Sidney Crosby

Sidney Crosby (born the August 7th 1987 with Adhesive Harbor in Nova Scotia) is a Canadian player of professional Hockey evolving/moving in the National league of hockey (LNH) as a center.

Career in club

Its beginnings

Sidney Crosby starts to play at age of two years and half, whereas his/her father had arranged a space for this purpose in the basement of the family home. At seven years, it is known local press and gives its first interview. Seven years later, Hockey Night In Canada carries out a report on the Crosby phenomenon, already making him a familiar face on the national sporting level.

He is claimed with the very first row at the time of the meeting of fishing out midget of 2003 of the Ligue of hockey major junior of Quebec (LHJMQ) by the Océanic de Rimouski. At the time of its first season with Océanic, it dominates the league by marking the most points at the time of the regular season, and establishes a new record for a recruit, with 135 points, including 54 goals. Normand Dupont held before this record with 125 points.

The forecasts of the fishing out of entry in the National league of hockey place it in first position. Because of the '' lockout '' 2004-05 of the LNH which involved the cancellation of the season of the LNH, the order of the fishing out is given the July 22nd 2005 by a special lottery. The Penguins de Pittsburgh gain the right to choose in first and select Crosby logically. It signs a contract thus of: 850000 $ with Penguins during 3 years, as well as a 5 year old contract (in 2005) with the company Reebok. It then decides to continue to carry number 87, representing its birth date according to the order of the English system, the 7/8/87 (on August 7th, 1987).

The National league of hockey

It makes its beginnings in the LNH at the time of the first match of Penguins against the Devils of the New Jersey and even if Penguins lose 5 goals with 1, it registers its first point and it marks its first drank on October 7th, 2005 against the Bruins of Boston and them guard Finnish, Hannu Toivonen.

Placed all the season by the owner-captain of the Pens , Mario Lemieux, Crosby with the honor to be able to benefit from the experiment of Lemieux until its new retirement in January 2006. In December 2006, it is indicated assistant captain of the team. This choice of Michel Therrien is then largely criticized by the press, in particular by Don Cherry.

At the time of this first season, it belongs to the list of the players selected to gain the Trophée Calder of best the recruit of the season. It is finally Alexander Ovechkin, finishing the season with 106 points, which gains the trophy drawing aside Dion Phaneuf and Crosby.

Crosby becomes all the same the youngest player of the history of the LNH to exceed the 100 points and, being the player of Penguins with the most mentions of assistances and points at the time of its first season, beats the records of Lemieux of 57 assistances and 100 points in 1985. It thus exceeds the symbolic mark of the 100 points but also that of the 100 minutes of penalty. It is the first time of the history of the LNH which a player makes a success of this performance over his first season. It finishes sixth better pointer and sixth better frontier runner but its team does not manage all the same to qualify for the eliminatory Séries with only 58 points of piled up and a penultimate place with the final classification of the LNH.

At the time of the season 2006-07, Crosby and Penguins see arriving a new player in the LNH, Evgeni Malkin. But this last immediately does not start to play because of a wound. At the time of the return to the play of Malkin, the two players start to play on different lines but very quickly, Michel Therrien, the trainer of Penguins, decides to make them play together.

October 28th, at the time of a victory 8 to 2 over the Flyers of Philadelphia, Crosby successful the first Turn of the hat of its career. and on December 13rd, at the time of a victory from 8 to 4 against these same Flyers, Crosby marks its name on six occasions on the sheet of match (1 goal and 5 master keys).

January 9th, Sidney Crosby is elected on the formation leaving the conference of the east for the 55 {{E}} Match of the Stars of the LNH. Crosby is the player to have received the most votes on behalf of the public, all confused positions.

March 2nd, it marks a goal at the time of a defeat 3 to 2 against the Hurricanes of the Caroline. It is about sound 200e not since its beginnings and he becomes the youngest player of the history of the LNH to register 200 points and only the second player of less than 20 years to carry out this performance (the first being Wayne Gretzky in 1980-81).

