Panini Taking its Talents to St. Paul for the NHL Draft (Complete Preview & Gallery)

Officials at Panini America announced today details for the upcoming 2011 NHL Draft, being held June 24^th and 25^th 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

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