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2010-11 Score Hockey
Release Date: October 13, 2010
Retail Configuration: 7 Cards, 36 Packs, 20 Boxes
Retail Pack SRP: $0.99
Case Hits
* On average 1 Auto per Case
* Look for Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews, Eric Lindros, Patrick Roy, Mario Lemieux, Martin Brodueur, and other exciting NHL stars!
Box Break
* 18 Rookie Cards per box, featuring holdover freshmen from 2009-10 such as Nazem Kadri, P.K. Subban, Brandon Yip, and Zach Hamill
* 36 Glossy parallels
* 12 Superstar inserts, including The Franchise, Net Cam, Snow Globe Die-Cuts, Sudden Death, and many more!
Highlights
* One of the hobby’s deepest and most challenging base sets, sure to thrill team collectors and set builders alike!
* 550 Total Cards (500 Base and 50 Rookies)
* Two massive subsets recall the season’s most compelling moments and the memorable quest for the Stanley Cup!
* Chase old-school inserts such as The Franchise and Snow Globe Die-Cuts, along with new favorites like Net Cam and Playoff Heroes! Plus, look for rack pack-exclusive Canada Greats and USA Greats!
* Rookies falling 1:2 packs! And every box of Score hockey includes one Rookie Redemption, good for one of the first cards of the hottest freshmen of 2010-11! There are 60 total Rookies (10 Redemptions and 50 Hot Rookies)
Here is what we pulled:
Base Set
The base set is gonna be very challenging to put together for the completists with 550 cards (500 regular and 50 rookies), but will be very rewarding once finished. The card design was made to look like the Score set from the 1990 season.
Rookie Cards
We pulled 18 Rookie Cards: Cliche, Clune, Elkins, Falk, Fortunus, Irwin, Jackson, Johnson, Klementyev, Pechurskiy, Penner, Reese, Samson, Smith, Spaling, Tangradi, Wellman, and Wilson. This gives us a terrific start to obtaining the entire 50 card set.
Glossy Cards
These parallel cards have the same design as the base cards except with a glossy shiny finish. We pulled 36 Glossy Cards: Bourque, Budaj, Clowe, Couture, Cumiskey, Duchene, Foligno, Foster, Gagner, Giordano, Glencross, Hannan, Hemsky, Horcoff, Hordichuk, Jackman, Johnson, Kovalev, Moss, Mueller, Neil, Niemi, O'Reilly, Pechurskiy RC, Pietrangelo, Plante, Regehr, Regin, Rypien, Samuelsson, Sarich, Setoguchi, Shirokov, Spezza, Tangradi RC, and Wilson RC.
Anniversary Cards
These parallel cards have the same design as the base cards except with the inscription 20th Anniversary in gold on the front of the card.
French Back Parallel Cards
These parallel cards have the same design as the base cards except the back of the card has a phrase in French. I haven't been able to confirm the pull rate that they fall at, but I have heard perhaps as few as 3-4 per case.
Insert Cards
Franchise
The Franchise inserts show players that are considered their team's franchise player, and Drew Doughty certainly falls into that category.
Net Cam
We pulled 3 Net Cam cards: Backstrom, Rask, and Vokoun. Another spectacular display of photography. These are also gonna be highly collectible.
Playoff Heroes
We pulled 6 Playoff Heroes cards: Cammalleri, Gagne, Gionta, Leino, Samuelsson, and Subban. All players in the insert set are those who stood out during last year's Stanley Cup playoffs.
Snow Globe Die Cuts
The coolest looking insert set from this product. These die cut inserts will be a collecting favorite, and who better than Roberto Luongo to start the set off?
Sudden Death
These cards show us moments from last year's playoff overtime games. This one features Montreal Canadiens goalie Jaroslav Halak and Washington Capitals forward Nicklas Backstrom.
Autographed Card
We were extremely lucky with our review box, by pulling the case hit auto of Colorado Avalanche's top goalie Craig Anderson. What a sweet looking card!
Final Thoughts
Score is a product that can be enjoyed by all levels of the collecting world, from the youngster spending his hard earned allowance, to the hardcore guy looking for one of the highly collectible buyback autos. The base cards are extremely nice looking with great photography, which makes this a dream for the set building community. With 18 rookies per box on average, it also satisfies the rookie card collectors. The $1 a pack price point is something you don't see much anymore, and the contents that each box delivers is far worth every penny spent on this product. I am extremely happy that Panini has produced a product like this, that gives the younger collector the chance to collect cards of their favorite players, in a hobby that has quickly become all about the money. Great job Panini!
Here is how I would rate this product:
Value = 5
Innovation = 5
Fun and Experience = 5
Rebuy Value = 5
I rate this product A+ for Panini!
NPN:
NPN 2010-11 Panini Score Hockey
2300 E. Randol Mill
Arlington, TX 76011-6333
Hand print your name and complete address on a 3x5 card and use a #10 envelope.
Postmarked by 1/15/11
Limit to 2 entries per household.
Only one card per envelope, mailed separately.
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