Upper Deck brings the Fleer Ultra brand to the Professional Women’s Hockey League with a release that leans heavily into familiar Ultra traits: layered parallels, retro callbacks, tough autograph pulls and a deep insert mix. The result is a debut product that should feel immediately recognizable to longtime Ultra collectors while also giving PWHL builders plenty to chase across base cards, rookies, themed inserts and scarce signatures.
For hobby collectors, the format is built around steady variety. Boxes average six serial-numbered cards, including four numbered parallels, seven 1999 Retro variations and 16 inserts. Autographs are not guaranteed in every box, but they do average four per 10-box case, which keeps signed cards meaningful without making them feel impossible.
The set also adds a strong rookie presence, several nostalgia-driven designs and a full team-by-team card spread across Boston Fleet, Minnesota Frost, Montreal Victoire, New York Sirens, Ottawa Charge, Seattle Torrent, Toronto Sceptres and Vancouver Goldeneyes.
2025-26 Fleer Ultra PWHL Hockey at a glance
- Release date: September 2, 2026
- Cards per hobby pack: 8
- Packs per hobby box: 15
- Boxes per hobby case: 10
- Base set size: 100 cards
Expected hobby box content includes eight cards from Stylistic, Ultra Power, Catalyst or Ultra Team; six numbered cards; four numbered parallels; six Medallions or Rising Stars inserts; two cards from Top 30, Meteor Shower or Year 3; and seven 1999 Base Variations.
Base set structure and rookie breakdown
The main set contains 100 cards. Veterans occupy cards 1 through 75, while cards 76 through 100 are rookies. Upper Deck states that rookies land once per pack, which gives this release a strong entry point for collectors targeting first-year PWHL names.
Base parallels cover the full set and include a mix of readily available shine and low-number scarcity.
- Rainbow Foil: Base 1:1 packs, Rookies 1:4 packs
- Gold: /250
- Ice: /100
- Platinum: /25
- Gold Spectrum: 1/1
Numbered base parallels are hobby and e-Pack exclusives. The rookie class includes Casey O'Brien, Michelle Karvinen, Natalie Mlynkova, Anna Shokhina, Abby Hustler, Emma Gentry, Anne Cherkowski, Nicole Gosling, Olivia Mobley, Jenna Buglioni, Skylar Irving, Kiara Zanon, Haley Winn, Maddi Wheeler, Nina Jobst-Smith, Vanessa Upson, Hannah Murphy, Abby Newhook, Callie Shanahan, Sanni Ahola, Kendall Cooper, Ella Huber, Kristyna Kaltounkova, Clara Van Wieren and Rory Guilday.
1999 Ultra Variations bring the retro angle
One of the biggest design stories in the product is the full 100-card 1999 variation set. Upper Deck revives the look associated with the debut Ultra WNBA release from 1999, giving this PWHL launch a retro identity that connects women’s sports card history across eras.
The 1999 variation set includes all 75 veterans and all 25 rookies from the main checklist.
- Base 1999 Variations: 1:3 packs
- 1999 Rookie Variations: 1:9 packs
- Purple parallel: /349, blaster exclusive
- Gold parallel: /99, hobby and e-Pack exclusive
Because this is a full-set treatment rather than a smaller subset, player and team collectors have a real shot at building matching retro runs. That should make these one of the more active parallel chases in the product.
Autographs and Fresh Ink details
Signed content starts with Rainbow Autographs for selected base cards and rookies. These fall at 1:58 packs in hobby and are supported by red and gold chase versions.
- Red Rainbow Autographs: /10
- Gold Rainbow Autographs: 1/1
The main auto lineup includes a strong group of stars and key names such as Abby Roque, Lee Stecklein, Gabbie Hughes, Alina Muller, Sarah Fillier, Renata Fast, Sarah Nurse, Natalie Spooner, Alex Carpenter, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Taylor Heise, Aerin Frankel, Ann-Renee Desbiens, Grace Zumwinkle, Emma Maltais, Emily Clark, Jessie Eldridge, Katerina Mrazova, Maddie Rooney and Jocelyne Larocque.
