2025-26 Upper Deck Ice Hockey Hockey

Product Overview

2025-26 Upper Deck Ice Hockey

The 2025-26 Upper Deck Ice Hockey release reshapes the long-running brand into a premium, one-pack-per-box product with thicker card stock and a tighter checklist, while keeping its focus on hard-signed autographs and rookie content.

Configuration & Release Details

For 2025-26, Upper Deck Ice shifts to a single-pack hobby box format. Each hobby box contains eight cards with the following expected breakdown:

• 1 autograph or autographed memorabilia card
• 1 additional memorabilia card
• 1 Ice Premieres rookie card
• 3 inserts or parallels
• 2 base cards

All autographs in the product are on-card. Hobby cases are configured with 16 boxes, split into two eight-box inner cases. The full base set runs 200 cards deep, and the release is currently slated for July 2026, though that date may change.

Base Set & Parallels

The base checklist is more compact this year, featuring 100 veteran cards. Parallels for these veterans include:

• Red, numbered to 249
• Green, numbered to 99
• Gold, numbered to 25
• Champagne Gold, one-of-one

On average, collectors can expect two standard base cards per box. Select base cards also branch into additional chase versions:

• Red Autographs (approx. 1 in 4 packs)
• Gold Autographs, numbered to 10
• Jersey Parallels (approx. 1 in 2 packs)
• Patch Parallels, numbered to 35

Ice Premieres Rookies & Rookie Memorabilia

Ice Premieres rookies continue as a major draw, with 100 numbered cards following the veterans. The rookies are tiered by level:

• Cards #101–139 – Level 4, numbered to 999
• Cards #140–169 – Level 3, numbered to 499
• Cards #180–190 – Level 2, numbered to 249
• Cards #191–200 – Level 1, numbered to 99

Rookie base parallels include Gold, numbered to 25, and Champagne Gold one-of-ones. Select players from Levels 1 and 2 also have autograph parallels, numbered to 299 and 199 respectively, along with Gold Autographs numbered to 25.

Ice Premieres memorabilia content appears regularly, with Jersey versions landing on average every third pack. Tougher pulls include:

• Ice Premieres Auto Jersey, numbered to 35
• Ice Premieres Patch, numbered to 25
• Ice Premieres Auto Patch, numbered to 10

Autographs, Memorabilia & Inserts

Beyond the base and rookies, 2025-26 Upper Deck Ice offers a mix of signature and memorabilia chases:

• Glacial Graphs (approx. 1 in 6 packs)
• Sub Zero Rookies – Blue Autos (approx. 1 in 6 packs)
• Hand Stamped (approx. 1 in 10 packs)
• Cool Threads, numbered to 249
• Fire & Ice (varied numbering)
• Signature Swatches (varied numbering)

Hand Stamped cards are hard-signed in gold ink and have a Red parallel limited to 10 copies. Fire & Ice cards use different ink colors by theme: Ice versions are signed in blue, while Fire versions are signed in red.

Cool Threads returns to the Ice line for the first time in two decades, now with Patch, Auto Jersey, and Auto Patch parallels. Signature Swatches also reappears after a one-year break, offering Jersey, Patch, and Spectrum Patch variations.

Inserts are spread across several themed sets. Each hobby box should contain one card from this group:

• Breaking The Ice (approx. 1 in 4 packs)
• Showmen (approx. 1 in 4 packs)
• Tickle The Twine (approx. 1 in 4 packs)
• Cryogenic (approx. 1 in 5 packs)

Another insert per box is drawn from these concepts:

• Black Ice Rookies (approx. 1 in 3 packs)
• Black Ice Stars (approx. 1 in 6 packs)
• Sub Zero Rookies, numbered to 499
• Sub Zero Stars, numbered to 399

The final insert in hobby boxes comes from the following:

• Dry Ice (approx. 1 in 16 packs)
• Exquisite Crystal (no stated odds)

With its streamlined configuration, on-card signatures, and layered rookie content, 2025-26 Upper Deck Ice Hockey aims to deliver a concentrated premium break built around key hits in every box.