2007-08 Reebok Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Road Authentic
#58 Kris Letang
Manufacturer: Reebok
Size: 52
Purchased From: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Lettered by: Sport-Jes
The Story: I've said this a few times on different pages on this site: I look to get jerseys that not everyone has. Good luck finding one of these!
Kris Letang played a grand total of eleven games for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. One playoff game in 2007, then ten regular season games in 2007-08. Luckily, pictures of Letang in his short tenure with the Baby Pens were available, unlike pictures of Krys Kolanos from his slightly longer stint with them. I was even able to find exactly one photo of Tanger in a black WBS jersey, enough proof for me that he wore the jersey that I purchased directly from the WBS Penguins a few years ago.
One thing I didn't have in my collection was a Baby Penguins jersey. Another thing I didn't have was a Kris Letang jersey. After contemplating these facts for approximately 2.6 seconds, I had an idea! I checked the WBS Penguins Online Store and found that they had some old-style (pre-Edge cut jerseys) jerseys for sale on closeout. I contacted the store and spoke with a gentleman who was fantastic to deal with. I told him what I wanted to do and he said he had to check whether or not the team's customizer, Sport-Jes, could fulfill the order for a Letang lettering kit. After a few days, I got a call back saying that they had to make one letter for the nameplate, but everything else would be good to go. A transaction was finalized (at a closeout price!) and within a few weeks, I had a really cool jersey shipped to me from the opposite corner of the state.
This one gets lots of looks when I wear it. The funniest was when my brother and I went to a Pens game at Consol. I was wearing this jersey while my brother wore my Matt Niskanen Black & Gold Game jersey when we got caught in a traffic jam at the escalator. Some guy started laying it on pretty thick since neither Letang nor Niskanen ever played in Wilkes-Barre. I tried explaining that Letang played 11 games and that the Niskanen jersey was actually worn in a game, but it went in one ear and out the other!
Size: 52
Purchased From: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Lettered by: Sport-Jes
The Story: I've said this a few times on different pages on this site: I look to get jerseys that not everyone has. Good luck finding one of these!
Kris Letang played a grand total of eleven games for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. One playoff game in 2007, then ten regular season games in 2007-08. Luckily, pictures of Letang in his short tenure with the Baby Pens were available, unlike pictures of Krys Kolanos from his slightly longer stint with them. I was even able to find exactly one photo of Tanger in a black WBS jersey, enough proof for me that he wore the jersey that I purchased directly from the WBS Penguins a few years ago.
One thing I didn't have in my collection was a Baby Penguins jersey. Another thing I didn't have was a Kris Letang jersey. After contemplating these facts for approximately 2.6 seconds, I had an idea! I checked the WBS Penguins Online Store and found that they had some old-style (pre-Edge cut jerseys) jerseys for sale on closeout. I contacted the store and spoke with a gentleman who was fantastic to deal with. I told him what I wanted to do and he said he had to check whether or not the team's customizer, Sport-Jes, could fulfill the order for a Letang lettering kit. After a few days, I got a call back saying that they had to make one letter for the nameplate, but everything else would be good to go. A transaction was finalized (at a closeout price!) and within a few weeks, I had a really cool jersey shipped to me from the opposite corner of the state.
This one gets lots of looks when I wear it. The funniest was when my brother and I went to a Pens game at Consol. I was wearing this jersey while my brother wore my Matt Niskanen Black & Gold Game jersey when we got caught in a traffic jam at the escalator. Some guy started laying it on pretty thick since neither Letang nor Niskanen ever played in Wilkes-Barre. I tried explaining that Letang played 11 games and that the Niskanen jersey was actually worn in a game, but it went in one ear and out the other!