Published 8/12/2008
by Alan Bass
at Bleacher Report - NHL
In this 10 part series, I will be dissecting ten different careers thus far. The series is fully called “Players Ages 28 and Younger who will end up in the Hall of Fame.” Feel free to argue a selection or the rankings at the end of the series.
“He’s dynamite. He’s the best player I’ve seen since Mario. He’s that good.” –Wayne Gretzky
Sidney Crosby was a straight “A” student in high school, and was an unbelievably nice kid, according to both his parents and his vice-principal. He was then transferred to Shattuck-St Mary’s, a well-known hockey school in Minnesota.
He scored 162 points in 57 games, and immediately made himself eligible for the QMJHL draft. He was taken first overall by the Rimouski Oceanic, and dominated that league, scoring 303 points in just 121 games.
Here is a link of a young Sidney Crosby, about age 14.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neO44K7Awg0
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