Upper Deck Series Two Case Break

I took part in, like the title says, an Upper Deck Series Two case break last Friday. Normally I shy away from these things, but I hadn't started to collect the set yet, so I figured why not?

200 card set, plus 50 short print Young Gun rookies.
The team that I was assigned?
Columbus Blue Jackets. Now you know why I shy away from these things.

 I actually did okay though. So no complaints. The Jackets have a young team, with rookie Ryan Johansen leading the way. Unfortunately, UD featured star Rick Nash in Series One, and Jeff Carter in Series Two. Jeff Carter is now in L.A. Too bad for me.
No autos for me, but as you can see, two relic cards. The wrong rookie one though.

 A few canvas inserts, like Jeff Carter ...

 and Antoine Vermette. Love that shot.

 A couple of MVP inserts. I love this set. I have no idea why. I'll miss it next year.
Jeff Carter and...

 a Ryan Johansen black MVP rookie.

 I got something like four of these Jeff Carter Victory cards...

 and another four of the Ryan Johansen Victory rookies.

I traded one to the dude next to me for one of his Gabriel Landeskog Victory rookies.

 Another three Jeff Carter OPC update cards...

 and of course his OPC Update Retro card. UD used the same picture for this one. BOO! Bad Upper Deck.

 I got three of Ryan Johansen's OPC Update short print rookies... traded one for....

this beautiful Louis Leblanc OPC Update rookie.

 Like Carter, I also got the retro short print parallel of Ryan Johansen's rookie. Different picture. Better.

 I only got one Ryan Johansen Young Gun, and I traded it for Louie Leblanc's Young Gun.

 I also got the Young Gun's short print checklist. I traded it for half a dozen cards including a Brian Gionta canvas card...

 A rogie Vachon Heroes card

 a Jean Beliveau heroes card....

and three cards I already put into binders and didn't scan. Oops.

Plus, I got a complete base set of cards #251-450. Which was the main reason for doing this. More fun than buying the set for $15 at the show next week.

All in all it was a fun break, although it was weird to be in a case break where no one wanted to trade teams before hand. There was only one trade. Odd.

Oh, and the dude who had the Washington Capitals? Yeah... an Alexander Ovechkin Rookie buyback autograph. A nice little $700 card right there. Thanks for coming out.

Just a minor "Whoops" Upper Deck...

The other night I was sitting on the couch reading the backs of some of my cards... (what? Don't you read the backs? Or are you in it just for the pictures?) Anyways... I came across this card of Pascal Dupuis from this season's Upper Deck Series 1 release.

 A good action shot of Pascal... let's see what UD has to say about him.

Pascal had 85 points as a rookie???? 47 goals in one year??? 78 assists????? Pascal Dupuis??? Holy crap! How have I been missing him in my hockey pools?

Hmmmm...... Something ain't right.  To Hockey-reference.com we go!

 Well that looks a lot more like what I expected.... but it sure isn't what's on the card back.
So if Pascal's best is a 20 goal year way back in '03, then who's stats are on the back of his card?

Again, Hockey-reference.com to the rescue!

Now those numbers look familiar. Evgeni Malkin. Wow. I wonder what family member works at Upper Deck to make that mistake. Malkin does not have a card in Series 1, so we'll have to wait until Series 2 to see if they switched the backs, or just effed up Mr Dupuis.

Oh Upper Deck, I love your products, but as you can see, there's still work to do...I'm available as a proof reader, editor, card front or back designer, or just as a general sounding board for your ideas. (We MUST talk about OPC)

Let me know, I'll be here all week. Thank you.

2011-12 Upper Deck Series One Odds - Signatures and Game Jersey

posted here more for my benefit than anything.... It'll be easier for me to find it here than on Upper Deck's website. Although their website is still 47 bajillion times better than Topps.
Look for your favourite player and start ripping!


Signature Sensations

Signatures found at an overall rate of 1:288 Hobby packs

Group A ( 1:3,645 )

SS-AM Al MacInnis
SS-AO Alexander Ovechkin
SS-AT Alex Tanguay
SS-BB Butch Bouchard
SS-BR Brad Richards
SS-DG Doug Gilmour
SS-GH Gordie Howe
SS-HA Taylor Hall
SS-IL Igor Larionov
SS-JA Jason Arnott
SS-JG Jean-Sebastien Giguere
SS-JT John Tavares
SS-LM Lanny McDonald
SS-LR Luc Robitaille
SS-MM Mark Messier
SS-PA Patrick Marleau
SS-PB Patrice Bergeron
SS-PK Patrick Kane
SS-PS Peter Stastny
SS-RY Michael Ryder
SS-SC Sidney Crosby
SS-SH Steve Shutt
SS-SK Saku Koivu
SS-SN Scott Niedermayer
SS-SS Steven Stamkos
SS-SY Steve Yzerman
SS-TH Joe Thornton
SS-WC Wendel Clark
SS-WG Wayne Gretzky

Group B ( 1:1,007 )

