2005-06 Upper Deck MVP - Rookie Breakthrough Alex Ovechkin #RB2 (RC)

The 2005-06 Upper Deck MVP Rookie Breakthrough Alex Ovechkin #RB2 is a certified rookie card from one of the most consequential hockey card sets of the modern era — the debut season of the man who would become the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer.

Selected first overall in the 2004 NHL Draft, Ovechkin's rookie cards share the 2005-06 class with Sidney Crosby — a once-in-a-generation collision that happened because the 2004-05 lockout pushed both debuts into the same product year. Both players have rookie cards across 2005-06 sets, making for a powerful one-two punch that collectors still chase two decades later.

The hobby box configuration runs 24 packs per box, 8 cards per pack. The Rookie Breakthrough insert set — home to this very Ovechkin card — falls at 1:12 packs. The product's parallel rainbow hits the base set with MVP Gold numbered to 100 and MVP Platinum numbered to 25. On the memorabilia side, MVP Materials land 1:24 packs, with Combo Dual Materials numbered to 100 and Triple Materials numbered to 25. The true box-breaker is the ProSign autograph, inserted at a razor-thin 1:480 packs.

What you're hunting:

• 2005-06 UD MVP Rookie Breakthrough #RB2 — Alex Ovechkin RC (this card) — the headline piece of the insert checklist
• Key rookies in the set: Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, Dion Phaneuf, Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, Cam Ward, Henrik Lundqvist, Thomas Vanek, and Ryan Suter
• MVP Gold parallels (#/100) and MVP Platinum parallels (#/25) of base set stars
• ProSign autographs — the rarest pull in the box at 1:480
• MVP Materials game-used memorabilia — 1 per box guaranteed
• Rising to the Occasion and Monumental Moments inserts rounding out the chase

As the top pick in the 2004 NHL Draft , Ovechkin's rookie cards have only grown in cultural and financial weight. The Rookie Breakthrough #RB2 represents an accessible, hobby-legitimate RC from the most storied rookie class in modern hockey card history — the kind of card that anchors a Washington Capitals collection or any serious Ovechkin player-collection build.

Available at Collector Station, Easley, SC. Local pickup available. All sales final. Shipping damage must be reported within 48 hours of delivery with photos.