My first pack of hockey cards I can remember buying, I would've been 13. My dad helped out some cause he knew I wanted a Crosby card so bad. And when I finally pulled him, even at just a base, I was the most excited.

An aesthetically forgettable set. On the fronts, the "Victory" in the background simply doesn't work, and the border takes up too much of the card, making the fronts of the cards look cramped as a whole. Make the background images a rectangle instead of a parallelogram, and get rid of the "Victory" in the background. I like the idea of the team color gradient at the top of the background, though.

The the parallelograms on the backs of the cards actually work; they are a breath of fresh air compared to most other straight up-and-down cardbacks. However, the most glaring issue I have with the backs is that the player's picture on the back is a cropped version of the picture on the front. This is the easiest way for me to separate a quality set from a mediocre one.

4/10