2005-06 Hockey Card Reviews: SPx

The ninth edition of Upper Deck SPx hockey marks the return of brand after a year off due to the National Hockey League Lockout. 

Collectors will be excited to find out that 2005/2006 Upper Deck SPx is very similar to the last few years of SPx hockey, meaning they can find rookie photo jerseys and autographed rookie jerseys.

What separates this year from other recent SPx sets is the inclusion of both Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. 

At the time of writing Crosby’s autographed rookie jersey books for $1250, while Ovechkin’s is $850.  Jeff Carters autographed rookie card is also short printed and books for $200.  These three cards are limited to 499 cards. Other autographed rookies are serial-numbered to 1499 copies.

Rookie cards that feature a photo-jersey piece but no autograph are numbered to 1999 copies while basic rookie cards (no photo jersey or autograph) are limited to 999 copies.  Two rookie jersey cards can be found per box on average.

After the signed rookie cards, collectors can look for signed jersey cards of legendary NHL players. These cards are not serial-numbered, but they are believed to be limited to fewer than 200 copies each. Short Prints of this subset are limited to 75 copies. This subset also includes two Gretzky jersey autograph cards.

Spectrum parallels of the entire regular set, numbered to 25 are also included.

Basic Info: 90 card base set, plus rookies (#’d to 999), Rookie Jersey’s (1:18) and Autographed Rookie Jerseys Level 1 and 2 (1:18), 18 packs per box

Parallels: 90 Spectrum (#’d to 25), Spectrum Rookies (#’d to 25), Spectrum Rookie Jerseys (#’d to 25), Spectrum Autographed Rookie Jerseys (#’d to 25), Spectrum Autographed Flashback Fabrics (1/1)

Inserts: SPxcitement Rookies (#’d to 999) Superstars (#’d to 499), Legends(#’d to 499), Spxcitement Rookies Gold (#’d to 99), Superstars Gold (#’d to 99), Legends Gold (#’d to 99)

Memorabilia and Autographs:
Winning Materials (regular and gold and spectrum)
Winning Combos (regular and gold and spectrum)
Autographd Winning Materials (#’d to 50), Autographed Winning Combos (#’d to 25), Autographed Flashback Fabrics (1:252), Spxcitement Rookies, Superstars and Legends Spectrum Auto (#’d to 5)

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