exciting hockey card set to chase throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Greatest Duos Trading Card Set features NHL stars, rookies, and legends of the game, along with some of the top PWHL players.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
thehockeynews.com | Michael C. DiStefano
National Hockey Card Day is fast approaching this Saturday, April 13th, and all signs point to this year being the most highly anticipated one in the 15-year history of the holiday. Upper Deck founded the holiday to celebrate the joy of hockey card collecting. This year is expected to be the most active one yet, with Bedard Mania reigniting the passion of many collectors while driving many newcomers to the hobby.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
thehockeynews.com | Michael C. DiStefano
Upper Deck is getting ready to release its flagship Series Two product this week and it has the entire card-collecting community in a buzz. This is one of the most highly collectible sets in hockey every year due to the popularity of the Young Guns rookie cards, featuring the best and brightest young rooks in the game. This year, however, has more anticipation than ever before because of card #451—the Connor Bedard Young Guns.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
thehockeynews.com | Michael C. DiStefano
2023-24 Upper Deck Series Two Young Guns Tiers RankingUpper Deck Series Two is about to release and the frenzy that is about to take place will be as wild as we’ve seen in the hockey card hobby in years. In this article, I outline the players that I think will be the more highly sought-after cards in the set by placing them in a tier list. Let's get started. The Chase Tier: The chase is what makes opening cards fun.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
thehockeynews.com | Michael C. DiStefano
How much will the Connor Bedard Young Guns sell for on release day? This is a question I’ve been asking myself, along with many fellow collectors and card shop owners, over the past couple of months in anticipation of his Young Guns rookie card release with Series Two dropping on Wednesday, March 6th, 2024.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
thehockeynews.com | Michael C. DiStefano
Welcome back to another installment of Tips Tuesday, where I provide collectors of all levels with a little information to help them in their journey through the hobby. I believe our website can be a vessel to help grow the hobby one collector at a time, and that education is key to making that happen. Today’s tip is geared toward the investing hobbyist as I take a look at a card-flipping tactic I like to deploy in the final week leading into the NHL trade deadline.
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Feb 25, 2024 | 
thehockeynews.com | Michael C. DiStefano
Someone call the Guinness World Book of Records, we have a new leader in the locker room for the most expensive sealed case of hockey cards ever sold. Over the past few weeks, Heritage Auction House has been taking bids on what is the only known sealed case of the 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee hockey set in the world. Bidding finally closed early on the morning of February 25th, 2024, just after midnight for a record high of $3.1M, plus a $620,000 'Buyer's Premium'.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
thehockeynews.com | Michael C. DiStefano
The hockey card community has been patiently waiting for the release of Upper Deck’s flagship Series Two to begin the chase for Connor Bedard’s highly anticipated Young Guns rookie card. Good news, card collectors… the wait is almost over as the release date has been set and the official checklist has been established.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
thehockeynews.com | Michael C. DiStefano
The NHL named Kirill Kaprizov, David Pastrnak, and Logan Thompson the three stars of the week for January 15–21. Let’s take a look and see if their hot week impacted their hockey card market by analyzing the sales data (via Cardladder) of their PSA 10 Young Guns rookie card. First Star: Kirill Kaprizov, LW, Minnesota WildThe Minnesota Wild sniper co-led the NHL with eight points in four games this week, capped off by a hat-trick against the Carolina Hurricanes Sunday afternoon.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
thehockeynews.com | Michael C. DiStefano
Welcome back to another installment of Tips Tuesday where I provide collectors of all levels a little information to help them in their journey through the hobby. I believe our website can be a vessel to help grow the hobby one collector at a time, and that education is key to making that happen.
