Bid on game-worn Steelheads jerseys online

PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL announced that game-worn jerseys from 2008-09 and other seasons are being auctioned by MeiGray online at ECHLAuction.at.edeal.com. Teams currently available are the Charlotte Checkers, the Columbia Inferno, the Fresno Falcons, the Gwinnett Gladiators, the Idaho Steelheads, the Johnstown Chiefs, the Phoenix RoadRunners, the Reading Royals, the Toledo Storm and the Wheeling Nailers. The Checkers and Nailers will be available until Tuesday while the Chiefs and Toledo jerseys will be auctioned until Thursday. The Reading and Columbia auction concludes on Sept. 8 while the Idaho and Phoenix jerseys are available until Sept. 10 and the Fresno and Gwinnett jerseys will be auctioned until Sept. 15. Each team in the ECHL wears one set of home and road jerseys for the first half of the season and another set for the second half of the year. MeiGray owns the exclusive rights to the jerseys worn in the first half of the season while the teams have the rights to the jerseys worn during the second half. The "Official Game-Worn Jersey Source of the ECHL" since 2002, MeiGray gives hockey fans and sports collectors worldwide the opportunity to purchase authentic game-worn ECHL jerseys online at MeiGray.com or by telephone at (888) 463-4472. In addition to the ECHL, MeiGray is also partners with the NHL-MGG Game-Worn Jersey Authentication Program and the American Hockey League in the AHL-MGG Game-Worn Jersey Program. The leading distributor of game-worn hockey jerseys and "Official Game-Worn Jersey Source of the ECHL," MeiGray has sold more than more than 4,500 game-worn ECHL jerseys since the program began in 2002-03, including nearly 1,000 each of the past four seasons. The Steelheads open the 2009-2010 regular season at home on October 16 against the Stockton Thunder. Season ticket packages begin as low as $450 per seat for all 36 home games with partial packages starting as low as $150. New this season is the all-inclusive "Gold Club" membership. Contact the Steelheads front office at 208.383.0080 for more information.