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Sidney Crosby

Hockey player · born 1987

Scored the goal that ended the Vancouver Olympics and has spent twenty years as the best two-way player alive.

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Life story

1. August 7, 1987 · Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
   Born at Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia; practised shooting at the basement dryer
2. July 30, 2005 · Pittsburgh
   Taken first overall by Pittsburgh at seventeen
3. June 12, 2009 · Pittsburgh
   Won his first Stanley Cup as the youngest captain in NHL history to do so
4. February 28, 2010 · Vancouver
   Scored the golden goal in overtime to close the Vancouver Olympics
5. February 23, 2014 · Sochi Olympics
   Captained Canada to a second straight Olympic gold at Sochi

Sources

• Wikipedia article: Sidney Crosby
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia