2025-26 Upper Deck AHL Hockey Checklist, Box Breakdown, Star Rookies and Insert Details

2025-26 Upper Deck AHL Hockey keeps its familiar prospect-driven formula, but the product arrives with one notable change that should matter to breakers and set builders alike. Hobby boxes are smaller this year, yet the hit mix is stronger, headlined by two autographs per box instead of one.

That adjustment gives the release a different feel even though the overall structure remains simple. Collectors are still chasing a 150-card base set, a large 50-card Star Rookies lineup, AHL All-Stars, and a modest insert slate. The difference is that the box value now leans more heavily on signatures and numbered content.

For collectors who follow future NHL talent before it reaches the biggest stage, this set continues to serve an important role. The checklist includes names such as Gabe Perreault, Brayden Yager, Quentin Musty, David Reinbacher, Matvei Gridin, Carter Yakemchuk, Nick Lardis, Jacob Fowler, and Felix Unger Sorum, along with established AHL standouts and goaltenders featured in the returning Tendys insert.

2025-26 Upper Deck AHL Hockey at a glance

The hobby format has 6 cards per pack and 16 packs per box, for 96 cards per hobby box. That is down from last year's 120-card box configuration, but the tradeoff is clear: more premium content.

• Cards per pack: 6
• Packs per box: 16
• Boxes per case: 16
• Set size: 150 cards
• Release date: June 3, 2026

Expected hobby box content includes:

• 2 autographs
• 2 inserts
• 16 Base Gold parallels
• 2 numbered parallels
• 10 Base Star Rookies

That combination gives collectors a straightforward rip. You are not dealing with a maze of mini-boxes or oversized insert programs. Instead, the appeal is built around rookie volume, dependable autograph odds, and a relatively accessible parallel chase.

Base set structure and parallels

The base set stays at 150 cards. The checklist is divided into three parts:

• Veterans: cards 1 through 83
• AHL All-Stars: cards 84 through 100
• Star Rookies: cards 101 through 150

Gold parallels run across the whole base lineup, with different odds depending on the segment. Veteran Gold cards land 1:2 packs, Star Rookies Gold are 1:3 packs, and All-Stars Gold fall 1:9 packs.

The Star Rookies also receive the key numbered parallels in the product:

• Deluxe /250
• UD Exclusive /100
• High Gloss /10

Select cards from the base set, the All-Stars subset, and the Star Rookies section also have autograph versions, giving the product a direct connection between the primary checklist and the signature chase.

AHL All-Stars checklist

The 17-card All-Stars subset appears frequently and adds another recognizable grouping to the base set. The full All-Stars checklist is:

1. 84 Kevin Korchinski
2. 85 Ty Mueller
3. 86 Owen Beck
4. 87 Elias Salomonsson
5. 88 Ryan Suzuki
6. 89 Dennis Hildeby
7. 90 Dalibor Dvorsky
8. 91 Matt Murray
9. 92 Austin Watson
10. 93 Michael DiPietro
11. 94 Cameron Hebig
12. 95 Alex Belzile
13. 96 Dylan Garand
14. 97 Owen Pickering
15. 98 Brendan Gaunce
16. 99 Curtis McKenzie
17. 100 Rory Kerins

From a collector's perspective, this subset is a nice middle ground between the veteran cards and pure prospect material. It adds recognizability without overshadowing the rookie content.

Full Star Rookies checklist

The 50-card Star Rookies lineup remains the centerpiece of 2025-26 Upper Deck AHL Hockey. These are the names many collectors will be targeting first, especially in Gold, Deluxe, UD Exclusive, High Gloss, and autograph form.

