Who doesn't like free cards? As in "Thanks for stopping by. Here, have some cards!" free. 2014 Upper Deck National Hockey Card Day returns on Saturday, January 18 in both Canada and the United States. All collectors need to do is go to a participating shop and they're receive a pack of exclusive cards.
Like last year, 2014 Upper Deck National Hockey Card Day sets are completely different on both sides of the border. Each has an expanded checklist of 21 cards, but they're all different. Capitalizing on the double-rookie class, they are a big focus for both the Canadian and American sets. Rookies make up half of the pack-inserted cards.
Other Canadian subsets include Pride of Canada and Hockey Heroes. American packs also have Stars in Stripes and American Icons cards.
Card #21 for both sets can't be found in packs. They're available as a gift for those who spend $10 at participating shops. Each of these Memorable Moments cards has two rookies on them.
2014 Upper Deck National Hockey Card Day packs come with five cards. Collectors can also hunt for randomly inserted autographs.
Canadian London Drugs and Toys 'R Us as well as other select partners have special eight-card sheets.
This marks the sixth year for the program in Canada and the third in the United States.
The National Hockey Card Day website has a full list of participating stores.
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2014 Upper Deck National Hockey Card Day Checklist
National Hockey Card Day Canada Checklist
21 cards. Card #21 available free with $10 purchase.
Subsets: Canada's Rookies #1-10, #11-15 Pride of Canada, #16-20, Hockey Heroes, #21 Memorable Moments
NHCD-2 Jonathan Huberdeau
NHCD-3 Alex Galchenyuk
NHCD-4 Dougie Hamilton
NHCD-5 Morgan Rielly
NHCD-6 Nail Yakupov
NHCD-7 Justin Schultz
NHCD-8 Sean Monahan
NHCD-9 Brendan Gallagher
NHCD-10 Cory Conacher
NHCD-11 Steven Stamkos
NHCD-13 Martin St. Louis
NHCD-14 Taylor Hall
NHCD-15 Claude Giroux
NHCD-16 Wayne Gretzky
NHCD-17 Mario Lemieux
NHCD-18 Bobby Orr
NHCD-19 Steve Yzerman
NHCD-20 Dale Hawerchuk
NHCD-21 Jonathan Huberdeau, Nathan MacKinnon
National Hockey Card Day USA Checklist
21 cards. Card #21 available free with $10 purchase.
Subsets: America's Rookies #1-10, #11-15 Stars in Stripes, #16-20 American Icons, #21 Memorable Moments
NHCD-2 Alex Galchenyuk
NHCD-3 Beau Bennett
NHCD-4 Charlie Coyle
NHCD-5 Brock Nelson
NHCD-6 Filip Forsberg
NHCD-7 Petr Mrazek
NHCD-8 Seth Jones
NHCD-9 Tomas Hertl
NHCD-10 Valeri Nichushkin
NHCD-11 David Backes
NHCD-13 Patrick Kane
NHCD-14 Phil Kessel
NHCD-15 Zach Parise
NHCD-16 Bill Guerin
NHCD-17 Brett Hull
NHCD-18 Doug Weight
NHCD-19 Mike Modano
NHCD-20 Tony Esposito
NHCD-21 Alex Galchenyuk, Seth Jones