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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Unveil New Uniforms

Pens Unveil New Line of Jerseys

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins used Day Two of their summer hockey camp to give fans and members of the media a first look at the team's new line of game jerseys.

The Penguins unveiled a new version of their Home, Away, Warm-Up and Third jerseys, which will be worn during the upcoming 2004-05 season.

In designing this year's jerseys, the Pens made sure to combine the Vegas Gold worn by Pittsburgh with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's usual black and red color combination.

The new jersey line also includes a unique Third Jersey, which incorporates the Navy blue and Columbia blue colors originally worn by the parent Penguins. More specifically, the jersey is a throwback to the sweater worn by Pittsburgh between 1977-79.

Pens goalie Andy Chiodo and forwards Michel Ouellet, Matt Murley and Eric Meloche were each on hand Tuesday to model the jerseys. The Chiodo, Murley and Ouellet sweaters - which have already been lettered, numbered and autographed - will now be placed on the auction block.

At the conclusion of the auction, the Pens will have eight of each jersey style available for purchase at the team store in Wilkes-Barre. The team is expecting its first full shipment of the new-look sweaters on September 15.

In addition, the Pens will soon be auctioning off the remainder of their 2003-04 game-worn jerseys. This will be the last chance for fans to get their hands on those sweaters before the styles change in 2004-05.

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