Video: Panini America Rips Two Spectacular Boxes of 2013-14 Playbook Hockey

As collectors across North America celebrate today's release of 2013-14 Playbook Hockey, here's hoping the inaugural edition of the product is making as big an impact on you as it made on us during a sick seven-minute stretch yesterday afternoon inside the Panini Unwrapped studio. That's where Tracy Hackler and a gimpy but game Chris Barr ripped two boxes of…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Four Early Boxes of 2013-14 Playbook Hockey

By this time tomorrow, hockey collectors across North America will help Panini America pen a new chapter in the hockey-card history books by partaking in the first -- and perhaps only -- edition of Playbook Hockey. A unique Playbook brand that has resonated with football collectors for several years makes the bold transition to hockey with a library's worth of…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Playbook Hockey (117 Sweet Pics)

Thanks to the nimble Tweeting fingers of Panini America Hockey Brand Manager Chris Barr, last week's packout for 2013-14 Playbook Hockey was largely -- pardon the pun -- an open book. Throughout the afternoon last Thursday, Barr took control of the Panini America Twitter account to provide real-time coverage of what he was seeing live from the floor of the…

Panini Peek: 2013-14 Playbook Hockey

Ask most hockey collectors in North America about the envelope-pushing exploits of Panini America's booklet card offerings over the last few years and they'll likely tell you that the bar continues to be raised in terms of content, design and jaw-dropping awe. In late March, that trend is sure to continue when Panini America's NHL team takes a page from…