Sidney Crosby

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It all started with Sidney Crosbys father Troy whoSo at 16 he was picked up by hockey team Rimouski
gave him a little hockey stick at the age of 2! With thisOceanic, where he had a remarkable season opener,
stick Sidney played around and "practiced" daily in thegetting 8 points on the first game! He continued to
basement of their house. Allthough he was just 2dominate the league and won the MVP (most valuble
years old he already started loving playing with the littleplayer) Trophy easily. At 17 he played one more year
stick and a tennis ball.for the same team, and to no ones suprise he was
I personally think this gave him a big advantage toeven better this season getting 168 points compared
many other three year-olds when he finally startedto 135 in his first year.
playing for a little hockey club in Halifax, Nova Scotia,After this success in QMJHL, Sidney Crosby was an
as he had already learned the basics of stick-handling.obvious number one choice for the NHL draft in the
Which lead to him to outplaying five-six years-old kidssummer of 2005.
while himself being just three.Pittsburgh Penguins won the draft-lottery, which meant
Sidney would everyday on the winter season gothat was the team Sidney Crosby would play for. And
down to the local hockey-rink and just play even if itas you probably know Sidney Crosby had a
wasn't for a team, he just couldn't be away fromphenomenal first season getting 104 points! And his
hockey! And this was when he was just around fivesecond year looks like to be another great year for
years-old!him, in just 19 games so far he has 30 points!
When joining teams he really outshine everyone heLooking back on how he got from being just a kid to
faced, which encouraged both him and parents to justwhere he is today, I think the biggest factor of him
get more involved in the game of hockey. This leadbeing so successful was his love for the game at such
him to play with 17 year-olds while himself just being 14an early age. This really got him a head start to other
(!).kids to improve and just get confidence and enjoy the
At just the age of 15, Sidney Crosby tried to enter thegame even at that early age.
QMJHL, but was denied because of his young age. He