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Crosby finally scored against Montreal

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:04:27 +0000

Crosby ended his six game goal slump with a first period goal against Halak to tie the game 1-1, but the Pittsburgh Penguins still ended up losing Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinal to the Montreal Canadiens 4-3. The result forces the Penguins and the Canadiens to play a game 7 winner takes all match to qualiify for the Eastern Confernce Final.

“It was nice to see one go in,” Crosby said. “You work hard to get chances, so yeah, for sure, it always feels good to score.”

Crosby must do all he can to make sure they do not lose to the under dog Montreal team in game seven just like his rival Alexander Ovechkin did in the first round!

[photo source: thehockeynews.com]

Crosby keeps banging them in …

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:44:05 +0000

Nice playoff goal by Crosby vs Ottawa today

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Crosby gets his first 50 Goal Season

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:37:59 +0000

Sid the Kid finished the NHL season in style notching his first 50 goal season and securing the Rocket Richard Trophy for the first time (tied with Stamkos from the Tampa Bay Lightning) after banging in two nice goals during the Penguins last game of the season. Crosby became the first Penguin to reach 50 goals since Jaromir Jagr in 2000-01, and it is also the first time the trophy has been split between players since 2003-04 when Rick Nash, Jarome Iginla and Ilya Kovalchuk all tied with 41 goals each.

Crosby finished the season with 109 points tied for second overall with Washington’s Alex Ovechkin, finishing ahead of them by three point was Henrik Sedin who secured the 2010 Art Ross Trophy; a first for the Swede and also the first time anybody from the Vancouver Canucks ever won the award.

Crosby finished the season 1st in goals, 2nd in points, 5th in shots, 6th in power play goals, and 8th in assists.

And then the 51st goal

History Will Be Made Commercial with Sidney Crosby

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:57:25 +0000

It says History Will Be Made, but by the looks of the video we all know that History was made by Crosby with that goal!

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Gold Medal game Video

Sidney Crosby Career Statistics

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:51:13 +0000

			Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
2001-02	Dartmouth	MAAA	74	95	98	193	–	114	7	11	13	24	–	0
2002-03	Shattuck St. Mary’s	USHS	57	72	90	162	–	104	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003-04	Rimouski	QMJHL	59	54	81	135	–	74	9	7	9	16	–	10
2004-05	Rimouski	QMJHL	62	66	102	168	–	84	13	14	17	31	–	16

2005-06	Pittsburgh	NHL	81	39	63	102	-1	110	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006-07	Pittsburgh	NHL	79	36	84	120	10	60	5	3	2	5	0	4
2007-08	Pittsburgh	NHL	53	24	48	72	18	39	20	6	21	27	7	12
2008-09	Pittsburgh	NHL	77	33	70	103		76	24	15	16	31		14
2009-10	Pittsburgh **	NHL	80	51	58	109	15	71
NHL Totals			273	122	251	373	30	274	25	9	23	32	7	16

** note the 2010 playoffs has not yet been completed; Crosby finished second place in the 2010 scoring race

International Play

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2004	Canada	WJC	6	2	3	5	4
2005	Canada	WJC	6	6	3	9	4
2006	Canada	WC	9	8	8	16	10
2010	Canada	Olympics	7	4	3	7	4

The Crosby Career Statistics section is updated from time to time so check back for updates ….

[last updated April 11 2010]

Professional Awards and Achievements

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Gold Medal game Video

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:39:34 +0000

Canada beat the United States 3-2 on in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Gold Medal game to earn its second men’s hockey gold medal in the last three Olympics, with Sidney Crosby scoring the winning goal 7:40 into overtime.

This video is more of a photo summary with a review of the game highlights.

$10000 reward for missing Stick & Glove

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:13:41 +0000

Crosby once again has had his historic hockey memorabilia stolen. Last after scoring the over time winning goal for team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympic gold medal game things got pretty hectic. Sidney was ecstatic and threw his gloves and stick into the air just as the rest of his teammates mobbed him in the celebration. Then after all the commission was finished each Canadian player (except Crosby) was able get all their equipment back.

