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Pittsburgh Penguins players will wear special purple jerseys in the pre-game warm-up Tuesday as part of the team's "Hockey Fights Cancer" night at PPG Paints Arena. The Pens take on the Florida Panthers at 7 p.m.

The jerseys will be autographed by the players after the game and auctioned on-line starting on October 31, with proceeds supporting research at the UPMC CancerCenter and the Mario Lemieux Foundation. The auction will run through November 13 at
www.pittsburghpenguinsfoundation.org
.

Among the team's other initiatives supporting Hockey Fights Cancer on Tuesday:

For more information on the Penguins' "Hockey Fights Cancer" initiatives,
visit our webpage
.