1. 101 Dans Locmelis, Providence Bruins
2. 102 Ryan Chesley, Hershey Bears
3. 103 Stian Solberg, San Diego Gulls
4. 104 Luca Pinelli, Cleveland Monsters
5. 105 Kaleb Lawrence, Ontario Reign
6. 106 Carter Yakemchuk, Belleville Senators
7. 107 Denver Barkey, Lehigh Valley Phantoms
8. 108 Jacob Quillan, Toronto Marlies
9. 109 Nick Lardis, Rockford IceHogs
10. 110 Marshall Warren, Bridgeport Islanders
11. 111 Jack Peart, Iowa Wild
12. 112 Ben Steeves, Charlotte Checkers
13. 113 Tyson Jugnauth, Coachella Valley Firebirds
14. 114 Matthew Barbolini, Toronto Marlies
15. 115 Ryan Ufko, Milwaukee Admirals
16. 116 Hunter Brzustewicz, Calgary Wranglers
17. 117 Jacob Fowler, Laval Rocket
18. 118 Jack Devine, Charlotte Checkers
19. 119 Braeden Bowman, Henderson Silver Knights
20. 120 Atley Calvert, Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins
21. 121 Gabe Perreault, Hartford Wolf Pack
22. 122 Theo Lindstein, Springfield Thunderbirds
23. 123 Cam Thiesing, Bridgeport Islanders
24. 124 Sandis Vilmanis, Charlotte Checkers
25. 125 Matt Copponi, Bakersfield Condors
26. 126 Shai Buium, Grand Rapids Griffins
27. 127 Samuel Honzek, Calgary Wranglers
28. 128 Justin Ertel, Texas Stars
29. 129 Quinn Hutson, Bakersfield Condors
30. 130 Jordan Dumais, Cleveland Monsters
31. 131 Justin Robidas, Chicago Wolves
32. 132 Ethan Gauthier, Syracuse Crunch
33. 133 Tanner Molendyk, Milwaukee Admirals
34. 134 Nikke Kokko, Coachella Valley Firebirds
35. 135 Quentin Musty, San Jose Barracuda
36. 136 Anton Wahlberg, Rochester Americans
37. 137 Jorian Donovan, Belleville Senators
38. 138 Eduard Sale, Coachella Valley Firebirds
39. 139 Ilya Protas, Hershey Bears
40. 140 Karsen Dorwart, Lehigh Valley Phantoms
41. 141 Kirill Kudryavtsev, Abbotsford Canucks
42. 142 Igor Chernyshov, San Jose Barracuda
43. 143 Aatu Jamsen, Ontario Reign
44. 144 David Reinbacher, Laval Rocket
45. 145 Matvei Gridin, Calgary Wranglers
46. 146 Maros Jedlicka, Colorado Eagles
47. 147 Felix Unger Sorum, Chicago Wolves
48. 148 Dylan Roobroeck, Hartford Wolf Pack
49. 149 Brayden Yager, Manitoba Moose
50. 150 Chase Bradley, Colorado Eagles

That list gives the release solid depth. It is not just a top-heavy rookie crop with a handful of names doing all the work. There are multiple teams with several notable prospects, which should help both player collectors and team collectors.

Autographs and pack odds

Upper Deck spreads autographs across three parts of the product. Base autographs are the easiest to hit, while the All-Star autos are the toughest.

• Base Autographs: 1:12 packs
• Star Rookies Autographs: 1:32 packs
• AHL All-Stars Autographs: 1:80 packs

Base Autographs checklist highlights

The 51-card base autograph lineup includes Thomas Milic, Curtis McKenzie, Carl Lindbom, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Florian Xhekaj, Owen Beck, Ty Mueller, Michael DiPietro, Alex Belzile, Kevin Korchinski, Filip Bystedt, Zachary L'Heureux, Matt Murray, Artem Duda, and Patrick Brown among others.

Some of the stronger names from the veteran and prospect crossover area are Owen Beck, Kevin Korchinski, Michael DiPietro, Florian Xhekaj, Ty Mueller, and Filip Bystedt. Those names should help anchor secondary market demand for the base auto tier.

All-Star Autographs

The 10-card All-Star autograph group is short and tough:

• Kevin Korchinski
• Ty Mueller
• Owen Beck
• Matt Murray
• Michael DiPietro
• Cameron Hebig
• Alex Belzile
• Dylan Garand
• Brendan Gaunce
• Curtis McKenzie

At 1:80 packs, these are not likely to show up often in casual box openings, making them one of the scarcer signature targets in the product.

Star Rookies Autographs

The 28-card Star Rookies autograph checklist should be one of the most watched areas of the release. The full lineup includes:

• Dans Locmelis
• Stian Solberg
• Luca Pinelli
• Denver Barkey
• Jacob Quillan
• Marshall Warren
• Ben Steeves
• Ryan Ufko
• Hunter Brzustewicz
• Braeden Bowman
• Atley Calvert
• Theo Lindstein
• Cam Thiesing
• Sandis Vilmanis
• Matt Copponi
• Justin Robidas
• Nikke Kokko
• Quentin Musty
• Karsen Dorwart
• Kirill Kudryavtsev
• Igor Chernyshov
• David Reinbacher
• Matvei Gridin
• Maros Jedlicka
• Felix Unger Sorum
• Dylan Roobroeck
• Brayden Yager
• Chase Bradley

If you are opening boxes for upside, this is the autograph section many collectors will likely prioritize. Brayden Yager, Quentin Musty, David Reinbacher, Felix Unger Sorum, Matvei Gridin, and Hunter Brzustewicz stand out immediately.

Insert lineup and odds

There are three insert sets in 2025-26 Upper Deck AHL Hockey. Two are brand new, while Tendys returns as the hardest standard insert in the release.

