Stanley Cup Racks Up Serious Air Miles in 2013-14 Upper Deck Day with the Cup

One of the perks of winning the Stanley Cup is that you get to take it home with you. Maybe you can't keep it, but over the course of the off-season, it travels to the hometowns of players and key personnel. Upper Deck has made it a tradition to capture the celebrations and personal moments in recent years with a unique insert set. 2013-14 Upper Deck Day with the Cup follows the Stanley Cup as it travels with the Chicago Blackhawks, racking up some serious mileage in the process.

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The first 18 cards in the skip-numbered set are inserted in 2013-14 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey. Tough pulls, they're inserted approximately 1:1,000 hobby packs and 1:2,500 retail packs. Their rarity and the fact that they capture personal moments have made the Day with the Cup inserts very popular on the secondary market.

With much more than 18 players on the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup roster, there are more cards to come, most likely in 2013-14 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey. This will also fill in the gaps in the checklist.

The 2013-14 Upper Deck Day with the Cup cards cover North America and Europe. It shows the Stanley Cup in big public celebrations, on boats and eve on a hayride. Needless to say, it's an adventure.

Many of the moments are can be found on the Hockey Hall of Fame's Stanley Cup Journal. Some of the images might even look a little familiar to card collectors.

Below you'll find the checklist as it stands right now, a complete image gallery and an interactive map that shows the Cup's various stops.

2013-14 Upper Deck Day with the Cup Checklist

2013-14 Upper Deck Day with the Cup Gallery

Interactive Map

Want to see the extent the Stanley Cup traveled in the course of making this set? Here's an interactive map that shows its various stops. It includes that dates and town as well as the card image that captures the moment. We'll add to it when the rest of the set comes out, presumably with 2013-14 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey. Be sure to "go" to Europe as well.

View 2013-14 Upper Deck Hockey Day with the Cup in a larger map

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2013-14 Upper Deck Day With The Cup #DC21 Bryan Bickell

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2013-14 Upper Deck Day with the Cup Michal Handzus #DC12

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2013-14 Upper Deck Day with the Cup Michael Frolik #DC10

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2013-14 Upper Deck Day with the Cup Johnny Oduya #DC14

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