This is how Manny's auto really looks:
A look at the errors that the Upper Deck Trading Card company has committed in the hockey card market. Both during their exclusive NHL & NHLPA license and before.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Return of the Upside Down Stickers....
It seems that the upside down sticker autos haven't stopped in 06-07. As proven in this 06-07 UD Trilogy Manny Legace Scripts autograph:

This is how Manny's auto really looks:
This is how Manny's auto really looks:
Sleeping with the enemy?
On this 06-07 UD Series 1 Ladislav Smid Young Guns rookie card, Upper Deck has Smid helping out the Vancouver blue line. The only problem is...he plays for the Oilers:
19...20...who's counting?
Another example of a numbering error. This Jean Beliveau 06-07 UD Trilogy Scripts 2 autograph is supposed to be numbered to the stat on the card. Beliveau played 20 NHL seasons and the card should be numbered to 20. Somehow, one got lost on the way and only 19 exist:

Or maybe Ray Bourque found his extra year, and UD gave him credit for it. Ray played 22 seasons, but UD added an extra year and numbered the card to 23:
Or maybe Ray Bourque found his extra year, and UD gave him credit for it. Ray played 22 seasons, but UD added an extra year and numbered the card to 23:
Well....2 + 3 does equal 5....
For the 06-07 UD Trilogy Scripts 2 set, UD used player stats to number the amount of cards made. It was based on seasons played, trophies won or other stats. Sidney Crosby had 5 game winning goals as this card suggests. However, UD decided to only credit Sid with 3 of them:
Can you please define "Official"?
For their 06-07 UD Artifacts and Trilogy sets, UD used many retired NHL players in their memorabilia sets. They provided for some very colorful pieces. However, they are incorrectly certified on the back. The back of the cards state that the jerseys were worn in "Official NHL games". In this example, Ray Bourque's card has a red and white stripe:


Bourque never wore that type of jersey in an official NHL game. However, he did wear it in an official Hockey Hall of Fame Legends Classics game that was sponsored by UD:

Seeing as how the HHOF and NHL are different entities, I'm not sure how they can claim it as being an official NHL game.
Bourque never wore that type of jersey in an official NHL game. However, he did wear it in an official Hockey Hall of Fame Legends Classics game that was sponsored by UD:
Seeing as how the HHOF and NHL are different entities, I'm not sure how they can claim it as being an official NHL game.
Who stepped on a Duck?
This card seems to be a case of "What could have been". The back of the card states that it contains pieces from the Blue Jackets and Ducks. However, no former Duck appears on the card, and no swatches came from a Ducks jersey. Perhaps UD was planning to add Sergei Fedorov after his trade, but they failed to do so:
Mini - Oops?
In this example, UD inserted a mini-jersey in 06-07 UD Mini Jersey Edition that had the patches sewn on the wrong side of the jersey. The numbers should be on the back and the logo on the front:

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