Why Did the Pittsburgh Penguins Start Wearing Black and Gold?

The Penguins’ original color scheme featured powder blue very prominently. How did the team come to wear the City of Pittsburgh’s colors? A variety of first-hand accounts shed some light on the big process to have the Penguins join the Pirates and Steelers in the colors that are so unanimously associated with the city. SUBSCRIBE to be among the first to see new Penguins content by clicking here: