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PENGUINS UNVEIL Rbk EDGE UNIFORMS, ALTERNATE SWEATER FOR 2007-2008

WILKES-BARRE, PA - The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins' unveiled their new Rbk EDGE Uniforms, as well as their alternate home sweater for 2007-2008, on Wednesday.

All three sweaters are on display in the Penguins Team Store (670 North River Street, Waterfront Complex).

The Penguins, along with all 28 other American Hockey League clubs, are utilizing the Rbk EDGE Uniform System for their home and away jerseys beginning this season. Featuring technologically advanced materials and fabrics that are more breathable and more resistant to water absorption and that offer greater range of movement, the Rbk EDGE Uniform System provides comfort and improved compatibility with equipment while helping to enhance player performance.

Highlights include:
. Four lighter fabrics incorporated in the jersey, pants and socks to keep players drier while also adding increased durability to the uniform
. The jerseys' stretch fabric in the collar features Rbk's innovative PlaydryT moisture management technology to maximize comfort, breathability and temperature control
. The stretch mesh in areas including the underarms and back provides additional range of motion and increased ventilation
. 4Way Stretch Pique features Rbk's latest innovation, Bead AwayT water repellent technology, offering freedom of movement while retaining 76 percent less moisture than current AHL jerseys
. X-trafil is incorporated into high-abrasion areas such as the shoulders and elbows to provide increased durability

This league-wide uniform innovation was established by Reebok with the National Hockey League earlier this year with performance and safety at the forefront of the design process. After more than two years of research and testing, the Rbk EDGE Uniform System will debut this fall in only two leagues worldwide: the NHL and the American Hockey League.

The Penguins' alternate uniform will feature traditional fabrics and fit, and will again honor a professional team from the game's past.

This year's jersey is modeled after that worn by the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets, who played in the United States Amateur Hockey Association from 1915 until 1925, and captured USAHA titles in 1924 and 1925.

The team was sold following that second championship, renamed the Pirates and became the first Pittsburgh club to play in the National Hockey League. The Pirates moved to Philadelphia for the 1930-31 season, playing as the Quakers for one year before ceasing operations.

The Penguins' alternate jersey consists a yellow/gold background with white and black striping on the sleeves. The jersey also features the team's alternate 'P' logo (pictured below), which is based on the original logo adorning the Yellow Jackets jerseys.

The Penguins are currently taking pre-orders for the Rbk EDGE home and away sweaters at the Penguins team store or by phone at 570-208-7367.

The team's third jerseys will not be sold this season, but will be available at team auctions and raffles throughout the year.

 

PENGUINS TEAM UP WITH MyNetworkTV, FOX 56

WILKES-BARRE, PA - The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will be teaming up with My Network TV (WQMY TV) and Fox 56 (WOLF TV) to broadcast 13 home contests during the 2007-2008 American Hockey League season, it was announced today by Penguins President Rich Hixon.

The Penguins and My Network TV/Fox 56 will produce a minimum of 13 games, up from 10 in each of the past two seasons. All Penguins home Saturday contests will be shown live on WQMY-TV, with the exception of the Saturday, February 2 game, which is tentatively scheduled to run on Fox 56. Tom Grace handling the play-by-play duties and all games will be simulcast on QFM 92.1.

"We are very excited about this new working partnership with My Network TV," said Hixon. "Not only will there be more games broadcast this season than the last two, but WQMY's reach across the region means more than half a million area residents will be able to view the Penguins from the comfort of their own homes.

"Additionally, the ability to promote the Penguins across three stations (WQMY, WOLF and WSWB) provides us with expanded coverage that we think all area hockey fans have been craving."

The first televised game will take place on Saturday, October 6, when the Penguins play host to the Syracuse Crunch at 7:05pm, and the schedule will wrap up with the Pens' final game of the regular season on April 12 against the Norfolk Admirals. The full schedule of live broadcasts follows.

In addition to the 13 regular season broadcasts, the Penguins and WQMY will produce a half hour season preview show, tentatively scheduled to run beginning on October 2. WQMY will also carry the 2008 AHL All-Star Classic live from Binghamton, NY.

"We're thrilled by this announcement," said Michael Yanuzzi, president of New Age Media, the Wilkes-Barre company that recently purchased WQMY as part of a multi-station purchase this past April. "Our goal as a company is to localize our stations with sports, news and other community oriented projects. This announcement is a major step towards those goals."

"This joint venture between the Penguins and My Network TV WQMY-TV is the perfect collaboration of one of this area's most popular sports franchises and the station which carries more sports than any other broadcaster in the market," said Jon Cadman, general manager of WQMY-TV. "WQMY is carried on every major cable system in Northeast PA except Comcast. It is our hope that Comcast will soon agree to carry our free broadcast signal to their cable subscribers."

My Network TV WQMY is the My Network TV affiliate in Northeast & Central PA market, which serves over 500,000 households in the Nations 53rd largest television market. Along with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and My Net programming, My Network TV WQMY broadcasts some of the top syndicated shows, Big Ten/Big East Basketball and Football along with Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees baseball, Philadelphia Flyers hockey and Philadelphia 76er's basketball games.

Full season ticket packages, partial ticket plans, and the special 'Bonvie Brigade' ticket packages are on sale now, and available by calling 570-208-7367.

FULL 2007-2008 PENGUINS/My Network TV BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time
Saturday, October 6 Syracuse Crunch 7:05pm
Saturday, October 13 Philadelphia Phantoms 7:05pm
Saturday, October 27 Binghamton Senators 7:05pm
Saturday, November 3 Norfolk Admirals 7:05pm
Saturday, December 22 Albany river Rats 7:05pm
Saturday, December 29 Binghamton Senators 7:05pm
Saturday, January 12 Philadelphia Phantoms 7:05pm
Sunday, January 27 AHL Skills Competition TBA
Monday, January 28 AHL All-Star Game TBA
Saturday, February 2 Norfolk Admirals 3:05pm*
Saturday, February 9 Hershey Bears 7:05pm
Saturday, March 1 Philadelphia Phantoms 7:05pm
Saturday, March 22 Providence Bruins 7:05pm
Saturday, April 5 Philadelphia Phantoms 7:05pm
Saturday, April 12 Norfolk Admirals 7:05pm
* = Game Tentatively Scheduled To Be Carried On WOLF TV Fox 56

WQMY is also available over the air on channel 53 and on digital channel 56.3. All cable companies in Northeast and Central Pennsylvania can pick up WQMY for FREE. If your cable company is not listed below, call them and ask them to add My Network TV WQMY to their line-up.

For more news and information on the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, 
please visit the Official Site of the WBS Penguins today! 

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