ational Hockey League NHL star player Sidney Crosby grew up much as many kids do Born on August 7 1987 in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Crosby was raised in a middle class family His parents worked hard to make ends meet He hung out with his friends playing games in the streets of his neighborhood Crosby had a weekly paper route The walls of his bedroom were Reebok Number 87 Sidney Crosby takes his stick to the puck on the Penguins home ice in
Introduction L r covered with posters of his sports heroes And like millions of Canadian children and adults he loved the game of hockey In a few important ways however Crosby was different from other kids his age For instance he had fantastic motor skills that gave him an edge as an athlete He started skating when he was three years old By the time he was seven he was playing hockey with kids who were twice his age and giving his first newspaper interview about his success on the rink One of those posters on his bedroom wall was of Mario Lemieux a hockey superstar with whom Crosby would later live and work Crosby is nicknamed the Kid because he has achieved so much in the sport of hockey at such a young age His fame and success have made it possible for him to do charity work that helps children in the United States and his native Canada with practice a great work ethic and a true concern for other people the Kid has grown up and become a living sports
APTER The Kid as a kid ome people might argue that Sidney Crosby was born to play hockey Both of his parents had strong connections to the sport His mother Trina had two older brothers who played One of them was good enough to get a tryout for a minor league team in the Canadian Hockey League CHL Troy Crosby Sidney s father played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League often called simply the Q by Canadians for two seasons The Q is a respected amateur league for hockey players aged sixteen to twenty Although Troy was also selected as a goaltender by the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League NHL he never actually played for the
The Kid as a kid TERA 87 Hockey is a family affair with the Crosbys Here Sidney far left poses with from left to a right sister Taylor is mother Trina and father Troy in 2010 After he finished playing in the Q Troy Crosby took a job as a facilities manager in charge of the security and upkeep of a law firm's office building The job helped the family buy equipment and tournament entry fees for Sidney who loved playing hockey from an early age Denting the Dryer In the Sidney Crosby collection at the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame there is a picture of toddler Sidney drinking from a baby bottle while holding a hockey stick It seems that Sidney was drawn to the game even before he first laced up a pair of skates Also in that collection is a clothes dryer that is almost as famous as Sidney himself When Sidney was a boy Troy Crosby painted part of the family's basement floor to look like part of an ice hockey rink and set up