Impressive Debuts

Odds: 1:24 packs

• ID-1 Sam Colangelo
• ID-2 Bradly Nadeau
• ID-3 Carl Lindbom
• ID-4 Dalibor Dvorsky
• ID-5 Ty Mueller
• ID-6 Dylan Duke
• ID-7 Artem Duda
• ID-8 Aleksanteri Kaskimaki
• ID-9 Luca Cagnoni
• ID-10 Ville Koivunen
• ID-11 Elias Salomonsson
• ID-12 Yegor Sidorov
• ID-13 Florian Xhekaj
• ID-14 Filip Bystedt
• ID-15 Owen Beck

Squad Shades

Odds: 1:18 packs

• SS-1 Carter Mazur
• SS-2 Ethen Frank
• SS-3 Matthew Peca
• SS-4 Luca Del Bel Belluz
• SS-5 James Hamblin
• SS-6 Garrett Wilson
• SS-7 Raphael Lavoie
• SS-8 Martin Frk
• SS-9 Isak Rosen
• SS-10 Isaac Howard
• SS-11 Vinni Lettieri
• SS-12 Andrew Agozzino
• SS-13 Zachary L'Heureux
• SS-14 Brett Seney
• SS-15 Trey Fix-Wolansky
• SS-16 Logan Morrison
• SS-17 Ryan Graves
• SS-18 Wilmer Skoog
• SS-19 Fabian Lysell
• SS-20 Stephen Halliday

Tendys

Odds: 1:36 packs

• T-1 Dennis Hildeby
• T-2 Drew Commesso
• T-3 Thomas Milic
• T-4 Dylan Garand
• T-5 Carl Lindbom
• T-6 Devon Levi
• T-7 Matt Murray
• T-8 Brandon Halverson
• T-9 Michael DiPietro
• T-10 Ivan Fedotov

Tendys should again have solid appeal with goalie collectors, and the checklist includes several names with established hobby interest such as Devon Levi, Drew Commesso, Thomas Milic, Carl Lindbom, and Michael DiPietro.

Key team and player highlights

Several teams stand out when you look at the depth of their representation across base cards, rookie cards, inserts, and autographs.

• Laval Rocket: Florian Xhekaj, Owen Beck, Alex Belzile, Jacob Fowler, David Reinbacher, plus autographs and Impressive Debuts cards.
• San Jose Barracuda: Ethan Cardwell, Luca Cagnoni, Filip Bystedt, Quentin Musty, Igor Chernyshov, plus rookie autographs and multiple inserts.
• Calgary Wranglers: Rory Kerins, Alex Gallant, Hunter Brzustewicz, Samuel Honzek, Matvei Gridin, with autograph support.
• Charlotte Checkers: Brian Pinho, Trevor Carrick, Ben Steeves, Jack Devine, Sandis Vilmanis, plus rookie autographs.
• Coachella Valley Firebirds: Ben Meyers, Logan Morrison, Tyson Jugnauth, Nikke Kokko, Eduard Sale, and a Logan Morrison Squad Shades card.
• Manitoba Moose: Thomas Milic, Brad Lambert, Elias Salomonsson, Brayden Yager, plus Milic in Tendys and Yager in rookie autographs.
• Hartford Wolf Pack: Trey Fix-Wolansky, Dylan Garand, Derrick Pouliot, Gabe Perreault, Dylan Roobroeck, with Garand featured in All-Stars and Tendys.

Collectors building by team will also find useful depth in Providence, Rockford, Belleville, Toronto, Milwaukee, Springfield, and Henderson.

Best chases for collectors

Different collector types will likely attack this release in different ways.

Prospect-focused collectors are going to zero in on Star Rookies parallels and Star Rookies autographs. That means cards of Gabe Perreault, Brayden Yager, Quentin Musty, David Reinbacher, Matvei Gridin, Carter Yakemchuk, Nick Lardis, Felix Unger Sorum, and Jacob Fowler should draw early attention.

Set builders get a cleaner product than many modern releases. The 150-card base checklist is manageable, the insert slate is limited, and the All-Stars subset gives the main set a little extra texture without bloating it.

Goalie collectors have one obvious target in Tendys, where Dennis Hildeby, Drew Commesso, Thomas Milic, Dylan Garand, Carl Lindbom, Devon Levi, Matt Murray, Brandon Halverson, Michael DiPietro, and Ivan Fedotov all appear.

Autograph chasers should like the box format change. Two autographs per hobby box is a meaningful bump for a release of this size, even with the reduced overall card count.

Collector checklist notes

Here are the main facts to keep in mind before release day:

• The base set remains 150 cards.
• There are 50 Star Rookies and 17 All-Stars.
• Gold parallels cover the full base set.
• Star Rookies have the key numbered parallel ladder of /250, /100, and /10.
• Each hobby box is expected to deliver 2 autographs.
• Impressive Debuts and Squad Shades are new insert concepts.
• Tendys returns at 1:36 packs.
• Print runs for non-serial-numbered cards were not announced.

For collectors planning breaks, player lots, or team builds, 2025-26 Upper Deck AHL Hockey looks like a release where the smaller box size is offset by a much more attractive hit profile. The rookie checklist is deep, the autograph count is improved, and the insert lineup stays compact enough that chasing specific names should remain practical once singles begin hitting the market.