The Panini America Drool Gallery: 2011-12 Score Hockey Hot Rookies Updated RCs

The 2011-12 NHL trading card season begins in earnest next week with the highly anticipated release of 2011-12 Score Hockey, complete with the landmark Hot Rookies Rookie Card subset sure to set Panini America’s premiere release ablaze.

Last week we shared just some of the details surrounding the slew of this season’s first-time skaters whose first NHL Rookie Cards  will be featured in Hot Rookies, including 2011 No. 1 overall pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and fellow top-10 selections such as Gabriel Landeskog, Adam Larsson, Mika Zibanejad and Sean Couturier.

Today, we share the glorious first images of those key RCs. Enjoy, and stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for additional pre-release details regarding 2011-12 Score Hockey.