2012-13 Panini Certified Hockey cards changed things up with
a mirror finish as with the other Certified lines. While this makes for a stunning presentation in person, it
becomes next to impossible for pictures of the cards to do them justice. Chances are you will hit something
nice, whether it comes from a top veteran of the game or one of the Freshman
Fabric signature Rookie cards. Add
to that the hot boxes that can be found and Certified Hockey make a strong
return to the Panini line up of hockey cards.
We classify Certified Hockey in our premium cards
category. Each box contains 10 – 5
card packs with 4 Autograph or Memorabilia cards per box.
Here are some of the cards we pulled.
Base Cards
Henrik Sedin, front and back
Dion Phaneuf, Shea Webber, Pavil Datsyuk
Evgeni Malkin, Rene Bourque, Dustin Byfuglien
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Claude Giroux, P.K. Subban
Jeff Skinner Blue #/99, Akim Aliu #/999
Inserts
B.J. Crombeen & Antti Niemi Path to the Cup #/399
Jenrik Zetterberg Certified Stars #/999, Ondrej Pavelec
Masked Marvels #/999
The Hits
Kris Versteeg Fabric of the Game Mem #/299, Phil Kessel
Certified Stars Mem #/100
Brandon Manning Freshman Signatures Autograph #/999, Harri
Sateri Certified Signatures Autograph
Overall Look
The mirror finish make for great looking base cards on the
front, but the small script font for the team names and same color foil
numbering can get lost a bit. The
backs of the cards look sharp. Hit design here is classic to the Certified line
of cards.
Quality and Variety of Players
This year’s checklist has changed things up with a 100 veteran
player base set, 20 Masked marvels, 20 Immortals, 12 Certified Rookies, 24 Freshman
Signature and 11 Freshman Fabrics.
Expect that to change again next year.
Do the Hits satisfy?
You are bound to get a Fabric of the Game card that is your
standard swatch and unfortunately the classic Certified design does not enhance
those single colored swatches, but get them in the numbered version with prime
fabrics and that design becomes easier to overlook. What helps everything here is that the majority of the hits
are very solid.
Will you keep coming back for more?
Multiple boxes of Certified are understandable, perhaps a
mini case to ensure a hot box.
Rating
4 1/2 out of 5
2012-13 Panini Certified Hockey offers a nice opportunity to
pull some premium hits.
Review box provided by Panini
Review box provided by Panini
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