2025-26 Fleer Ultra PWHL Hockey Brings Ultra Style to the League
Upper Deck is adding the Professional Women’s Hockey League to the Fleer Ultra lineup with 2025-26 Fleer Ultra PWHL Hockey, a debut release that leans on familiar Ultra themes while introducing a new checklist for the league. The product mixes retro design ideas, serial-numbered parallels, autograph content, and a broad insert lineup that should feel recognizable to long-time Ultra collectors.
According to the product details, hobby boxes average six serial-numbered cards, including four parallels, seven Retro 1999 variations, and 16 inserts. Autographs fall at an average of four per 10-box case.
2025-26 Fleer Ultra PWHL Hockey Release Information
- Cards per pack: 8
- Packs per box: 15
- Boxes per case: 10
- Set size: 100 cards
- Release date: September 2, 2026
The source notes that print runs for cards without serial numbers have not been announced.
Base Set Checklist Features 100 Cards
The base set includes 100 cards, with the final 25 spots reserved for rookies. Base cards run from 1 through 75, while rookies occupy 76 through 100. The source says rookies fall once per pack.
Collectors also get a full set of base parallels, including four numbered versions and one unnumbered option. The numbered parallels are exclusive to hobby and e-Pack.
- Rainbow Foil - Hobby, e-Pack, and Blaster, 1:1 packs for base and 1:4 for rookies
- Gold /250
- Ice /100
- Platinum /25
- Gold Spectrum 1/1
The base checklist includes players from all six PWHL teams, with names such as Marie-Philip Poulin, Sarah Nurse, Hilary Knight, Natalie Spooner, Renata Fast, and Aerin Frankel among the veterans featured.
Base Set Team Distribution
The checklist is spread across Montreal Victoire, Minnesota Frost, Seattle Torrent, Ottawa Charge, Boston Fleet, Vancouver Goldeneyes, Toronto Sceptres, and New York Sirens. The rookie portion includes names such as Casey O’Brien, Michelle Karvinen, Natalie Mlynkova, Anna Shokhina, Abby Hustler, Emma Gentry, and Rory Guilday.
1999 Ultra Variations Return Across the Full Set
One of the key themes in the product is the return of 1999 Ultra Variations, a retro concept that draws on the look of the original Ultra WNBA design. Upper Deck has applied the variation treatment to the full 100-card checklist, including both veterans and rookies.
The variations fall at 1:3 packs for base cards and 1:9 for rookies. In addition to the standard variation cards, there are two numbered parallels tied to the 1999 design.
- Purple /349 - Blaster exclusive
- Gold /99 - Hobby and e-Pack exclusive
Autographs Include Rainbow and Fresh Ink Themes
Autographs are spread across two retro concepts. The first is the Base Auto Rainbow Parallel, which covers 58 cards from the base checklist, plus a separate 13-card rookie autograph group. The source lists the autograph odds at 1:58 packs for hobby and e-Pack and 1:80 for blaster.
Autograph parallels include Red /10 and Gold 1/1, with numbered versions exclusive to hobby and e-Pack.
Some cards in the autograph checklist are marked SP or SSP in the source checklist, indicating tougher pulls within the autograph lineup. Among the names included in the autograph set are Sarah Fillier, Natalie Spooner, Alex Carpenter, Taylor Heise, Marie-Philip Poulin, and Sarah Nurse.
The other autograph insert is Fresh Ink, a concept with roots in 1999 that Upper Deck has not used in a hockey product since 2014-15. In this release, Fresh Ink falls at 1:150 packs, or about once per case.
The Fresh Ink checklist is skip-numbered and includes 21 cards. The source identifies several SP entries in the set, including Laura Stacey, Ann-Renee Desbiens, Renata Fast, Natalie Spooner, Alex Carpenter, and Aerin Frankel.
Medallions and Rising Stars Fill the Insert Lineup
Ultra and Medallions have long been linked, and 2025-26 Fleer Ultra PWHL Hockey continues that tradition with a 25-card Medallions insert. The set falls at 1:5 packs in hobby and e-Pack, and 1:4 in blaster.
Medallions parallels include:
- Gold /200
- Platinum /100
- Ruby Red /50
- Sapphire Blue /25
- Emerald Green /10
- Black 1/1
Rising Stars joins Medallions at the same pack rate, landing six times per box according to the product information. The 25-card set also has a parallel ladder that mirrors other Ultra inserts.
