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Sidney Crosby Net Worth and Biography

Sidney Crosby is a professional Canadian ice hockey player, playing for the Penguins with an estimated net worth of $75 Million.

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September 2, 2022

Olawale Egbeyemi

Sidney Crosby is a professional Canadian ice hockey player, with an estimated net worth of $75 Million. He is the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Crosby is widely regarded as one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time.

Bio Data

Full Name	Sidney Patrick Crosby
Date of Birth	August 7, 1987
Gender	Male
Marital Status	Single
Career	Hockey Player
Net worth	$75 Million
Nationality	Canadian

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Biography

Sidney Crosby was born in Nova Scotia on August 7, 1987, to Troy and Trina Crosby. His father Troy was a goaltender who played for the Verdun Junior Canadiens in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Crosby began playing hockey by himself in his basement at the age of two and learned how to skate at age three. He attended Astral Drive Junior High School and transferred to Shattuck-Saint Mary’s at age of 15 to play with the school’s hockey program.

Crosby entered the midget level with the triple-A Dartmouth Subways and led the team to a second-place finish at the 2002 Air Canada Cup. He was named the MVP and Top Scorer awards of the tournament after finishing the tournament with 24 points (11 goals and 13 assists) in 7 games.

Crosby was selected first overall in the 2003 Midget Draft by the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). During his two-year major junior career with the team, he earned many awards and led his club to the 2005 Memorial Cup final. While playing for the Rimouski Océanic of the QMJHL, Crosby went to Harrison Trimble High School, where he graduated in 2005.

Career

Sidney Crosby was selected first overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He debuted in the NHL during the 2005–06 season, recording 102 points and finishing as runner-up for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL Rookie of the Year.

He started the 2007–08 season with the team’s captaincy and subsequently led them to the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals, where they were defeated by the Detroit Red Wings in six games. The Penguins returned to the Finals against Detroit the following year and won in seven games.

Crosby became the youngest captain in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup. He led the team again to the Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and 2017, becoming the third player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy (playoff MVP) in consecutive years.

Internationally, Crosby has represented Canada on numerous occasions. He won gold at the 2005 World Junior Championships and two consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2010 and 2014. Crosby led the country to gold in the World Championship in 2015 and the World Cup of Hockey in 2016.

Honors and accolades

At 18 years and 253 days, Crosby became the youngest player to date to reach 100 points in an NHL season. By his second season, he led the NHL with 120 points to capture the Art Ross Trophy, becoming the youngest player and the only teenager to win a scoring title in any major North American sports league.

That same season, Crosby won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league’s most valuable player (MVP) and the Lester B. Pearson Award for the most outstanding player as judged by his peers. He received the Mark Messier Leadership Award and scored 51 goals, winning the Maurice Richard Trophy as the NHL’s leading goal scorer in 2009–10.

In 2014 Crosby won the Hart Memorial Trophy as well as his second Art Ross Trophy (104 points) and his third Ted Lindsay Award. In 2016, he won two Emmy Awards for his role in There’s No Place Like Home With Sidney Crosby. He won his second Richard Trophy and was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history in 2017.