The team of Penguins arrives for the first time to the eliminatory Séries since 2002 but they lose with the first turn against the Senators d' Ottawa, finalists of the Coupe Stanley. Crosby finishes all the same the season with the best total of point thus gaining its first large trophy of the LNH, the Trophée Art Ross which to him is given on June 2nd. The day before, it is named Capitaine of the team of the Pens , title left vacant since the departure of Mario Lemieux on January 25th, 2006. Indeed, in September 2006, the trainer Michel Therrien announced that it mainly did not wish to have of captain by respect for Mario Lemieux. Crosby then becomes the youngest captain of the history of Penguins and consequently occasion of the LNH.

It also gains the Trophée Binder better player like that of the Trophée To ballast B. Pearson for the best player according to his pars. For the trophy Binder, Crosby was in competition with the guard, Martin Brodeur and Roberto Luongo. This last was also on the list with Vincent Lecavalier for the Pearson trophy.

July 10th, 2007, it signs a prolongation of its contract for five years and 8,7 million dollars per annum. It is thus been dependant on Penguins until the season 2012-13. ^,

Records

Crosby holds several records as well in the National league of hockey as with Penguins.

Better total of assistances and points for a recruit of Penguins - 63 and 102.
First recruit to exceed the bar of the 100 points and 100 minutes of penalty.
younger player of the history of the LNH with:

to exceed the bar of the 100 points in one season
to reach the bar of the 200 points in its career (19 years and 207 days)
to have two consecutive seasons with more than 100 points
gaining the Trophy Art Ross
to gain the Trophy To ballast B. Pearson
to be appointed captain of a frankness

Trophies and distinctions

This section presents the trophies and distinctions gained by Sidney Crosby.

National league of hockey

Victorious of the trophies Art Ross (better pointer), Binder (better player) and To ballast B. Pearson (better player according to its pars) in 2007.
55 {{E}} Match of the Stars 2007.
Trophy Mark Messier of the Leadership January 2007
Named in the standard team of the recruits in 2006. It also gains the title of recruit of the month of October 2005.
Named on the first team of stars at the time of the season 2006-2007.

League of hockey major junior of Quebec

Trophy Jean Béliveau (better pointer) 2004 and 2005
Cut Telus (offensive player of the year) 2004 and 2005
Trophy Michael Bossy (the most useful player of the season) 2004 and 2005
Trophy Michel Brière (Better player of the season) 2005
Trophy Paul Dumont (personality of the year) 2004 and 2005
Trophy Guy Lafleur (the most useful player in the eliminatory series) 2005
2nd in the poll of the Canadian athlete of the year 2004-05
Trophy Michel Bergeron and Cut RDS (better offensive recruit and better recruit of the season) 2004

Canadian League of hockey

Player of the year 2004 and 2005
Better pointer 2004 and 2005
Canada Post Cup 2004 and 2005
Better hope of the league 2005
Member of the first team of Stars 2005
Trophy ED Chynoweth (better pointer of the Cut Memorial) 2005
Recruit of the year 2004

Statistical in career

International career

It begins its international career in 2003 while being member of the Canadian team of less than eighteen years and on December 28th, 2004, it marks its first goal at the time of a championship of the world junior, at the time of a victory of the Canadian team 7-2 against the Suisse. He becomes the youngest Canadian player of the history to have marked a goal with these championships. He then has sixteen years, four months and twenty-four days and is the only minor player (less than 18 years) to belong to the camp of selection. At the end of the competition, it gains the money medal.

In 2004, it takes part once again in the championship of the world junior and gains his first gold medal in an international competition.

It then takes part with the team of Canada in the Championnat of the world of hockey 2006. Even if the team loses in semi-final against the Sweden, it finishes better pointer of the tournament, is indicated better attacking and is belonged to the standard team of the tournament.

Crosby does not take share with the tournament 2007 because of a bone broken in the foot

Statistics

See too

External bonds

Official site of Sidney Crosby

References

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