Rookie Rainbow Autographs are a 13-card group featuring Casey O'Brien, Natalie Mlynkova, Abby Hustler, Emma Gentry, Anne Cherkowski, Nicole Gosling, Jenna Buglioni, Kiara Zanon, Haley Winn, Hannah Murphy, Kendall Cooper, Ella Huber and Kristyna Kaltounkova.
Fresh Ink is the tougher autograph concept in the release. It lands at 1:150 packs, or roughly once per case, and revives a classic Fleer and SkyBox signature brand that has not appeared in a hockey product since 2014-15. The checklist is skip-numbered and includes Kendall Cooper, Emily Clark, Anne Cherkowski, Daniela Pejsova, Laura Stacey, Haley Winn, Tereza Vanisova, Ann-Renee Desbiens, Ronja Savolainen, Grace Zumwinkle, Renata Fast, Abby Boreen, Hannah Brandt, Savannah Harmon, Dominique Petrie, Jade Downie-Landry, Jessie Eldridge, Kayle Osborne, Natalie Spooner, Alex Carpenter and Aerin Frankel.
Insert lineup and key odds
Ultra has always leaned on inserts, and this PWHL debut does the same with several different chase levels.
Medallions and Rising Stars are the most common premium insert lanes, with both landing at 1:5 packs in hobby.
Medallions
- Pack odds: 1:5 hobby, 1:4 blaster
- Parallels: Gold /200, Platinum /100, Ruby Red /50, Sapphire Blue /25, Emerald Green /10, Black 1/1
The 25-card Medallions checklist includes Sarah Nurse, Maja Nylen Persson, Natalie Buchbinder, Gwyneth Philips, Abby Roque, Theresa Schafzahl, Renata Fast, Taylor Heise, Savannah Harmon, Hilary Knight, Maddie Rooney, Hannah Brandt, Jincy Roese, Claire Dalton, Corinne Schroeder, Emerance Maschmeyer, Ann-Renee Desbiens, Megan Keller, Katerina Mrazova, Abby Boreen, Micah Zandee-Hart, Blayre Turnbull, Aneta Tejralova, Marie-Philip Poulin and Rebecca Leslie.
Rising Stars
- Pack odds: 1:5 hobby, 1:4 blaster
- Parallels: Gold /199, Platinum /99, Red /49, Blue /35, Green /15, Black 1/1
This 25-card group mixes true newcomers and younger building-block names. The checklist includes Kristyna Kaltounkova, Haley Winn, Rory Guilday, Michelle Karvinen, Casey O'Brien, Nicole Gosling, Kendall Cooper, Jenna Buglioni, Anne Cherkowski, Hannah Murphy, Maddi Wheeler, Abby Newhook, Natalie Mlynkova, Emma Gentry, Sarah Fillier, Jenn Gardiner, Britta Curl-Salemme, Brooke McQuigge, Cayla Barnes, Julia Gosling, Dominique Petrie, Shay Maloney, Anna Wilgren, Mannon McMahon and Gwyneth Philips.
Mid-tier insert sets
- Ultra Power: 1:6 packs
- Ultra Team: 1:7 packs
- Catalyst: 1:8 packs
- Stylistic: 1:11 packs
Each of those insert brands has numbered Purple, Red and Gold parallels. Ultra Power is a 30-card checklist and includes Natalie Spooner, Micah Zandee-Hart, Jocelyne Larocque, Casey O'Brien, Lee Stecklein, Laura Stacey, Emily Clark, Michelle Karvinen, Alina Muller, Gwyneth Philips, Kayle Osborne, Nicole Hensley, Ashton Bell, Hannah Murphy, Erin Ambrose, Emma Maltais, Claire Thompson, Hannah Brandt, Ronja Savolainen, Jaime Bourbonnais, Taylor Heise, Jessie Eldridge, Jesse Compher, Aerin Frankel, Alex Carpenter and Kendall Cooper among others.
