Sydney Crosby is 2nd favorite in the betting for top points scorer for the 2008/09 NHL season, he now captains the Pittsburgh Penguins who are odds of 15/2 with Bet365 to win the Stanley Cup. Sidney Crosby was the 1st pick of the 2005 draft and is often referred to as the next One, the successor to
Wayne Gretzky. His 1st season in the NHL saw him finish sixth in the overall points scoring with 102 points (39 goals and 63 assists), he bettered this in his second season scoring 120 points to win the Art Ross Trophy NHL top points scorer, this also gave him the honor of being the youngest ever player to win a scoring title in any North American sports league.
Crosby plays international hockey for Canada and became the youngest player ever to score in the World Junior Championships in 2003 at the age of 16 years, 4 months and 21 days. In 2006 whilst representing the Canada men’s team he became the youngest player ever to win a World Championship scoring title, in that championships he scored 8 goals and racked up 8 assists in 9 games.
Crosby was born in Nova Scotia, Eastern Canada in 1987, he was born into a hockey family his dad making the 1984 draft for the Montréal Canadians. His number (87) and pay $8.7 million come from his date of birth, 08/07/1987.
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