SS-AC Andrew Cogliano
SS-AH Ales Hemsky
SS-AN Antti Niemi
SS-BA Josh Bailey
SS-BE Jamie Benn
SS-BJ Johnny Bower
SS-BP Brad Park
SS-BS Brayden Schenn
SS-CH Cody Hodgson
SS-CS Chris Stewart
SS-DA David Backes
SS-DB Dustin Byfuglien
SS-DR Kris Draper
SS-EE Erik Ersberg
SS-EK Erik Karlsson
SS-EN Tyler Ennis
SS-FR Mark Fraser
SS-GE Martin Gerber
SS-GL Guillaume Latendresse
SS-GR Michael Grabner
SS-GU Jonas Gustavsson
SS-JB Jay Bouwmeester
SS-JC Jared Cowen
SS-JF Johan Franzen
SS-JH Jonas Hiller
SS-JM John Moore
SS-JP Jason Pominville
SS-JS Jordan Staal
SS-KA Evander Kane
SS-KT Kyle Turris
SS-LS Luke Schenn
SS-MD Matt Duchene
SS-MF Michael Frolik
SS-MG Marc-Andre Gragnani
SS-MN Michal Neuvirth
SS-MR Mike Ribeiro
SS-MZ Mats Zuccarello-Aasen
SS-NH Nathan Horton
SS-NK Nazem Kadri
SS-PM Peter Mueller
SS-PO Justin Pogge
SS-RB Richard Brodeur
SS-RI Rick MacLeish
SS-RK Ryan Kesler
SS-SB Steve Bernier
SS-SG Scott Gomez
SS-SU Brent Sutter
SS-TG T.J. Galiardi
SS-TM Tyler Myers
SS-TP Teddy Purcell

Group C ( 1:454 )

SS-AK Arturs Kulda
SS-AS Alex Stalock
SS-BF Benn Ferriero
SS-BM Brett MacLean
SS-BN Brandon Sutter
SS-BO Brian Boyle
SS-BW Blake Wheeler
SS-JN John Negrin
SS-JO Jim O’Brien
SS-KD Kaspars Daugavins
SS-KS Kevin Shattenkirk
SS-MA Jacob Markstrom
SS-MI Mike Iggulden
SS-MT Mattias Tedenby
SS-NB Niclas Bergfors
SS-RM Ryan McDonagh
SS-SW Shea Weber
SS-TA Maxime Talbot
SS-TE Tobias Enstrom
SS-TT Tomas Tatar


UD Game Jersey

Game Jersey's found overall 1:12 Hobby Packs, 1:24 Retail packs, 1:240 Blaster packs
Group A ( 1:4,276 )

GJ-HE Milan Hejduk
GJ-SS Steven Stamkos
GJ-TH Taylor Hall
GJ-WG Wayne Gretzky

Group B (1:604 )

GJ-AO Alexander Ovechkin
GJ-EM Evgeni Malkin
GJ-HS Henrik Sedin
GJ-JE Jordan Eberle
GJ-JT Jonathan Toews
GJ-MS Martin St. Louis
GJ-PD Dustin Penner
GJ-PE Corey Perry
GJ-PS P.K. Subban
GJ-SC Sidney Crosby
GJ-SE Tyler Seguin

Group C (1:366 )

GJ-CP Carey Price
GJ-DU Dustin Brown
GJ-JC Jeff Carter
GJ-JI Jarome Iginla
GJ-JS Jason Spezza
GJ-LS Luke Schenn
GJ-MF Marc-Andre Fleury
GJ-NL Nicklas Lidstrom

Group D (1:74 )

GJ-BO Jay Bouwmeester
GJ-ES Eric Staal
GJ-HL Henrik Lundqvist
GJ-IK Ilya Kovalchuk
GJ-JB Jamie Benn
GJ-JF Johan Franzen
GJ-JO John Carlson
GJ-JV James van Riemsdyk
GJ-KL Kristopher Letang
GJ-KS Kevin Shattenkirk
GJ-MB Martin Brodeur
GJ-MG Mike Green
GJ-MK Miikka Kiprusoff
GJ-MR Mike Richards
GJ-MW Mike Weber
GJ-NG Nathan Gerbe
GJ-OP Ondrej Pavelec
GJ-PA Paul Stastny
GJ-PB Patrik Berglund
GJ-PI Pierre-Marc Bouchard
GJ-PK Patrick Kane
GJ-RG Ryan Getzlaf
GJ-RK Ryan Kesler UD

Group E (1:37 )

GJ-AB Alexandre Burrows
GJ-AS Alexander Semin
GJ-BM Brendan Morrison
GJ-BR Bobby Ryan
GJ-BY Dustin Byfuglien
GJ-CG Claude Giroux
GJ-CM Clarke MacArthur
GJ-DB Daniel Briere
GJ-DD Drew Doughty
GJ-DP Dion Phaneuf
GJ-JQ Jonathan Quick
GJ-KE Phil Kessel
GJ-KO Anze Kopitar
GJ-LE Lars Eller
GJ-MC Mike Commodore
GJ-MD Matt Duchene
GJ-MH Marian Hossa
GJ-NH Nathan Horton
GJ-NK Nikolai Kulemin
GJ-RI Brad Richards
GJ-RL Roberto Luongo
GJ-SB Sergei Bobrovsky
GJ-SH Scott Hartnell UD
GJ-SW Stephen Weiss
GJ-TP Tomas Plekanec
GJ-TZ Travis Zajac
GJ-ZP Zach Parise

Group F (1:26 )  or as I like to call them, the cards that I will pull...

GJ-AM Andrei Markov
GJ-AP Alex Pietrangelo
GJ-BJ Brent Johnson
GJ-CA Craig Anderson
GJ-CS Chris Stewart
GJ-DH Dale Hawerchuk
GJ-DS Daniel Sedin
GJ-HI Jonas Hiller
GJ-JG Jean-Sebastien Giguere
GJ-JH Jim Howard
GJ-OK Kyle Okposo
GJ-PF Peter Forsberg
GJ-PR Chris Pronger
GJ-RB Rene Bourque
GJ-RM Ryan Miller
GJ-RS Ryan Smyth
GJ-SG Simon Gagne
GJ-SJ Jordan Staal
GJ-SM Steve Mason
GJ-ST Drew Stafford
GJ-SV Semyon Varlamov
GJ-TE Tyler Ennis
GJ-TR Tuukka Rask
GJ-TV Thomas Vanek
GJ-VL Vincent Lecavalier
GJ-VO Tomas Vokoun
GJ-ZC Zdeno Chara