Editing (section) Sidney Crosby 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1"> Winter Olympics </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"> 2010 Vancouver </h4> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-filler="true"></p><h5 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> Sidney Crosby, the Pied Piper of Canada </h5> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">During the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222010%20Olympics%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222010%20Vancouver%20Olympics%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2010%20Vancouver%20Olympics%7C2010%20Olympics%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672" href="/wiki/2010_Vancouver_Olympics" title="2010 Vancouver Olympics">2010 Olympics</a> in Vancouver, the Canadian team could choose between living in hotels or the "college dorm-like Olympic Village". Ken Hitchcock, then an assistant coach to Mike Babcock, credits Crosby with bringing the team to the dorms, stating that Crosby's decision to move permanently into the Village convinced all of his teammates to do the same. According to Hitchcock: </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">"It was 8 o'clock in the morning and we (the coaches) are going for breakfast and he's coming back with the whole crew. It's just like the Pied Piper, everybody is following him back into the Village...He was coming back with suitcases and there were about 10 guys following him." </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Hitchcock said that not only did the coaches appreciate it, but the move made a huge difference and made the team really come together. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">"Everybody was having fun together. You talk about building chemistry, the chemistry became instant. Everybody started hanging out on the (Village dormitory's) 12th floor and having fun together." </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Canada, the team that would go on to win 1st place, was at the elimination brink at that point; they had to win their next game in order to advance in the tournament.<span data-rte-instance="1408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3Ehttps%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.nhl.com%5C%2Fnews%5C%2Fas-leader-hitchcock-sees-sid-in-class-of-his-own%5C%2Fc-602882%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-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%221408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672%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%60UNIQ762fe4a56faad299-nowiki-00000001-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%221408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672%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%60UNIQ762fe4a56faad299-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%226%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%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%227%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="1408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="1408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672" 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">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="1408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672" 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">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p> <h4 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> 2014 Sochi </h4> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-filler="true"></p><h5 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> Ping-pong hustlers Sidney Crosby and Shea Weber </h5> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">During the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222014%20Olympics%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222014%20Sochi%20Olympics%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2014%20Sochi%20Olympics%7C2014%20Olympics%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672" href="/wiki/2014_Sochi_Olympics" title="2014 Sochi Olympics">2014 Olympics</a> in Sochi, Russia, Crosby and Shea Weber reportedly hustled the Canadian curling team at the ping-pong table. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">When they approached a group of guys playing, they were asked if they wanted to join. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">One of the curlers asked if they were any good, to which Crosby replied, "No, not really." Crosby and Weber would go on to "throttle the competition" before introducing themselves to the group. They handily won five games in a row, with curler Ryan Harnden saying Crosby and Weber were a lot better than they let on, and Ryan Fry adding that, "Sid's backhand is as good in ping-pong as it is in hockey and Weber’s serve is like his slapshot. It’s hard."<span data-rte-instance="1408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3Ehttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fpdsochi.wpengine.com%5C%2Fnews%5C%2Fmeet-sidney-crosby-and-shea-weber-ping-pong-hustlers%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%221408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672%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%60UNIQ762fe4a56faad299-nowiki-00000004-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E2%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%221408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672%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%60UNIQ762fe4a56faad299-nowiki-00000005-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%2212%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%2213%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="1408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672" href="#cite_note-1"><span data-rte-instance="1408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672" 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">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="1408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672" 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">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Crosby, of course, is well known for his competitive nature, and it's suspected that he also hustled his teammates during a game of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22beer%20pong%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fpenguins-primer.wikia.com%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FUser_blog%3AHazel3017%5C%2FHalloween_Party_2016%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fpenguins-primer.wikia.com%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FUser_blog%3AHazel3017%5C%2FHalloween_Party_2016%20beer%20pong%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672" class="text" href="https://penguins-primer.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Hazel3017/Halloween_Party_2016">beer pong</a> at the Penguins <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222016%20Halloween%20party%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Penguins%20Halloween%20Party%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPenguins%20Halloween%20Party%7C2016%20Halloween%20party%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1408870-1143609665df1eb9a66672" href="/wiki/Penguins_Halloween_Party" title="Penguins Halloween Party">2016 Halloween party</a>. </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key penguinsprimer:rte-parser-cache:95 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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