As the saying goes, “Everything old becomes new again”. This certainly is true of one of the earlier releases on this years’ collectibles calendar, 2010-11 Score Hockey. The second release by hockey card newcomer Panini (although certainly not a newbie to hockey overall!), the entry-level Score product will drop in mid-October.



The great thing about this release is that it really has both the younger and older collectors in mind. As far as us older guys go, Panini has given us a time machine of sorts by paying homage to the first Score release of 1990-91 by way of the 90-91 insert designs such as “The Franchise”, 90-91 base card design parallels and thee chance to win autographed buy-backs from the original set. For the younger collector you’ve got a 36-pack box at a 99 cent pack price, 550 card base set with 50 rookies and cool inserts like “Snow-Globe Die-Cuts”.

Should you be a memorabilia collector you won’t be left completely out in the dark here, but it will be a little tougher on you, with autographed cards inserted one per case. At the same time this also takes us back to a time when people weren’t expecting multiple autographs a box, resulting in many signatures coming from highly irrelevant players, so I’m actually alright with this!

In terms of what you can expect from a box of this release, you will pull (on average of course) 18 Rookie Cards, 36 Glossy inserts, 12 additional insert cards and a Rookie Redemption card redeemable for a 2010-11 rookie. In addition, with its 550 card base-set this will be a set-builders dream, especially when you could take a run at completing the vast majority of it with 3-4 boxes

While there is more news and previews to come on this product as the release date approaches, here are a few pics to tide you over until then:









Definitely sounds like a great bargain to me! What do you guys think? Let me know when you pick some up!

Shawn Gates
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#1, #2, #3, #4, #5


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#1 What If The NHL Contracted To 24 Teams?

#2 What If Quebec Traded Lindros To The Rangers Instead Of The Flyers?

#3 What If Calgary Drafted Martin Brodeur Instead Of Trevor Kidd?

#3a What If Calgary Drafted Martin Brodeur Instead Of Trevor Kidd?: A RESPONSE

#4 What If The WHA Never Existed?

#5 What If The Position Of Rover Had Not Been Eliminated?

#6 What If Pittsburgh Had Not Been Awarded A Team In 1967?

#7 What If Steve Smith Had Not Scored In His Own Net In Game 7?

#8 What If The NHL Had a Cross-Conference Playoff Structure?

#9 What If The NHL Asked For Fan Ideas For Improving The Game??

#10 What If Henderson Had Missed The Net In Game 8?

#11 What If You Could Sneak Into A Stanley Cup Celebration?

#12 What If The NHL Returned To Quebec City?

#13 What if Toronto and Edmonton Had Traded Teams in 1981?

#14 What if You Could Create Your Own Hockey Dream Team?

#15 What if An Active Player in the NHL “Came Out” as Gay?

#16 You Could Assemble Your Own Fantasy Pick-up Hockey Team?

#17 Hockey Had A Champions League Tournament?

#18 Team "X" Did NOT Make Trade "Y" At The Deadline?

#19 Gretzky Had Been Called For he High Stick?

#20 Star Players Hadn't Had Their Careers Cut Short?


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January 27, 2010: National Anthems

February 3, 2010: Dion Phaneuf

February 10, 2010: Hockey Fans



Previous “Who Knew?” Articles
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#2: The Zamboni

#3: Maurice “The Rocket” Richard

#4: Ron Hextall

#5: Stanley Cup Abuse, Neglect and Versatility

#6: The Puck

#7: Don Cherry

#8: Cam Neely

#9: The Early Years of Les Canadiens

#10: Hockey Superstitions!

#11: Olympic Hockey Pt1



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