Officials at Panini America announced today details for the upcoming 2011 NHL Draft, being held June 24[SUP]th[/SUP] and 25[SUP]th[/SUP] at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, home to the Minnesota Wild. Panini will aim to please hockey collectors with a version of their trademark wrapper redemption program.
Panini has developed two six-card packs using the popular* 2010-11 Pinnacle Hockey design featuring the following players: Pack #1 Martin Havlat Mikko Koivu
Niklas Backstrom Cal Clutterbuck
Mike Modano Dino Ciccarelli Pack #2 Alex Ovechkin Steven Stamkos
Sidney Crosby Tyler Seguin
Mario Lemieux
Mark Messier
Collectors will receive their choice of the Pinnacle promo packs for bringing the following un-opened Panini products to their booth: THREE un-opened HOBBY packs of 2010-11 Donruss hockey THREE un-opened HOBBY packs of 2010-11 Pinnacle hockey THREE un-opened HOBBY packs of 2010-11 Playoff Contenders hockey
Panini has also developed two Score cards of Mikko Koivu and Cal Clutterbuck highlighting being drafted by the Minnesota Wild.*
Collectors will receive their choice of the Score Season Highlight cards for bringing the following un-opened Panini products to their booth: THREE un-opened packs of 2010-11 Score* hockey THREE un-opened pack of 2010-11 Adrenalyn hockey THREE un-opened* packets of 2010-11 NHL Sticker Collection hockey THREE un-opened* RETAIL packs from any 2010-11 hockey product
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