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This is the second Heroes and Prospects offering from In the Game. As with last year's set, this year provides the best of the future prospects as well as the blasts from the past. Among the names you know, you'll find Hero cards of legends like Patrick Roy, Dave Keon, Steve Yzerman and Brian Leetch. Also included in the set are former AHL and CHLers that are currently lacing them up in the NHL that includes Jason Spezza, Eric Staal, Alexander Ovechkin and red hot Sidney Crosby. However, the true gold may be the cardboard debuts of some bright prospects including John Tavares, Angelo Esposito, Chris Bourque, Bobby Ryan and Evgeni Malkin.

The set contains great photography from the past and present. Some of the vintage player shots will blow you away. Just check out the buzz cut on the Brian Leetch card #25. Each card also has extensive information about the player on the back of the card. That's something that seems to be missing in this new age of hockey cards.

The insert set in this year's Heroes and Prospects includes a 12 card set of Shooting Stars from the 2005 AHL All-Star Classic in Manchester between the AHL Stars and Planet USA. The retail boxes will include a 13 card insert set of the Memorial Cup winning London Knights.

The popular He Shoots He Scores redemption program is back again with Heroes and Prospects. Collectors can gather 250 cards to redeem them for a special memorabilia card from ITG. Some of the highlights from the set include dual jerseys of Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby, Ray Bourque and Dion Phaneuf, and Russian phenoms Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin.

The Heroes and Prospect set provides one memorabilia card per 20 packs on average. From the pictures we've seen there are going to be some stunning pulls from this set. ITG seems to get multicolored swatches on almost all their memorabilia pieces somehow. Our two color Bouwmeester was no different. There are some great mixtures of youngsters and veterans in the memorabilia sets, and some insert sets like Aspiring even have them paired together. The CHL and AHL complete logo 1 of 1 cards will be another memorabilia card that collectors will be hoping is hiding in their boxes.

In the Game must have been listening to collectors. The size of the regular jersey card swatches have nearly doubled from last year. They are HUGE. I'm sure many gorgeous multi-color swatches will be pulled from the product. The emblems and numbers cards are always popular with collectors and with 30 of each available, the odds aren't as tough as they were in the past. There's still the gold version for those that want that super hard to find card.

In the Game offers an average of one autograph per 14 packs in this year's boxes. We beat the odds on our box with two autographs. Designs of the autograph cards mimic the base set. Stickers were used once again this year. While I'm not a big fan of sticker autos, ITG was able to produce all the autograph cards without using redemption cards. That's a bonus for any collector. Many collectors will be hunting down autographs of the latest NHL rookies like Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin. Many NHL legends are also available with players like Brian Leetch, Patrick Roy, Bernie Parent and Cam Neely. Collectors will also be on the lookout for first time autos of phenoms such as John Tavares, Chris Bourque, Evgeni Malkin, and Al Montoya. The checklist is massive this year and will provide a lot of variety for collectors

  In the Game also added a new wrinkle to this year's set with dual autograph cards. Some of the paired players in the set include Ray Bourque with his son Chris, Ovechkin with fellow Russian Malkin, and the Flyers dynamic duo of Mike Richards and Jeff Carter.