All that remained was one of his gloves and his mouthpiece. In the past Crosby has had some of his jerseys stolen from his bag while traveling. Hockey Canada officials have apparently checked various game video and photos in order to try and find clues of the missing items but have not had any success so far.

Reebok, Crosby’s official equipment sponsor has decided to help try and recover the missing hockey stick and glove with a “no questions asked” $10,000 reward to anyone who returns the items.

The game-used sports memorabilia has become a booming business these days and when an item is from a player like Crosby and also has historical attribute, then it could legitimately go for a lot more then the $10,000 Reebok is offering for the return.

So if any body knows the wear about of Sidney’s latest lost items then they certainly should cash in on the award money.

Apparel & Memorabilia of Sidney Crosby

Crosby’s OT goal brings home the Gold

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:11:07 +0000

Team Canada beat the Americans yesterday to in overtime to win the 2010 Gold Medal for Mens Hockey. And probably even more ironic is the fact that Sid the Kid was there to seal to deal. And there is no doubt that this goal (although nothing too fancy about it) will be remembered to many Canadians as time goes on, much like the famous goal that Paul Henderson scored during the 72 Summit series.

The teams were so close that Team USA was able to tie the game with only 24 seconds remaining to force the gold medal game to go into the extra period. In fact this game was the only game that Team USA had lost in the tournament (they beat Team Canada during round robin play) thanks to key players like Ryan Miller, Zach Parise and Patrick Kane.

Canada’s gold medal win was not really thanks to Crosby alone, the team played solid together as a team with many players chipping in and no real MVP player that stands out among the rest. Crosby did score the OT winning goal but he certainly wasn’t the best player on the team. Several players such as Rick Nash, Jonathan Toews, Jerome Iginla, Scott Niedermayer, and Roberto Luongo played just as amazing hockey as Crosby did. Yet Crosby managed to shine through when needed much like he always seems to be able to do.

Regardless of what some critics might say about Crosby’s opympic play adding an Olympic Gold Medal to an already impressive Hockey resume only makes it that much sweeter for the young super star of Nova Scotia in the minds of Canadian hockey fans everywhere.

[photo source: Toronto Star - thestar.com]

Shaun Majumder interview & prediction

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:14:47 +0000

Great clip from the hit CBC show “This Hour has 22 minutes” where Shaun Majumder explains to Sidney Crosby mathematically how he thinks that Canada will win the Gold medal at the 2010 Olympics.

Crosby part of 2010 Team Canada Olympic Team

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:19:31 +0000

Crosby was one of the twenty three Canadian hockey players included on the 2010 Team Canada hockey roster as announced by General Manager Steve Yzerman the other day. The team hopes that it can improve on the disappointing seventh place finish at the last Olympic Games and perhaps bring back the gold like they did in 2002. The roster has some return players but a lot of new faces with the hope to bring in a younger hockey generation.

Forwards include:
Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins)
Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks)
Dany Heatley (San Jose Sharks)
Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames)
Patrick Marleau (San Jose Sharks)
Brenden Morrow (Dallas Stars)
Rich Nash (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Corey Perry (Anaheim Ducks)
Mike Richards (Philadelphia Flyers)
Eric Staal (Carolina Hurricanes)
Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks)
Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks)

Defensemen:
Dan Boyle (San Jose Sharks)
Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings)
Duncan Keith (Chicago Blackhawks)
Scott Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks)
Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers)
Brent Seabrook (Chicago Blackhawks)
Shea Weber (Nashville Predators)

Goaltenders:

Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils)
Marc-Andre Fleury (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks)

Some key players that were left off the roster include Jeff Carter, Shane Doan, Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, Brad Richards, Mike Green, Dion Phaneuf and Jay Bouwmeester.

Former NHL star Steve Yzerman is the team’s GM and Mike Babcock will assume be the Head Coach for Team Canada.

We will have to wait and see in February if the Team Canada selection was the winning combination or not.

[photo source: The Canadian Press]