2013-14 Panini Prizm Hockey Cards makes it's debut!

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After a wildly successful debut with Panini's basketball and football releases, the extremely popular Prizm design comes to hockey with the release of 2013-14 Panini Prizm Hockey! After a test run with a box topper in the Rookie Anthology release, the positive response by collectors induced Panini to come out with Prizm hockey! DCS Sports Cards is an authorized internet retailer for Panini, and carries a full line of Panini products in boxes, cases, and packs. Order Prizm hockey today at a great price!

2013-14 Panini Prizm Hockey Cards Hobby Box


20 packs per box - 6 cards per pack

The Prizm brand comes to the NHL featuring the double rookie crop, and gets you one RC per pack!

•Find One Prizm Rookie in Every Pack! Featuring the best rookie class since 2005-06 with Yakupov, Galchenyuk & more!

100 rookie cards in the 300 card set. A lot to collect, and a lot of opportunity for this product to sell for a long time.

•Look for Hobby Exclusive Prizms – Orange Die-Cut: numbered to 50

Gold: numbered to 10

Finite: numbered to 1

•3 levels of autographs with overall odds of 2 per box!

•Great insert – Immortalized – on a diecut Stanley Cup shaped card showcasing past Cup winners.

•200 card base set, plus 100 shortprinted rookie cards

NHL, NHLPA agree to framework of new CBA

Sunday, 01.06.2013 / 7:27 AM / News By Shawn P. Roarke - NHL.com Senior Managing Editor NEW YORK -- The National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association reached agreement on the framework of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement early Sunday morning. After a marathon 16-plus hour negotiating session at the Sofitel Hotel that began Saturday afternoon, the sides announced an agreement in principle shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday. The League did not announce the start date of the season or the number of games each team will play. Those details will be announced soon. The deal, agreed to at approximately 4:40 a.m., was announced jointly by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr in the same hotel conference room where the negotiations were conducted with the assistance of Scot Beckenbaugh, Deputy Director for Mediation Services for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. "Don Fehr and I are here to tell you that we have reached an agreement on the framework of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the details of which need to be put to paper," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said. "We have to dot a lot of I's and cross a lot of T's. There is still a lot of work to be done, but the basic framework has been agreed upon. We have to go through a ratification process and the Board of Governors has to approve it from the League side and, obviously, the players have to approve it as well. We are not in a position to give you information right now about schedule, when we are starting. It's early in the morning and we have been at this all day and all night, obviously. But, we will be back to you very shortly, hopefully, later today with more information in that regard." Fehr, meanwhile expressed an eagerness for his constituency to get back to playing hockey after a negotiation that stretched across 113 days. "Any process like this in the system we have is difficult; it can be long," Fehr said. "I've said repeatedly throughout this process, somebody would say, 'What do you see ahead?' And, the answer was, 'You get up tomorrow and you try to find a way to do it and you keep doing that until you find a way to succeed. "As Gary just indicated, we have the framework of a deal. We have to do the legal work and we have to do the constituent-communication work. At least, from my [standpoint], and I'm sure Gary's too, we need to let them know the details before we tell all of you. Having said that, hopefully, we're at a place where all those things will proceed fairly rapidly and with some dispatch and we'll get back to what we used to call business as usual as fast as we can." Beckenbaugh, who took part in these negotiations at three different junctures of the overall process, worked with both sides from this past Wednesday until the deal was finalized Sunday morning. Commissioner Bettman praised the work of Beckenbaugh and thanked the mediator for the role he played in the potential settlement. "I want to recognize the extraordinary contribution that my colleague, Scot Beckenbaugh, Deputy Director for Mediation Services, made in providing herculean assistance of the highest caliber to the parties throughout the most critical periods in the negotiations," FMCS Director George Cohen said as part of a statement. The new CBA, which still must be drafted and formerly approved by both parties, would replace the agreement that expired Sept. 15. More to come.

2012-13 Panini Classic Signatures Hockey is live!

Panini Classics Signatures Delivers Autos of some of the greatest stars in hockey ever! Look for autos from Gordie Howe and more!