- Gold /199
- Platinum /99
- Red /49
- Blue /35
- Green /15
- Black 1/1
Players in Rising Stars include Kristyna Kaltounkova, Haley Winn, Rory Guilday, Michelle Karvinen, Casey O’Brien, and Gwyneth Philips.
Ultra Power, Ultra Team, Catalyst, and Stylistic Add More Depth
Several mid-tier inserts round out the hobby box build. The source says collectors can expect eight cards per box from among Ultra Power, Ultra Team, Catalyst, and Stylistic.
- Ultra Power - 30 cards, 1:6 packs in hobby and 1:5 in blaster
- Ultra Team - 25 cards, 1:7 packs in hobby and 1:5 in blaster
- Catalyst - 20 cards, 1:8 packs in hobby and 1:7 in blaster
- Stylistic - 15 cards, 1:11 packs in hobby and 1:9 in blaster
Each of those four insert sets has Purple, Red, and Gold parallels, with numbered versions exclusive to hobby and e-Pack. The source lists players such as Natalie Spooner, Sarah Fillier, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Renata Fast, Megan Keller, Sarah Nurse, and Hilary Knight across these subsets.
Top 30, Meteor Shower, and Year 3 Add More Chase Content
Collectors should also find an average of two cards per box from among the Top 30, Meteor Shower, or Year 3 inserts. Those three sets are part of the product’s deeper insert mix and carry different pack odds.
- Top 30 - 30 cards, 1:13 packs in hobby and 1:25 in blaster
- Meteor Shower - 20 cards, 1:38 packs in hobby and 1:75 in blaster
- Year 3 - 20 cards, 1:38 packs in hobby and 1:75 in blaster
Top 30 features players such as Marie-Philip Poulin, Jocelyne Larocque, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Sarah Nurse, and Sarah Fillier. Meteor Shower includes Hilary Knight, Laura Stacey, Natalie Spooner, and Alex Carpenter. Year 3 highlights Sarah Nurse, Marie-Philip Poulin, Natalie Spooner, Taylor Heise, and other established PWHL names.
Goalie City, Hot Numbers, and Mise-en-Scene Are the Tougher Inserts
Two of the tougher inserts in the product are Goalie City and Hot Numbers, each of which falls 1:60 packs in hobby and 1:120 in blaster. Goalie City is a 15-card set focused on netminders, while Hot Numbers is a 30-card insert that spans a broader group of players.
Goalie City includes Ann-Renee Desbiens, Kayle Osborne, Elaine Chuli, Maddie Rooney, Kristen Campbell, Gwyneth Philips, Aerin Frankel, and Sanni Ahola among its checklist names. Hot Numbers features Sarah Fillier, Brianne Jenner, Blayre Turnbull, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse, Marie-Philip Poulin, and others.
The rarest insert listed in the source is Mise-en-Scene, a 20-card set that debuted in 2025-26 Ultra Hockey and is described as an interpretation of the French phrase meaning “everything on stage.” It falls once per case at 1:150 packs.
What Hobby Box Buyers Can Expect
The product details provide a hobby box breakdown that gives a clear picture of the expected mix of cards.
- Stylistic, Ultra Power, Catalyst, or Ultra Team inserts - 8 total
- Numbered cards - 6 total
- Numbered parallels - 4
- Medallions or Rising Stars inserts - 6 total
- Meteor Shower, Year 3, or Top 30 inserts - 2 total
- 1999 Base Variations - 7 total
- 1999 Base Variations Rookies - 11
That structure shows how heavily the release leans into Ultra’s familiar formula of parallel-rich base cards, retro throwbacks, and layered insert content. With rookies, veterans, and multiple autograph paths in play, the checklist offers a wide spread of collecting targets across the PWHL’s first Ultra-branded release.
2025-26 Fleer Ultra PWHL Hockey Checklist Notes
The full checklist is organized into base cards, autographs, inserts, and team sets. The source also notes that a customizable spreadsheet copy of the checklist is available as an XLSX file.
For collectors focusing on specific teams, the checklist includes full team representation across the league, with cards spread among Montreal Victoire, Minnesota Frost, Seattle Torrent, Ottawa Charge, Boston Fleet, Vancouver Goldeneyes, Toronto Sceptres, and New York Sirens. That makes the set useful both for player collectors and for team set builders looking to track down rookies, veterans, and parallel versions from the debut PWHL Ultra release.

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