All 33 tickets to the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championships in Saskatoon and Regina will feature Saskatchewan hockey players and persons. The images will be featured on ticket packages sold through Sep. 30. There are 21 tickets to games in Saskatoon and 12 tickets to games in Regina.

As tickets are scanned, they will not be ripped by the ushers. As such, fans can save their tickets as commemorative keepsakes. The 33 tickets are:

Saskatoon:
1 Mike Babcock
2 Max Bentley
3 Marshall Johnston
4 Wade Redden
5 Jim Neilsen
6 Doug Bentley
7 Doc Seaman
8 Robyn Regehr
9 Ron Delorme
10 Ed Chynoweth
11 Bill and Charlie Hay
12 Bernie Federko
13 Emile Francis
14 Johnny Bower
15 Fred Sasakamoose
16 Jackie McLeod
17 Glenn Hall
18 Bill Hunter
19 Dave King
20 Wendel Clark
21 Gordie Howe

Regina:
1 Athol Murray
2 Mike Sillinger
3 Clark Gillies
4 Brenden Morrow
5 Patrick Marleau
6 Sid Abel
7 Lorne Davis
8 Brian Propp
9 Gordon Juckes
10 Ryan Getzlaf
11 Metro Prystai
12 Marc Habscheid

The Upper Deck Company has produced a 24-card set that will be released at this year’s 30th National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland, OH. The set will be distributed in six-card packs from Jul. 29 through Aug. 2 at the International Exposition (I-X) Center.

“We’re extremely excited to once again have a major presence at the National Sports Collectors Convention,” said Kerri Kauffman, Upper Deck Company’s director of Marketing. “We anticipate there will be thousands upon thousands of LeBron fans, so we’re prepared to satisfy their collecting pursuits.”

Collectors must open UDC packs (any current pack with an SRP of $1.99 or more) to receive a “National” pack. National packs will be redeemed after every five UDC packs are opened at the Upper Deck Company corporate booth.

Pack One (Thursday):
__ Derek Jeter
__ Grady Sizemore
__ Evgeni Malkin
__ Kobe Bryant
__ Ben Roethlisberger
__ Derrick Rose

Pack Two (Friday):
__ Ken Griffey, Jr.
__ LeBron James
__ Peyton Manning
__ Bob Feller
__ Alex Ovechkin
__ Larry Fitzgerald

Pack Three (Saturday):
__ Cliff Lee
__ Gordie Howe
__ Adrian Peterson
__ LeBron James
__ Brady Quinn
__ Paul Pierce

Pack Four (Sunday):
__ Kerry Wood
__ Sidney Crosby
__ Joe DiMaggio
__ Michael Jordan
__ Mo Williams
__ Matt Ryan

In The Game has released its checklist for the specially-stamped autograph cards to be included in 2009 Heroes & Prospects Super Boxes. Each box will include 30 packs of 2008-09 In The Game Heroes & Prospects plus one of those specially-stamped autograph cards. The players in the checklist are those players selected in the first round of the 2009 National Hockey League Entry Draft.

According to In The Game, each player’s autograph card has a unique gold stamp highlighting the player’s draft position. The set includes three different cards of number-one pick John Tavares. There are also two previously unreleased cards of European prospects Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Jacob Josefson plus a doubled-sided autograph card of top picks Tavares and Victor Hedman.

A-JTA1 John Tavares
A-JTA2 John Tavares
A-JTA3 John Tavares
A-VH Victor Hedman
A-MD Matt Duchene
A-EK Evander Kane
A-BS Brayden Schenn
A-OEL Oliver Ekman-Larsson
A-NK Nazem Kadri
A-SG Scott Glennie
A-JC Jared Cowen
A-RE Ryan Ellis
A-CDH Calvin De Haan
A-ZK Zack Kassian
A-DK Dmitry Kulikov
A-PH Peter Holland
A-JJ Jacob Josefson
A-JC Jordan Caron
A-CA Carter Ashton
John Tavares / Victor Hedman