Ultra Team is a 25-card lineup anchored by Sarah Fillier, Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Renata Fast, Sarah Nurse, Blayre Turnbull, Megan Keller, Dominique Petrie, Sophie Jaques, Gabbie Hughes, Hannah Bilka, Jenn Gardiner, Maddie Rooney, Elaine Chuli, Kayle Osborne, Shiann Darkangelo, Haley Winn, Rory Guilday, Abby Roque, Kristyna Kaltounkova, Nicole Gosling, Jamie Lee Rattray, Katerina Mrazova, Jessie Eldridge and Emma Maltais.
Scarcer inserts and case-level chase cards
The next tier adds some tougher pulls for set collectors and player chasers. Top 30 falls 1:13 packs, while Meteor Shower and Year 3 both land 1:38 packs. That combination should yield roughly two cards per hobby box from those three sets.
Top 30 spotlights a star-heavy group including Marie-Philip Poulin, Jocelyne Larocque, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Micah Zandee-Hart, Alina Muller, Blayre Turnbull, Cayla Barnes, Abby Roque, Hannah Miller, Laura Stacey, Hilary Knight, Lee Stecklein, Brianne Jenner, Renata Fast, Sarah Nurse, Ann-Renee Desbiens, Megan Keller, Alex Carpenter, Taylor Heise, Natalie Spooner, Daryl Watts, Claire Thompson, Susanna Tapani and Sarah Fillier.
Meteor Shower pulls from a 20-card list that includes Hilary Knight, Laura Stacey, Emily Clark, Taylor Heise, Natalie Spooner, Michela Cava, Grace Zumwinkle, Sarah Fillier, Susanna Tapani, Hannah Miller, Daryl Watts, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Jessie Eldridge, Marie-Philip Poulin, Gabbie Hughes, Tereza Vanisova, Jesse Compher, Alina Muller, Brianne Jenner and Alex Carpenter.
Year 3 is another 20-card set with names such as Sarah Nurse, Natalie Spooner, Marie-Philip Poulin, Alex Carpenter, Daryl Watts, Brianne Jenner, Erin Ambrose, Grace Zumwinkle, Kristen Campbell, Katerina Mrazova, Micah Zandee-Hart, Ashton Bell, Susanna Tapani, Jocelyne Larocque, Corinne Schroeder, Jamie Lee Rattray, Jincy Roese, Taylor Heise, Ella Shelton and Kelly Pannek.
Goalie City and Hot Numbers are harder pulls at 1:60 packs each. Goalie City is a 15-card set focused on netminders including Ann-Renee Desbiens, Kayle Osborne, Elaine Chuli, Maddie Rooney, Kristen Campbell, Gwyneth Philips, Corinne Schroeder, Nicole Hensley, Hannah Murphy, Emerance Maschmeyer, Aerin Frankel and Sanni Ahola. Hot Numbers is a 30-card stars checklist led by Sarah Fillier, Brianne Jenner, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Natalie Spooner, Alina Muller, Erin Ambrose, Alex Carpenter, Grace Zumwinkle, Sarah Nurse, Daryl Watts, Taylor Heise, Laura Stacey, Hilary Knight and Marie-Philip Poulin.
The case-hit style insert is Mise-en-Scene at 1:150 packs. The 20-card set includes Marie-Philip Poulin, Micah Zandee-Hart, Hannah Miller, Blayre Turnbull, Megan Keller, Alex Carpenter, Laura Stacey, Haley Winn, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Fillier, Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Aerin Frankel, Renata Fast, Rory Guilday, Ann-Renee Desbiens, Kristyna Kaltounkova, Taylor Heise, Brianne Jenner and Sarah Nurse.
