The only thing better than opening up an Upper Deck NHL pack is opening up a FREE Upper Deck NHL pack. Tomorrow rabid hockey fans in the United States and Canada will have the opportunity to do just that by gobbling up hundreds of thousands of FREE Upper Deck NHL packs on National Hockey Card Day. Once a year the trading card giant partners with the NHL, the NHLPA and the company’s network of Certified Diamond Dealers to run a massive sampling program distributing complimentary packs to fans throughout Canada. This year the program is being expanded to the United States and fans are thrilled about it.
We have been engaging fans on a special National Hockey Card Day Facebook page and it is clear fans are chomping at the bit to get their free cards. We asked fans to come up with a haiku on the program and here are some of our favorites:
Myself with my son
We are sharing a good time
Collecting is fun
By Nathalie Charette
“Pack-Crack” free foray
National Hockey Card Day
Nice pulls plus no pay
By Mike Mierau
Little girls and boys
Of all ages and sizes
Santa is UD!
By Tamara Jong
New rookie cards, yay!
Hodgson, Scheifele, and more
During free card day
By Peter Huth
Hooray! Hooray! For
National Hockey Card Day!
UD cards for free!
By Darren Brown
Say N, H, C, D?
The free packs, love from UD?
I’m in for sure!
By Griffin Germond
Need em, got em, yay!
Sweeter than the sunshine ray
UD makes my day
By Kyle T. Murphy
Time to celebrate
Hockey fans come together
Sharing the passion
By Michael Spinozza
Free packs for us all
Something for everyone
Hockey is real great
By Jeffrey Krywcum
Everyone will be
Scheifeling across borders
To get some free packs
By Dcd Cards
My favorite day
To celebrate my hobby
Also, Go Leafs Go!
By Spencer Lapp
Celebrate the day,
Hockey cards to giveaway
We fans say hooray!
By Adrian Timbang
Best Day of the Year
National Hockey Card Day
I feel like a kid
By Boyd Zacher
Heck, even writer, director and actor Kevin Smith is sharing his excitement about the promotion today on Twitter:
WHO WANTS SOME FREE HOCKEY CARDS? @UpperDeckHockey is your pusher: http://www.upperdeck.com/nhcd/nhcd.html #NotAPaidEndorsementIJustLikeHockey
And members of Upper Deck’s Volunteer Alliance have been creating some videos promoting to program, check them out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU0f_rUC_8o
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So where are these Diamond Retailers in Canada? At least last year I could find a Rexall Pharmacy. This year, I don’t even know where to go to get these ‘free’ cards.