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Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins to play exhibition game in Halifax Oct. 2

It's been 17 seasons since Cole Harbour, N.S.'s Sidney Crosby last played a hockey game in Halifax. In October he'll been skating on the ice surface once again in a pre-season game against Ottawa.

In 2018, Crosby was named Nova Scotia's greatest athlete of all time

Sidney is seen mid pas while sticking his tongue out the side of his mouth. He's got the puck.
Penguins centre Sidney Crosby, shown in a file photo against the Sharks on Jan. 15, is scheduled to play a pre-season game in Halifax. (Jeff Chiu/The Associated Press)

It's been 17seasons since Cole Harbour's Sidney Crosby last played a hockey game in Halifax Sept. 20,2006, whenthe Pittsburgh Penguins lost to the Ottawa Senators.

Now, nearly two decades laterand no longer Sid the Kid, Crosby will be skating on the same ice surface when his Penguins play the Senators in an NHL pre-season game Oct. 2 at the Scotiabank Centre.

The Penguins announced the game on Friday.

Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby lifts the Stanley Cup.
Crosby has lifted the Stanley Cup three times in his illustrious hockey career. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press)

In 2018, Crosby was named Nova Scotia's greatest athlete of all time, and for good reason.

He has captained Pittsburgh to three Stanley Cup wins, scored the golden goal to give Canada an overtime win at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and followed thatby captaining Canada to another Olympic win in Sochi in 2014 when he scored again in the gold medal game.

Sidney Crosby is shown after scoring the gold medal winning goal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Crosby scored the golden goal to give Canada the win at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)

Tickets for the pre-season game go on sale July 18 at 11 a.m. and are expected to be snapped up quickly.

Crosby, who turns 36 in August, may not be the only Nova Scotia star playing in the game. Drake Batherson of New Minas plays for Ottawa.

The Senators will be playing a pre-season game in Sydney, N.S., against Florida the night before the Halifax game, which is being billed as the Nova Scotia Showdown.

Corrections

  • A previous version of this story said that Sidney Crosby's last game in Halifax was in 2005.
    Jun 23, 2023 9:45 PM AT

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