#sid:articles

"According to Martin Leclerc at Le Journal de Montreal, Crosby attended a private party booked for the All-Star game at a Dallas nightclub called Ghost Bar at the top of the Hotel W. At this point, the NHL and the MSM have pounded in our heads that Crosby is only 19. A “good Samaritan” let the management know that they had an underage patron on their hands. Just after 12:30 am, Crosby was escorted outside." - On Frozen Blog, 1/26/07

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Translation of the Journal de Montreal news article via The Sidney Crosby Show, 1/26/07:

"Sometimes youth and notoriety has it's downside.

Sidney Crosby learned all about this Wednesday evening while attending a private party with all of the NHL's elite.

According to Martin Leclerc of Le Journal de Montreal, Crosby tagged along with the NHL All-Stars entourage to "The Ghost", a Dallas nightclub atop the chic W hotel.

While the NHL's leading scorer was enjoying the evening in the company of other players, some "good samaritan" pointed out to the establishments owners that Crosby was only 19.

The legal drinking age in the state of Texas is 21.

Shortly after 12:30 a.m., Crosby was asked to leave the club, even though it had been booked for the purpose of a post ASG celebration, and he is seen as the biggest star amongst the gathering.

Seemingly in Texas, the law is the law.

2008 NHL commercial, "The Cup"

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With Troubles Behind It, N.H.L. Tries to Build Momentum by Tim Arango, Sept. 30, 2008 (excerpted)

Several weeks ago the National Hockey League was preparing for the new season - not on the ice, but in a theater at Lincoln Center in Manhattan.

In a back room - a makeshift locker room, actually - Sidney Crosby, the young star of the Pittsburgh Penguins who has been called the Next One by a hockey world eager for a successor to Wayne Gretzky in the pantheon of league greats, was suiting up.

......“We talk a lot in the marketing department that we have to be the voice of the fan,” he said. “It’s an internal creed.”

Part of that, he said, is “using our stars in a heroic way.”

In walked the star.

Mr. Crosby, dressed in full uniform, pads and all, was positioned on a platform, in front of a green screen. Instructions were piped into an earpiece hidden under his helmet.

In the commercial, Mr. Crosby will appear to be speaking in the middle of a scene from last year’s Stanley Cup finals, which Mr. Crosby’s team lost in six games to the Detroit Red Wings.

In a series of takes, Mr. Crosby recited the same script: “This is a tough one. Getting this close and not winning the Cup. But, I know it will make our team stronger. I never want to be in this photograph again.”