National Hockey Card Day 2019--Canadian Edition

Saturday February 23 2019 was Upper Deck's National Hockey Card Day in Canada and the United States.As in  the past few years, I had to go to Toys R Us to get my fix. You would think here in Brantford, home of Wayne Gretzky, there would be a least 1 LCS. Nada. I recall reading that there were 5 different sheets available. This is whats puzzling me. In previous years, it looks like they printed the 15 main cards on different sheets. This year, they printed the 15 main cards plus the special 16th card on the sheets. If my math is correct, 2 sheets x 8 cards=16 cards. Why the need for 5 sheets. This will lead to short printed cards.

By my count, here's what you would get.

1--Elias Pettersson-5                             9--Drew Doughty-2

2--Evan Bouchard-3                              10-Connor McDavid-5

3--Kristian Vesalainen-2                        11--Darryl Sittler-2

4--Jesperi Kotkaniemi-3                        12--Jarome Iginla-2

5--Brady Tkachuk-2                              13--Mark Messier-1

6--Brock Boeser-3                                 14--Maurice Richard-2

7--John Tavares-3                                  15--Johnny Bower-1

8--Max Domi-2                                      16-Memorable Moments-John Tavares-2  

I guess I'll check to see if this corresponds to people that opened packs and what they still need.

Anyhow, without further delay, here are  the sheets front and back.

Thanks again Upper Deck for this.

Adieu Area 40

Wes, of  the blogs Area 40 and JBF recently held a farewell box break. He is exiting the collecting hobby to devote time to other pursuits. The box break consisted of over `00 unopened boxes and thousands of packs.Anyone could claim up to 5 spots--any team from the 4 major sports, boxing racing, non-sports. He would send you any "hits" from your teams. He did the break on Christmas Day and then mailed out the "hits". My envelope was dated Jan 28 and I received it Feb 5. That's pretty good time for being delivered in Ontario from Alabama. And without much further ado, here's what I received.

My only MLB team hit.  I picked Toronto Blue Jays.

Now my NHL picks, First up, Montreal Canadiens.

Next up, Tampa Bay Lightning.

Nothing for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Last but not least, Toronto Maple Leafs.

You would think with MLB boxes making up the majority, that there would be more Jays hits. But I`m happy with what I received.

Wes, take care and best of luck in your future endeavours.