Upper Deck Renews Trading Card License

Upper Deck Renews Trading Card License

with the NHLPA and the NHL®



Multi-year, co-exclusive licensing agreement is reached,

keeping Upper Deck atop the hockey trading card world


Carlsbad, CA (March 25, 2010) – The Upper Deck Company is excited to announce that it has reached a multi-year, co-exclusive trading card licensing agreement with the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) and National Hockey League (NHL®) today. This much-anticipated accord maintains Upper Deck’s longstanding partnership with both entities and keeps the Carlsbad-based hockey card manufacturer producing the industry’s most sought-after hockey cards.



“Upper Deck is very pleased to continue its 20-year trading card partnership with the NHLPA and the NHL,” said Richard McWilliam, Upper Deck’s Founder and CEO. “Since 2005, through its exclusive partnership with the NHLPA and the NHL, Upper Deck has taken the category and Upper Deck’s hockey brands to unimaginable levels. For the past 20 years, Upper Deck has been the only licensed company consistently producing NHL trading cards. We will continue to deliver high-end excitement and innovation and I am happy to say, our best is yet to come.”



"We moved to an exclusive model in the NHL player trading card category five years ago and Upper Deck was the right partner to undertake that responsibility," said Adam Larry, NHLPA Director of Licensing. "Working with Upper Deck, we have seen a steady growth of the hockey card category during that time. The current stability of the category now enables the NHLPA to grant a license to both Upper Deck and Panini as the NHLPA feels this is the best way to meet the growing demand and needs of collectors."



“The NHL is pleased to extend our longstanding relationship with Upper Deck,” said Dave McCarthy, Vice President of Integrated Marketing, NHL. “Throughout their tenure as a trading card licensee and more recently as the exclusive manufacturer of NHL trading cards they have created ‘must-have’ products, encouraged a new generation of collectors and have been a fully engaged business partner on every level. We look forward to continuing to build this fan-favorite category as we move forward.”



For Upper Deck, the announcement marks a new chapter in the company’s 20-year partnership with the NHL and the NHLPA, one that saw Upper Deck operate as the exclusive NHL player trading card manufacturer since the 2005-06 NHL season. The innovative releases Upper Deck has brought to market, along with engaging marketing programs like “Biography of a Season,” “Hockey Card Heaven” and its annual “National Hockey Card Day” initiative have helped re-energize the NHL trading card division. Young stars like Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, Jonathan Toews, Steven Stamkos and John Tavares have helped showcase the great sport of hockey while encouraging fans to collect rookie cards of their favorite players.



The 2010-11 NHL trading card season is scheduled to launch with Upper Deck’s Victory line in August followed by more outstanding products on the horizon.

It's Official - Panini will produce Hockey Cards in 2010/11!

The NHLPA is excited to renew our long-term partnership with Upper Deck and to welcome Panini into the hockey trading card marketplace,” said Adam Larry, NHLPA Director of Licensing. “We look forward to working with both of these companies to provide quality NHL player products and exciting new choices for fans and collectors of all ages.”

“Having considered the input from all stakeholders, we have concluded that a semi-exclusive model would bring customer choice, revive legacy brands and add new and innovative products and marketing initiatives that appeal to all consumer segments,” said Dave McCarthy, Vice President of Integrated Marketing, NHL.

“Upper Deck is very pleased to continue its 20-year trading card partnership with the NHLPA and the NHL,” said Richard McWilliam, Upper Deck’s Founder and CEO. “Since 2005, through its exclusive partnership with the NHLPA and the NHL, Upper Deck has taken the category and Upper Deck’s hockey brands to unimaginable levels. For the past 20 years, Upper Deck has been the only licensed company consistently producing NHL trading cards. We will continue to deliver high-end excitement and innovation and I am happy to say, our best is yet to come.”

“Panini is delighted to be extending its partnership with both the NHLPA and NHL to produce trading cards; this further establishes Panini’s strategy to rapidly become the most comprehensive publisher of trading cards domestically and enhance the presence of North American sports,” said Mark Warsop, CEO Panini America, Inc. “We are extremely excited about growing hockey trading card sales through our extensive marketing programs, and by bringing back heritage brands such as Zenith, Score and Crown Royale.”