Team set highlights
Boston Fleet collectors can build around Megan Keller, Alina Muller, Susanna Tapani and Aerin Frankel in the base set, while rookies include Olivia Mobley, Haley Winn, Abby Newhook and Ella Huber. Notable Boston insert and auto names include Keller, Frankel, Tapani, Brandt and Winn.
Minnesota Frost brings one of the stronger star lineups in the product with Lee Stecklein, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Taylor Heise, Grace Zumwinkle, Kelly Pannek, Nicole Hensley and Maddie Rooney. Rookie cards include Abby Hustler, Vanessa Upson and Kendall Cooper, with Cooper also appearing in Rising Stars, Ultra Power and Fresh Ink.
Montreal Victoire is anchored by Abby Roque, Laura Stacey, Erin Ambrose, Marie-Philip Poulin and Ann-Renee Desbiens. Natalie Mlynkova and Nicole Gosling lead the team’s rookie side, while Poulin appears in key chase inserts such as Top 30, Meteor Shower, Medallions, Year 3 and Mise-en-Scene.
New York Sirens collectors get Sarah Fillier, Kayle Osborne, Micah Zandee-Hart and Jaime Bourbonnais in base, plus rookies Casey O'Brien, Anne Cherkowski, Maddi Wheeler and Kristyna Kaltounkova. Fillier is one of the bigger names in both autographs and inserts, and Kaltounkova has notable rookie appeal throughout the checklist.
Ottawa Charge has a balanced spread with Gabbie Hughes, Brianne Jenner, Emily Clark, Ronja Savolainen, Katerina Mrazova and Jocelyne Larocque in the base set. Rory Guilday, Anna Shokhina and Sanni Ahola handle the rookie side, with Guilday appearing in Rising Stars, Ultra Team and Mise-en-Scene.
Seattle Torrent features Cayla Barnes, Hilary Knight, Alex Carpenter, Corinne Schroeder, Jessie Eldridge and Hannah Bilka. Rookie cards include Jenna Buglioni and Hannah Murphy. Knight and Carpenter are especially active across Meteor Shower, Hot Numbers, Top 30, Ultra Team and Mise-en-Scene.
Toronto Sceptres offer one of the most loaded player runs in the product with Daryl Watts, Renata Fast, Ella Shelton, Natalie Spooner, Emma Maltais and Blayre Turnbull. Toronto rookies are Emma Gentry, Kiara Zanon and Clara Van Wieren, and Spooner remains a centerpiece in Ultra Power, Fresh Ink, Top 30, Meteor Shower and Year 3.
Vancouver Goldeneyes check in with Jenn Gardiner, Tereza Vanisova, Sophie Jaques, Sarah Nurse, Hannah Miller, Claire Thompson, Kristen Campbell and Ashton Bell. Michelle Karvinen and Nina Jobst-Smith are the rookie names, while Nurse is a major chase player in autographs, Medallions, Top 30, Year 3 and Mise-en-Scene.
Collector checklist notes
Print runs for non-serial-numbered cards have not been announced. That makes the numbered layers especially important for collectors trying to judge scarcity across the product. From a chase standpoint, the clearest hobby targets are Gold Spectrum base 1/1s, Gold Rainbow Autographs, Black Medallions, Black Rising Stars, Fresh Ink signatures and case-level Mise-en-Scene cards.
For player collectors, the strongest overall runs belong to stars who appear across base, retro variants, autographs and multiple insert families. Names like Sarah Fillier, Marie-Philip Poulin, Natalie Spooner, Taylor Heise, Hilary Knight, Sarah Nurse, Alex Carpenter and Ann-Renee Desbiens stand out immediately. For rookie-focused collectors, Casey O'Brien, Kristyna Kaltounkova, Haley Winn, Kendall Cooper, Hannah Murphy, Rory Guilday and Nicole Gosling have broad checklist coverage that should keep demand steady once product reaches the market.
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