Sidney Crosby
Sidney Crosby
Sidney Patrick Crosby, ONSis a Canadian professional ice hockey player who serves as captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. Crosby was drafted first overall by the Penguins out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. During his two-year major junior career with the Rimouski Océanic, he earned back-to-back CHL Player of the Year awards and led his club to the 2005 Memorial Cup final. Nicknamed "The Next One", he was one of the most highly regarded...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth7 August 1987
CityCole Harbour, Canada
CountryCanada
I don't think one moment sticks out more than any other. It was just great to play with him. We had a great game on the Island (against the New York Islanders) and scored a couple of goals. It was really fun. And the game against Atlanta where he scored five points -- that was memorable, too. I'll never forget that.
Points don't always tell the story, but it went well definitely, ... I'm being challenged to think faster and be more creative, especially with guys like this.
It was a tough break for us, but I don't know if we deserved to win that one anyway. Jocelyn kept us in it. It's good to get one point out of it but at the same time I don't think we deserved to win.
I want to have a good season, but I don't think I'll look back on whether it's one point a game or whatever.
We didn't play very well. It was good to get one point out of that one but I don't think we deserved that one.
Just seeing him score five points in one game this season ... those were memories I will take.
Some guy was just yelling at me. It wasn't the first time. I'm not going out there to start something with a fan by any means, not at all. But it gets to the point where some of the things they say cross the line. Trust me, I don't usually talk to fans.
I'm not worried about coming in here and putting the pressure on myself to get four points every night and carry the team because I'm not going to do that,
But, to me, if I had 97 points or 93 after tonight, it's not a big difference. It would be nice to get that, but we'll see what happens. I don't think my mindset will change after tonight.
We've been there a lot this year. We've fallen behind and climbed our way back, but it seems like one mistake we make and sometimes it costs us.
When a goalie is off for that long, you expect he might be a little rusty. Early on, he was giving out a few more rebounds than normal. If we had jumped on a few on those, it might have been different. As the game wore on, he seemed to get more comfortable and he was pretty solid back there.
I've never looked at it as a burden and I don't think I ever will. It's exciting. It means that people are interested in hockey and that's important. That's the best part about it.
It would be nice to win it, but it's not on my mind a lot.
It would have been nice to get the third win in a row, but it's nice to at least get the point.