Sidney Crosby

<h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> Friends and Teammates </h2>
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<h2 class="pi-item pi-item-spacing pi-title" data-source="title1">Sidney Crosby</h2>

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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Nickname(s)</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">Sid, Sid the kid, Creature, Darryl</div>
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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Born</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">August 7, 1987 <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Halifax, Nova Scotia</p></div>
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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Height</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">5 ft 11 in (180 cm)</div>
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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Weight</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)</div>
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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Position</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">Center</div>
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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Shoots</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">Left</div>
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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Former teams</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">N/A</div>
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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">National Team</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">Team Canada</div>
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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Draft year</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">1st overall, 2005<p data-rte-fromparser="true">Pittsburgh Penguins</p></div>
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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Playing career</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">2005 - present (Crosby has technically missed two full seasons to injuries<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup>)</div>
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<h3 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1"> Notable Relationships </h3>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-filler="true"></p><h4 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sid%20and%20Geno%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sid%20and%20Geno%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSid%20and%20Geno%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb" href="/wiki/Sid_and_Geno" title="Sid and Geno">Sid and Geno</a> </h4>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true">Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are much closer than people generally realise. After their second Cup win, Malkin posted a picture to Instagram where Crosby and Malkin were posing with the Stanley Cup between them. Malkin's caption said: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Best%20friends.%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.instagram.com%5C%2Fp%5C%2FBGp7NuLKju_%5C%2F%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttps%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.instagram.com%5C%2Fp%5C%2FBGp7NuLKju_%5C%2F%20Best%20friends.%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BGp7NuLKju_/">Best friends.</a>
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<h5 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Quotes%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sid%20and%20Geno%20-%20Quotes%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSid%20and%20Geno%20-%20Quotes%7CQuotes%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb" href="/wiki/Sid_and_Geno_-_Quotes" title="Sid and Geno - Quotes">Quotes</a> </h5>
<ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Quotes about Sid and Geno, plus Geno talking about Sid and Sid talking about Geno.
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<h4 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> Sid and Army </h4>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true">Colby Armstrong (nicknamed Army) was one of Crosby's closest friends on the team when he was traded from the Penguins to the Atlanta Thrashers in 2008. The two became roommates midway through Crosby's first season in the NHL (2005-2006), an arrangement that lasted up until Armstrong's departure. They used to pass the time on the road by making trick shots of empty water bottles into hotel-room garbage cans. According to Crosby, Armstrong was a good roommate, though he was one of the worst snorers he's ever heard. Soon after Armstrong had been traded, he returned to Pittsburgh ahead of his new team and found Crosby waiting for him at the airport instead of his now-wife, Melissa. They spent the evening hanging out, and then Crosby drove Armstrong to the rink in the morning.<span data-rte-instance="1408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3Ehttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.espn.com%5C%2Fnhl%5C%2Fstory%5C%2F_%5C%2Fid%5C%2F18636647%5C%2Fnhl-pittsburgh-penguins-center-sidney-crosby-nears-1000-point-milestone-special-memories-teammates-resonate-more-stats%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-1 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%221408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ5d5bf8623146a03a-nowiki-00000005-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E2%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%221408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ5d5bf8623146a03a-nowiki-00000006-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-1%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-1%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%227%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E2%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%228%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb" href="#cite_note-1"><span data-rte-instance="1408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[&#x200b;</span>2<span data-rte-instance="1408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]&#x200b;</span></a></sup>&#x200b;</span>
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<h4 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> Sid and Talbo </h4>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true">Max Talbot (nicknamed Talbo) first met Crosby when Talbot was 16 and Crosby was 13, at a summer camp put on by their shared agent, Pat Brisson. Even then, Crosby was impossibly talented and equally composed, but used to the attention and the expectations, according to Talbot. Sometimes Talbot visited Crosby during the offseason in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, where they at one point filmed a couple of commercials for Rebook.<span data-rte-instance="1408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3Ehttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.espn.com%5C%2Fnhl%5C%2Fstory%5C%2F_%5C%2Fid%5C%2F18636647%5C%2Fnhl-pittsburgh-penguins-center-sidney-crosby-nears-1000-point-milestone-special-memories-teammates-resonate-more-stats%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-2 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%221408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ5d5bf8623146a03a-nowiki-00000008-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E3%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%221408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ5d5bf8623146a03a-nowiki-00000009-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-2%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-2%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2213%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E3%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2214%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb" href="#cite_note-2"><span data-rte-instance="1408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[&#x200b;</span>3<span data-rte-instance="1408870-8894788355df1eb68074fb" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]&#x200b;</span></a></sup>&#x200b;</span>
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