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The 1999-2000 season introduced hockey fans everywhere to the now classic WBS Penguins home and road jerseys. The home and road jersey pattern would not change in design for five seasons and would be worn through the 02-3 campaign. The 1999-2000 is the only season in which the Penguins wore jerseys branded by Bauer. The home, road, and St. Patrick’s Day jerseys were all BAUER sweaters. For the 2000-2001 season this pattern would be recreated by SP. The start of the 03-04 season saw all teams in the league wear dark jerseys at home. This move by the league was to make it simple for teams to wear third jerseys. As long as the Home Teams alternate jersey was "dark", the visiting team only had to bring "whites" to the game. This would later be overturned for the 05-06 season.

Home (White):
Body: White with black shoulders bordered by red/white/yellow striping. Sleeves are black on the end preceded by red/white/yellow striping. Bottom of body has yellow/white/red striping with a thick black stripe on the bottom.
Neck trim: Yellow (inner), white (middle), red (outer, bordering jersey)

Away (Dark)
Body: Black with black shoulders bordered by red/white/yellow striping. Sleeves are black on the end preceded by red/white/yellow striping. Bottom of body has yellow/white/red striping with a thick black stripe on the bottom.
Neck trim: Yellow (inner), white (middle), red (outer, bordering jersey)

Manufacturer:

199-2001 Season - Bauer – logo on rear hem next to AHL circle logo, flying “B” on front of jersey, left side just above the red border stripe.

2000 2001 Season through 2003- 2004 - SP

Sizing: Numeric (44/48/52/56/58/58G/60)

Lettering and Numbering by Year:

1999-2000

Letters: Player name in black glacier twill letters sewn to white nameplate, sewn to jersey. C and A on front are black glacial twill, trimmed in yellow, bordered in red.

Numbers: Tri-color; black number (glacier twill) trimmed in yellow (tackle twill), shadowed in red (tackle twill)

2000-2001

Lettering: Player name in black glacier twill letters sewn to white nameplate, sewn to jersey. C and A on front are black glacial twill, trimmed in yellow, bordered in red.

2001-2002

Lettering: Player name in black glacier twill letters sewn to white nameplate, sewn to jersey. C and A on front are black glacial twill, trimmed in yellow, bordered in red.

Numbers: Tri-color; black number (glacier twill) trimmed in yellow (tackle twill), shadowed in red (tackle twill)

2002-2003

Lettering: Player name in black glacier twill letters sewn to white nameplate, sewn to jersey. C and A on front are black glacial twill, trimmed in yellow, bordered in red.

Numbers: Tri-color; black number (glacier twill) trimmed in yellow (tackle twill), trimmed in red (tackle twill)

Sponsor Patch(es):

Printed NEPA Blue Cross/Blue Shield, placed on left shoulder between neck and shoulder crest.

Variances:

1999-2001	Back of neck logo: Lower case ahl in oval, sewn to jersey
	Rear right hem: BAUER word logo next to circular AHL logo
	Shoulder Crests: Pittsburgh Penguins flying Penguin head logo on right and left shoulders
2000-2001	Rear right hem: SP letters outlined in white, circular AHL logo
	Special Patch: Teddy Richards, the team bus driver and father of the team’s assistant equipment manager, passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack during the 2000-2001 season. Teddy was a favorite among the players and coaches. In tribute, the team wore a special black circular patch with the name TEDD stitched in white.
	Shoulder Crest: Pittsburgh Penguins flying Penguin head logo on left shoulder. 2001 All-Star game crest on right shoulder.
2001-2002	Special Patch: As a memorial to those lost in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, most, if not all AHL teams wore a small U.S. Flag patch on their jersey. The Penguins wore this flag on the front right chest area of their home, road and warm-up jerseys.
	Shoulder Crest: Pittsburgh Penguins flying Penguin head logo on both shoulders
	Sponsor Patch: Changes from printed to embroidered and remains this way through present.
2002-2003	Back of neck logo: Upper case AHL in oval, sewn to jersey
	Rear right hem: SP letters and Canadian maple leaf outlined in black, sewn onto white patch, sewn onto jersey, next to circular AHL logo
	Interesting Fact: During the 02-03 Alexandre Daigle was re-assigned from Pittsburgh on a game day. The date was December 28th and the team was in Norfolk at the time. Since the team was so close to Pittsburgh, Daigle was able to join them for that evenings contest. Since there was not enough time to make a permanent sweater by game time, equipment manager Mark Dumas hand cut Daigle's name from white Tackle Twill and stitched it to the jersey just before game time. This sweater was auctioned off as a one-of-a-kind. Daigle was assigned a second "correct" road sweater that he would wear for the remainder of the season.
2003-2004	Rear right hem: Solid SP letters and Canadian maple leaf sewn onto jersey in white, next to circular AHL logo
	Interesting Fact: The largest jersey ever ordered by the Penguins was a 2003-2004 black home jersey intended for use by TUX, the team mascot. The immense size 60G jersey was not large enough for the lovable character’s costume. Two jerseys had to be sewn together to fit TUX. The 60G was lettered for TUX and ready for wear. Rather than letting it sit in storage, the team auctioned the massive sweater off on eBay as a novelty.