Upper Deck announces the release of the ‘Boston Bruins Centennial Box Set’, which is to include a 100-card base set with colored and autographed parallels of the most historic Bruins of the past and present.
Calling all Bruins collectors!
It’s the centennial season for one of the NHL’s most historic franchises, and Upper Deck has decided to commemorate the milestone with the ‘Boston Bruins Centennial Box Set’, which is set to release on Wednesday, December 6th.
Each box will consist of the full 100-card base set, along with five different insert or parallel cards to give you 105 total cards per box.
The checklist for the set consists of 100 base cards of the most iconic Bruins of the past and present, while also featuring two differing colored parallels to each card, along with autographed parallels and a 20-card insert set.
The two different parallels to collect are yellow and gold spectrum cards. There will be three yellow ones per box, while gold spectrum cards are limited to just one per box.
Additionally, there is also a 20-card insert set named “Beantown Classics”, and it’ll consist of 20 of the greatest Bruins to wear the jersey in the team’s 100-year history. These inserts are expected to be one per box as well.
The big attraction of this set is surely to be the chase for the autograph parallels. The pull rates for these are going to be tough as autos are only expected in one out of every 10 boxes.
Upper Deck announced a 50-player autograph checklist that includes modern-day Bruins stars like Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, and Torrey Krug, while also including team legends like Bobby Orr, Paul Coffey, and Ray Bourque.
There are three different pull rates depending on which group the player resides in. Group A autographs will be the most difficult to get with pack odds of 1:187 boxes, Group B is 1:170, with Group C being the most common at 1:12 box odds.
Headlining each group are some of the following players:
Group A- Marchand, Cam Neely, Bergeron, Orr, Joe Thornton, Bourque, Rogie Vachon, Coffey, and Rick Nash.
Group B- Terry O’Reilly, Charlie Coyle, Krug, Andy Moog, Gerry Cheevers, Mark Recchi.
Group C- Brian Rolston, Bill Guerin, Marc Savard, Ted Donato, Eddie Westfall, Tim Thomas.
With the holidays around the corner, this set sounds like the perfect gift for any Bruins fan!
Will you be collecting the Boston Bruins Centennial Box Set?