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10/08/2005: first career goal

1,000 NHL GAMES | February 20, 2021

It was a weeknight game at the Cole Harbour community hockey rink just outside of Dartmouth, N.S., back in 1995. I was there to watch Sidney Crosby.

I interviewed the future star in the changing room. He was so little and was as cute as a bug. His feet didn’t touch the ground and he swung his legs back and forth during the interview.

I asked him if he hoped to make it to the NHL. He was polite and soft-spoken and thoughtful with his answers. There was no seven-year-old bravado or delusion of greatness.

“They say you have to do your best and work hard and things will happen. You can make it if you try,” he said.

and now he’s played 1000 games in the NHL…

Happy 30th Birthday, Sid!