2025–26 Upper Deck Parkhurst Hockey Checklist: Rookies and Back Parallels

The useful choice in the 2025–26 Upper Deck Parkhurst Hockey checklist is more specific than picking a player. Ivan Demidov appears as #236 in Base Set - Rookies and as #250, listed as Ivan Demidov CL, in the same section. A Space Travel Back rookie is another checklist entry again. Write down the card number and section before shopping or trading for a copy. Upper Deck's official Parkhurst checklist identifies the cards and supplies the pack information discussed below.

Start with the regular base cards

Upper Deck labels the regular base entries Base Set and prints “Five Base 1-200 per Pack” alongside them. Within the supplied run, Connor McDavid is #129 for Edmonton and Connor Bedard is #136 for Chicago. Those are straightforward player targets in the regular set; neither entry is in the checklist's separate rookie section. If you collect a player across products, that distinction belongs on your want list just as much as the year and card number.

The base list also gives team collectors a way to make a focused Parkhurst run. Chicago has Alex Vlasic #128 and Bedard #136 in the regular base entries shown. Toronto has Tie Domi #133 and Matthew Knies #141. Those pairings offer a more deliberate collecting goal than grabbing any card with the team name on it: decide whether you want the regular cards, the rookie entries, or both, then use the section labels to keep them separate.

The number on its own does not tell you which version of a Parkhurst card you have. Upper Deck gives Space Travel Back and Blank Back their own checklist headings. Keep that heading attached to a card number when you inventory a collection or compare two listings.

Treat the rookie cards as a separate run

The checklist marks its rookie entries Base Set - Rookies. Matthew Schaefer #211, Ivan Demidov #236, Easton Cowan #239 and Zayne Parekh #246 are all named in that section. The collecting target here is the exact Parkhurst rookie entry, rather than every card of the same player treated as interchangeable. The number resolves which card you mean; the section resolves which part of this checklist it belongs to.

Demidov is the clearest reason to keep an exact checklist. #236 Ivan Demidov and #250 Ivan Demidov CL are two listed entries, even though both sit under the rookie heading and both name Montreal. If a listing says only “Demidov Parkhurst rookie,” ask for the card number or a readable image of the card before treating it as either target. The CL text is part of Upper Deck's listing for #250; it should stay in your record so the two entries do not merge.

Team runs can cross that base and rookie boundary. A Chicago want list could include regular base cards Vlasic #128 and Bedard #136, then rookie entries Sam Rinzel #205, Ryan Greene #208, Artyom Levshunov #215 and Oliver Moore #241. That is a collector-made grouping across checklist sections, rather than one continuous Chicago subset. The same approach works for a player list: keep the base or rookie card separate from any back parallel you decide to chase.

Know which back parallel you are chasing

Space Travel Back Parallel and Blank Back Parallel are different headings in Upper Deck's checklist. The distinction changes the pack information. Regular Space Travel Back entries shown in the checklist carry 1:3 Blaster; Space Travel Back rookie entries shown carry 1:5 Blaster. Blank Back entries are described as random inserts in Hobby and e-Pack. These are section-level insertion details, not the odds of pulling one particular player.

McTavish #1 appears in both the Space Travel Back and Blank Back passages. That shared player and number does not make the two backs the same collectible. Demidov #236 likewise appears in the Base Set - Rookies passage and the Space Travel Back rookie passage. A useful listing or collection record should identify the back treatment as well as the player and number.

If you are choosing sealed packs specifically for a back parallel, use the stated configuration before using the player list. The Space Travel Back rates in these passages are explicitly marked Blaster. The Blank Back wording points to Hobby and e-Pack but gives no numeric rate in the supplied entries. A pack ratio also describes a category across production, not a promise about a single box or a specific name. For singles, the decisive check is simpler: match the seller's actual card to the official checklist heading, number and player, then decide if that exact version belongs in your collection.