2015-16 Upper Deck O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey preview

Back for its sophomore season, 2015-16 Upper Deck O-Pee-Chee Platinum provides collectors with the chance to chase several levels of colorful and shiny chromium parallels of their favorite hockey rookies and veterans. Each 20-pack box holds the opportunity to find one autograph cards plus 11 parallels and five O-Pee-Chee retro cards.

The base set for Platinum includes 150 cards featuring veteran players plus an additional ten Legends of the Game short prints and 50 Marquee Rookies. Base cards have ten different levels of parallels with Rainbow (1:5 packs) and Traxx (1:10 packs) being the most common for veterans and Marquee Rookies. There are also eight levels of numbered parallels: White Ice (#’d to 199), Red Prism (#’d to 149), Black Ice (#’d to 99), Blue Cubes (#’d to 75), Seismic Gold (#’d to 50), Purple (#’d to 25), Emerald Surge (#’d to 10) and Golden Treasures (#’d 1/1). Parallels for the Legends short prints are rarer with numbering to 99 or less.

Rookie Autographs feature a checklist of 30 players, including Connor McDavid, with ten different parallel levels that are similar to the base set. Numbered parallels can be found in quantities of 125 or less depending on the color or pattern.

The popular O-Pee-Chee Retro cards highlight 100 different players that range from rookies to veterans to legendary players. These have four levels of parallels: Rainbow, Gold Rainbow (#’d to 149), Orange Rainbow (#’d to 49) and Red Rainbow (#’d to 15) plus Blue Rainbow autographed editions.

There are three sets of die-cut inserts in 2015-16 OPC Platinum. Team Logos, Superstars and Trophied Talent die-cuts can be found in random packs with Team Logos being the most common. Look for autographed Rainbow parallels for all three sets.