Penguins to Hold 'Hockey Fights Cancer' Awareness Night on March 29

The Pittsburgh Penguins will hold Hockey Fights Cancer (HFC) Awareness Night on Monday, March 29 when the Penguins take on the New York Islanders at 7 p.m. at PPG Paints Arena. It is part of a league-wide program to raise awareness and funds for the NHL's Hockey Fights Cancer initiative.

Penguins players will wear commemorative purple jerseys and use purple-taped sticks during pre-game warm-ups. Players' warm-up jerseys and sticks will be autographed and available for bid at auction online. The auction will run from March 29 to April 5 at noon EST. Fans can bid by texting pensHFC to 76278 or visiting
pensHFC.givesmart.com
.
All proceeds from the Penguins' Hockey Fights Cancer fundraising will benefit the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the Mario Lemieux Foundation.
Additional elements of the Hockey Fights Cancer program include:
The Penguins encourage all fans who have been touched in any way by cancer to support the cause on social media and visit the Penguins Foundation's HFC Commemorative Jersey Auction and Warm-Up Pucks sale at
www.pittsburghpenguinsfoundation.org
.
For more information on the overall Hockey Fights Cancer initiative, please visit the Penguins' Hockey Fights Cancer webpage by
clicking here
.