{"id":9,"count":0,"description":"Paired with cigarettes, candy and other food, the earliest hockey cards were released near the start of the 20th century. Similar to other sports, the hockey card market transformed over the years to accommodate the growing interest.\r\n\r\nFollowing a period of niche, regional sets in the early 1900s, established brands arrived in subsequent decades, including O-Pee-Chee, Parkhurst and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checklistinsider.com\/brand\/topps\"><strong>Topps<\/strong><\/a>. Wayne Gretzky is the key name for hockey card collectors, especially his rookie cards in 1979-80 sets. Nearly a decade later, the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checklistinsider.com\/brand\/upper-deck\"><strong>Upper Deck<\/strong><\/a> Hockey card product came for the 1990-91 season.\r\n\r\nLike the rest of the card market, hockey cards transitioned in the 1990s and 2000s to the modern approach that is built around rare parallels, inserts and autographs.\r\n\r\nIn The Game, Pacific, Panini, Topps, and Upper Deck each held NHL licenses at various times in the 2000s and 2010s. However, since 2014-15, Upper Deck has been the sole option for NHL cards as the company has the exclusive trading card license.\r\n\r\nTopps can make licensed NHL sticker cards. In addition, Leaf produces unlicensed hockey card sets.\r\n\r\nThe database below features hockey cards by the individual product, including checklists with parallels, rarity, pack odds, short print info, set details, expert analysis, release date, and more.","link":"https:\/\/www.checklistinsider.com\/hockey-cards","name":"Hockey Cards","slug":"hockey-cards","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hockey Cards Checklist, Set Info, Guides, Product Breakdown<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Review Hockey Cards checklists, NHL set info and more with our comprehensive guides. 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