Sidney Crosby
| Sidney Crosby ONS |
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Crosby pictured during the 2012–13 NHL season
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| Born |
August 7, 1987 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team | Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 1st overall, 2005 Pittsburgh Penguins |
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| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
 Crosby after winning the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada |
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| Representing Canada
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| Winter Olympics | ||
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2014 Sochi | |
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2010 Vancouver | |
| World Championships | ||
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2015 Czech Republic | |
| Canada Cup / World Cup | ||
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2016 Toronto | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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2005 United States | |
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2004 Finland | |
Sidney Patrick Crosby, ONS (born August 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who serves as captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). In 2017, Crosby was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.
Crosby was drafted first overall by the Penguins out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). 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 draft picks in hockey history, leading many to refer to the 2005 Draft Lottery as the "Sidney Crosby Sweepstakes". In his first NHL season, Crosby finished sixth in league scoring with 102 points (39 goals, 63 assists) and was a runner-up for the Calder Memorial Trophy (won by Alexander Ovechkin). By his second season, he led the NHL with 120 points (36 goals, 84 assists) to capture the Art Ross Trophy, becoming the youngest player and the only teenager to win a scoring title in any major North American sports league. That same season, Crosby won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the Professional Hockey Writers' Association's choice for most valuable player (MVP) and the Lester B. Pearson Award as the NHL Players Association's choice for most outstanding player, becoming the seventh player in NHL history to earn all three awards in one year.
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