Crosby and the Penguins won the franchise’s fourth Stanley Cup last month, beating San Jose in six games.
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“Who wouldn’t want to come back to this?”
The proud captain paraded the Stanley Cup through his hometown for the second time in his career on Saturday, hoisting the Cup in the back of a pickup truck as it maneuvered through the 1.1-mile celebration that featured thousands of screaming fans.
Sidney Crosby showed off the Stanley Cup to his hometown fans.
“I went to bed at five”, Crosby said with a chuckle Saturday following the much-anticipated parade and on-stage question-and-answer session in front of a crowd decked out in Pittsburgh’s black, gold and white and Team Canada’s red and white. But this time around, Crosby brought home a little something extra the Conn Smythe Trophy for the MVP of the playoffs. It marked his assigned day to spend with the Stanley Cup.
Hockey fans in Cole Harbour, N.S., were in for a surprise visit Friday.
But then, of course, he’s Sidney Crosby.
MacFarlane said their store, which is attached to a Wendy’s, was hoping they might spot the hockey star but had “no idea” he would be dropping in.
Each player of the Cup-winning team gets brief custody of it.
“It’s important to come back here because this is a place that had such a great influence for me growing up, and for so many people”, Crosby said.
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