Penguins
Penguins Promos–From Halloween to Margaritaville to Pride Game
We already knew about the themed bobbleheads, and now the Pittsburgh Penguins have a new, improved — or at least expanded — full promotional schedule, released Wednesday.
Notably, a Pride Game returns, including a tumbler giveaway. Those nights have been somewhat controversial in recent seasons, as some players have opted out of wearing specialty warmup jerseys, and there was a short-lived ban by the NHL on using rainbow pride stick tape.
There are giveaways, theme nights, and community and specialty group games. There’s a gravy Zamboni gravy boat giveaway, and if you overdo it on the gravy, there’s a “Check Your Heart” patterned shirt. There’s also an Iceburgh plush hat, plus Halloween, Grateful Dead and Margaritaville nights.
The community and specialty groups that will be highlighted include the military, Hockey Fights Cancer, educators, Jewish heritage and Black hockey history.
You can see the team’s full 2024-25 promotional schedule here.
This just in… The ‘promotional schedule’ has been renamed the ‘pandering schedule’.
(And before I get called names, i have Irish and Italian ancestors. So I’m represented too)
This has become so ridiculous. It’s like they added all this other stuff just so they could justify the ‘you know what’ game.
I think you’re misreading the situation. Teams that have lots of giveaways and theme nights are trying to sell tickets.
For ticket sales? It’s quite gimmicky too.. used to be all in attendance, then first 10,000, now first 7,500. Buy a ticket for a less than 50% at the giveaway, ha.
Anyway, though I have ‘inside’ info I’m not misreading, I do appreciate my comments being allowed to stay.
Generally, we avoid pride night comments because it becomes a circus, but your clinical take was why it stayed.
The game sales itself when you have the product !!