PENGUINS SIGN JEFFREY TO ATO

WILKES-BARRE, PA –  The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed center Dustin Jeffrey to an amateur tryout contract, it was announced on Monday.

Jeffrey, 20, recently completed his junior season with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, recording 38 goals, 59 assists and 97 points in 56 games.  He led the Greyhounds in all three categories, while ranking eighth in the Ontario Hockey League in assists and ninth in points.

Selected by Pittsburgh in the sixth round (171st overall) of the 2007 NHL draft, Jeffrey recording 252 points (100+152) in 246 games with Sault Ste. Marie and Mississauga between 2003 and 2008.

The Penguins open the East Division Finals round of the Calder Cup Playoffs with home games this Thursday, May 1 and Saturday, May 3 against either the Philadelphia Phantoms or Albany River Rats.  Game Seven of that series takes place tonight in Philadelphia

Individual tickets for Games D and E are on sale now, and available through all TicketMaster locations, on line at www.ticketmaseter.com, by phone at 693-4100, or through the Wachovia Arena Box Office.