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Brandon Wheat Kings Unveil New Uniforms

WHEATIES UNVEIL NEW DUDS

Brandon, Manitoba – The Brandon Wheat Kings have unveiled new home and away jerseys for the 2003-2004 Western Hockey League season. General manager Kelly McCrimmon and several members of the hockey club including 18-year old Ryan Stone introduced the new jerseys Wednesday night as part of the hockey club’s Open House at the Keystone Centre.

The black and vegas gold sweaters are patterned after the National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguin jerseys. The crown logo, introduced two years ago on the Wheat Kings’ Third jersey will be featured on the front of the uniform while a new secondary logo has been introduced in the form of a shoulder patch.

“This jersey captures the popular crown logo for our third jersey and uses the contemporary Penguin uniform for the base colors,” says McCrimmon. “The shoulder patch really finishes the jersey off nicely and I think gives us a terrific jersey that our players and fans will love.”

The new shoulder patch was created by Keith Flynn of Flynnagain Productions of Toronto, the same graphic artist that designed the Wheat Kings’ popular Third jersey in 2001.

A graduate of the Visual Arts program at York University, Flynn got his start in high school doing editorial cartoons for a small weekly newspaper. Later, he worked as a professional artist at Venator Canada Inc., which represents such companies as Footlocker, Northern Reflections, Randy River and Champs Sports for fourteen years before opening his own firm nine years ago.

The Wheat Kings new look will debut on opening night, Friday, September 19th when they play host to the Moose Jaw Warriors.

Tickets to this year’s Coca Cola Home Opener as well as for all thirty-six of Brandon’s regular season home games, will go on sale Monday, September 8th at 9:00 a.m. at the Keystone box office.

It’s still not too late to purchase season tickets or mini-packs for the upcoming campaign. To do so, contact the Wheat Kings’ office at 726-3535.

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