Hockey cards, collectibles and culture
Sal Barry of the Puck Junk Podcast opens a box of 2023-24 Ultimate Collection Hockey cards. Each box contains four premium hockey cards.
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Sal Barry of the Puck Junk Podcast opens a box of 2024-25 Upper Deck Stature Hockey cards. Each box contains five premium hockey cards.
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Released in March, the 2025-26 Upper Deck Series Two Hockey card set is a continuation of Series One, which was released in October. Like Series One, Series Two has 200 base cards and 50 short-printed Young Guns. You get one Young Guns rookie card in every other pack, for a total of six per box.
A hobby box – costing around $230 – has 12 packs. Each pack has 12 cards. Let’s look at what’s inside a typical box of 2025-26 Upper Deck Series Two Hockey.
Flair is the latest brand of hockey cards from the 1990s to make a comeback. Flair was a brand of premium hockey cards made by Fleer, first during the 1994-95 season and then again in 1996-97. The 1994-95 Flair set perhaps best known for its use of thick, glossy cardstock and the abundance of photos – two on the front and one on the back. Now made by Upper Deck, the 2025-26 Flair set uses a design evocative of its 1994-95 predecessor. The set also reprises a few 1994-95 Flair insert sets such as “Hot Numbers,” “Center Spotlight,” and “Scoring Power.”
A box of 2025-26 Flair Hockey cards costs around $230 and contains 10 packs. Each pack has 4 cards. I recently opened a box of 2025-26 Flair Hockey. Let’s see what was inside.
The 2025-26 Upper Deck New York Rangers Centennial Box Set was one of the most anticipated releases for hockey collectors this season, celebrating 100 years of one of the NHL’s most iconic franchises.
The Rangers, founded in 1926, are an Original Six team whose history is filled with legendary players – something Upper Deck has captured perfectly in this collectible set. Designed to honor the Rangers’ centennial, this set offers a unique way to celebrate a century of history while enjoying the excitement of premium hockey Upper Deck cards. Continue reading “Clemente’s Corner: Rangers Centennial Set Delivers Plenty of Nostalgia”
Sal Barry of the Puck Junk Podcast opens a box of 2023-24 Upper Deck Clear Cut Hockey cards. Each box contains one premium autograph card.
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The 2024-25 Credentials hockey card set was released in mid-July 2025, a good month after the ’24-25 season ended. A hobby box of 2024-25 Credentials has eight packs, with each pack containing six cards, for a total of 48 cards. When the set originally debuted, it was around $125 per box. The price dropped by the end of 2025 to about $110 per box, but as of this writing has climbed back up to about $120 per box.
Anyway, I recently opened a hobby box of 2024-25 Credentials Hockey. Let’s see what was inside.
As the year comes to an end, it was now or never to announce the Puck Junk Bad Hockey Card Hall of Fame: Class of 2025. And what a class it is!
This year, we have two new members of the Bad Paint Job Category, four new members of the Bad Photograph Category, two new members of the Bad Idea Category, and one new member each in the Bad Head Swap and Bad Mistake Categories.
Continue reading “The Puck Junk Bad Hockey Card Hall of Fame: Class of 2025”
The 1985-86 7-Eleven “NHL Collectors’ Series” hockey card set is a distinctive and nostalgic release from the mid-1980s, produced during the start of what we now call the “junk wax era.” Sponsored by the 7-Eleven convenience store chain in Canada, the 25-card promotional set was issued as a limited-time offer, making it a favorite among collectors of oddball and regional hockey issues.
Continue reading “Clemente’s Corner: Revisiting the 1985-86 7-Eleven Hockey Card Set”
Released at the end of the season, the 2024-25 Parkhurst Champions set gives retro flair to modern players. The cards are designed to look like they could be from the 1950s, with cut-out players superimposed over a bright, solid-colored background.
A box of 2024-25 Parkhurst Champions is currently selling for around $130 for a 20-pack box, plus one bonus “Retro” pack.
Each of the 20 packs have eight cards. Packs have six base cards plus two other cards which are either a short print, a parallel, or an insert. A box contains one autograph, memorabilia, or lenticular (“magic motion”) card.
The “Bonus Pack” has five “1953-54 Retro Cards,” which use the 1953-54 Parkhurst design. It is possible to get an autograph or parallel “Retro” card in this pack.
I recently opened a box of 2024-25 Parkhurst Champions Hockey. Let’s take a closer look at what you get in a typical box.
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