A blaster contains 12 packs, with 10 cards to a pack. The base set is 300 cards, which includes rookies; the final three cards in the set are checklists. That number is less than last year’s 400-card base set, but it does make this year’s Parkhurst set easier to complete.
The card design is clean, with mostly vertical action shots. The upper right and lower left corners of the card have triangular green tabs, much like you would find in an old-time photo album. The Parkhurst logo is situated in the lower left-hand corner of the card, with the player’s name in white type against a green background.
The card back features a horizontally cropped version of the photo on the front. Vital statistics are included, along with year-by-year and career playing totals.
Both sides sport a very clean, uncluttered look.
The design for the rookie cards are slightly different. Those green tabs are only at the bottom of the card front, and at both corners. The word “Rookies” is spelled out in large letters beneath the action shot, with the player’s name directly underneath. Like the base set, the player’s name is in white type against a green background. The Parkhurst logo sits under the player’s name. As if to hammer the point home, “Rookies” is placed under the horizontally cropped photo of the player. The green tabs are at both corners of the top of the card.
The blaster I opened contained 91 base cards, along with four red-bordered parallels and one black bordered parallel. There were also 17 different rookie cards.
East vs. West is a 16-card set, broken down geographically. Eight cards are Eastern Conference stars, while the other eight star for the Western Conference. I pulled one player from the East (Victor Hedman) and one from the West (Jonathan Toews).
Blow the Horn celebrates 10 of the NHL’s sharpshooters. It’s another card that uses foil as a main element; I pulled a Patrick Kane card from the blaster I bought.
The final insert card I pulled was a Prominent Prospects card of Nico Hischier; there are 25 of these cards that collectors can chase.
Parkhurst Hockey is a nice set to collect. It’s not gaudy, but it is solid. There is a nice selection of veterans, and a generous sprinkling of rookies. Some packs have two rookies, and that’s a plus.