litterboxcats.com - 1/4/2009
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Poor Brett McLean. The offensively-struggling Panthers' forward was simply lining up for a standard faceoff when opposing center and league emperor Sidney Crosby jumped him in a viscious attack at the puck drop in what was already a lost cause for the home team on the ...
sports.yahoo.com - 1/4/2009
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Frustration, thy name is the Pittsburgh Penguins .
Unless you consider a Sidney Crosby fight off the...
faceoff and his 21 minutes in penalties to be harbingers of sunshine for the Pens in their 6-1 humiliation to the visiting Florida Panthers today: ...
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Fight Video: Sidney Crosby really earns his instigator ...
sports.yahoo.com - 1/5/2009
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After his "fight" with Brett McLean of the
Florida Panthers yesterday, Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby claimed...
that he and McLean had agreed to drop gloves following the faceoff: "We were talking early in the first period ... I ...
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Florida's McLean claims Sidney Crosby is lying about ...
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The Sidney Crosby and Brett McLean 'fight' blown out of proportion
PensBurgh —
... actually jump McLean. Maybe Sid, for the first time in his career, goon'd out and let his frustrations dictate his actions. No one's perfect.
All those people who prior to this incident that were frustrated with Crosby's role as the face of the NHL will embrace it, for now at least, in efforts to use it against him. That's why you'll read comments on how much he's "embarassing" himself on James Mirtle's From the Rink or how "poor" McLean was a victim on LitterBox Cats.
"Everybody can kind of understand what he's doing for ...
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Lighthouse Hockey —
... all context.)
Related but with a different spin: B.D. Gallof asks why the team AHL conditions UFA Sillinger, and scoring-challenged Tambellini, but not Franchise 'till 2021 DiPietro?
Next up: The Oilers' special teams stink. Weren't they supposed to be great this year? I swear THN had a cover story hyping them, and THN is bible...
Because he's Sidney Crosby, the fight/jumping/I-thought-you-said-yes thing with Brett McLain has People. Reacting. Everywhere. Meh, he got his PIMs.
NYI Fan Central ...
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Sidney Crosby let his superstar hormones get the best of him tonight. Instead of worrying about putting the puck in the net to try and lead his team out of their slump like a good captain should, he threw a temper tantrum and jumped Brett Mclean . ...
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