Panini's flagship brand hits the ice for a first skate in the hockey sector of the hobby this March. Each box is set to deliver 4 hits, 3 of which are on-card Rookie Ticket autographs and the potential for plenty other cold as ice cards including 1/1 Golden Ticket parallels made from 11 grams of actual gold! 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Hockey is set to release on March 30th with a hobby box price of around $130-$150.
Box Configuration: 24 Packs Per Box
Pack Price: $6
Product Type: Mid-High End Hockey Card
Geared Toward: Contenders collectors, Set builders looking for a challenge, Rookie auto seekers, Collectors intrigued by Contenders entry into the hockey card world
What's In The Box:
- 4 Autographs Per Box (3 on-card Rookie Ticket autographs)
Product Highlights/Details:
- Panini's hallmark rookie auto brand hits the ice for the first time ever!
- Each box will deliver 9 inserts cards from an intriguing lineup including Leather Larceny, The Great Outdoors, Against the Glass, Draft Tandems, Lottery Winners, Rookie of the Year Contenders and more.
- Leather Larceny captures the game's top puck-stoppers flashing the glove on leather stock (#'d to 1,000 with autographed versions #'d to 50).
- Against the Glass acetate cards put collectors in the front row for the most bone-crunching action in sports.
- The Great Outdoors will warm up collections with the best photography from one of the NHL's signature events, the Winter Classic (#'d to 1,000 with autographed versions #'d to 50).
- NHL Ink provides a pair of signatures from some of hockey's hottest names.
- Lottery Winners delivers the most coveted prospects in the sport selected over the last five years.
- Golden Ticket 1/1 Parallels featuring cards made from 11 grams of actual gold!!
Panini's Hockey Brand Manager Al Muir Comments on Contenders Hockey:
“Contenders as a brand has a lot going for it, but there's no way hockey collectors would accept a pre-fab release that was lifted directly from a previous football or basketball program," Muir says. “This will be recognizable as a Contenders release, but our team knew it had to feel like a hockey set, so we came up with some great concepts. The Great Outdoors is certainly one of them. So is Against The Glass, a chase set that really makes the most of acetate, and Leather Larceny. These are all elements that really couldn't be done for the other sports, and that's what made them so vital for a hockey's first Contenders."
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