The average sports fan typically spends each season watching their idols on television screens or from afar in the stands. Many dream of the opportunity to meet their favorite players, but never get the chance. One persistent youngster made his dream came to true when he came face-to-face with his hockey idol; Patrick Kane. Young [...]
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They were the first two picks in the 1997 NHL® Entry Draft. The Boston Bruins took Joe Thornton with the first overall pick and the San Jose Sharks took Patrick Marleau immediately afterwards with the second pick.
Now they’re teammates on the West coast. Each is in his 19th NHL® season after leading the Sharks to [...]
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It’s Throwback Thursday so let’s go back through Upper Deck’s trading card history and come up with a fun giveaway. As you may have seen in our previous post below, Upper Deck employees had a day of fun yesterday with a visit from the Stanley Cup. It didn’t matter which team you rooted for when posing [...]
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