Sidney Crosby

Sidney Crosby was born August 7th, 1987, in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia to Troy Crosby and Trina Forbes-Crosby. His only sibling is a younger sister, Taylor. Hockey runs in the Crosby family, as Sidney's father was a goaltender for the Verdun Junior Canadiens in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He played in the 1985 Memorial Cup and was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens but never played an NHL game.

Crosby spent his early high school years at Astral Drive Junior High School before transferring to Shattuck-Saint Mary's in Faribault, Minnesota. Crosby then graduated from Harrison Trimble High School, in Moncton, New Brunswick in 2005.

Sidney Crosby has always worn the number 87 due to his brithdate, August 7, 1987.

Like many professional athletes, rumours abound about who Sidney Crosby's girlfriend might be, or if he's dating. But so far, no facts are known.

Crosby began skating at age three, working his way up through the junior leagues in Canada as a child. In 2003 he was drafted into the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League by the Rimouski Oceanic. He immediately made his mark, earning player of the year, rookie of the year and the award for the scoring leader in the league. Crosby continued with Rimouski Oceanic for the 2004-05 season, leading them to a 28 game consecutive winning streak. The team reached the league championships, but were defeated in the finals.

Sidney Crosby was the grand prize of the 2005 NHL Draft. On July 30, 2005, he was selected first overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL draft. His rookie season with the Penguins was one for the record books, as Crosby scored a Penguins rookie record 102 points, was selected for the NHL All-Rookie Team and finished second in the Rookie of the Year award voting just behind Alexander Ovechkin.

Crosby set numerous NHL records during his second season in the league. He was the youngest player ever selected for the NHL All-Star Game and the youngest player ever to win the Art Ross Trophy for being the league's leading scorer, and the Hart Memorial Trophy for being NHL MVP.

After being eliminated from the NHL Playoffs in May of 2007, and with the retirement of NHL legend Mario Lemieux the year before, Crosby was named captain of the Penguins. At just 19 years old he became the youngest full time captain of an NHL team in the history of the league. Ray Shero, GM of the Penguins said "Sidney has done so much for this franchise in his first two seasons, made so much history, that you have to keep reminding yourself that he is only 19 years old. It is obvious to all of us — coaches, players, management, staff — that he has grown into the acknowledged leader of the Pittsburgh Penguins. It is only appropriate that he wears the 'C' as team captain.”http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2007/05/31/crosby-penguins-captain.html

Crosby led the Penguins all the way to the Stanley Cup finals in 2007-08. An injury plagued regular season limited him to just 53 games and 72 points, although his better than a point-per-game pace left no doubt that he was still as dominant as he'd been the year before, when he set his career high with 120 regular season points. Crosby continued to pace the Penguins, leading the team with 27 points in 20 games.

Determined not to let the success of the 2008 playoffs be a one-off, the Penguins got the 2008-09 season off to a strong start. Crosby again dominated the score sheet, finishing the year with 103 points in 77 games. But the playoff were what the 08-09 season were all about, and Crosby didn't disappoint. His 31 points in 24 games brought the Pittsburgh Penguins their third Stanley Cup in a rematch against the Detroit Red Wings from the year before. When he hoisted the cup after the game 7 victory, Sidney Crosby was the youngest ever player to captains a team to the Stanley Cup.

With hope of repeating as champions in the 2009-10 season, Sidney Crosby attempted to correct his teams scoring deficiencies all by himself. He reinvented himself as a scoring, putting a career high 51 goals in during the regular season. He would then add 19 points in 13 games, but was unable to overcome a surprising Montreal Canadians teams in the second round.

Sidney Crosby was named to Team Canada, as an alternate captain, for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. It was the first time he was named to the Canadian Olympic team, after being left on the team in Turin 2006http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter06/hockey/columns/story?id=2341221. Team Canada won gold at the 2010 Olympics, with Crosby scoring the game winner in overtime, to defeat Team USA in the gold medal game.

Crosby was selected to the team along with fellow Penguins' teammate Marc-Andre Fluery. He'll be opposing three NHL teammates in the Olympic tournament: Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar of Team Russia, and Brooks Orpik of the United States. He previously represented his country in the World Junior Championships in both 2004 and 2005, and in the World Hockey Championships in 2006.

After scoring the game-winning goal at the Vancouver 2010 Gold Medal game, Sidney Crosby threw his gloves and stick in the air as he was mobbed by his teammates. A couple of days later, Hockey Canada asked Crosby for his equipment, which they hoped could be added to the Hockey Hall of Fame. It was then discovered that Crosby's equipment was missing. When first asked about it, Crosby was quoted as saying "I don't know where it got lost or how but in the heat of the moment you are not too worried about that". However, a search was quickly launched, and Reebok (Crosby's sponsor) offered a $10,000 reward for the missing equipment.

Oddly, it's not the first time Crosby has had to deal with missing equipment. After winning gold with Team Canada at the 2005 IIHF World Junior Championship, Crosby discovered that he was missing his jersey upon returning home to Coal Harbour, Nova Scotia. After an extensive investigation, his jersey was found dropped in a mailbox. An Air Canada baggage handler later admitted to stealing the jersey while loading the team's bagshttp://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2638369.

The first item to be recovered was a glove. Crosby, in his excitement, had inadvertently tossed the glove over the boards, where it was recovered by a fan. The fan turned the glove over to Hockey Canada upon returning homehttp://www.thestar.com/unassigned/article/774734--sidney-crosby-gets-one-glove-back?bn=1.

Crosby's second glove was discovered almost two weeks later. It had been accidentally placed in Team Canada teammate Patrice Bergeron's equipment bag. The two had been sitting side by side in the dressing room, but when Bergeron's bag was delayed in arriving back in Boston, he never got the chance to look through it. Crosby's stick also turned up around the same time. It was found headed for the International Ice Hockey Federation for a display in St. Petersburg, Russia, but was intercepted by officials in Torontohttp://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/article/778168--relax-canada-crosby-gear-found.

• 2007 - Lester B. Pearson Award
• 2007 - Art Ross Trophy
• 2007 - Hart Memorial Trophy