PITTSBURGH PENGUINS CAPTAIN Sidney Crosby practiced Wednesday, two days after being diagnosed with a concussion, but will miss the reigning NHL champions’ season-opener tomorrow night.
Coach Mike Sullivan confirmed Crosby won’t play when the Penguins host the Washington Capitals where the Pens will raise their Stanley Cup banner in a pre-game ceremony.
Crosby skated on his own for a second successive day before joining team-mates for his first practice since sustaining a concussion in training on Friday.
Sullivan was cautiously optimistic about Crosby’s appearance on the ice:
“We’ll take it step by step and we’re following the guidance of our medical team and we’ll go from there but he’s certainly making progress and that’s encouraging from our standpoint,” Sullivan said.
Crosby, 29, was diagnosed with the third documented concussion of his 12-year NHL career on Monday and was back on the ice in a non-contact session with injured team-mate Bryan Rust yesterday.
The Canadian superstar of the sport has a history with concussions after a collision in the 2011 Winter Classic outdoor game set off a long recovery that shortened two seasons for him.
Crosby won the Stanley Cup for the second time in June and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Last month, he was awarded MVP of the World Cup of Hockey 2016 after leading all scorers with 10 points (three goals, seven assists) to help Team Canada win the global tournament.
“I’m always happy when I’m on the ice,” Crosby told reporters after today’s workout.
“I’m always happy. I’ve been through this before I don’t get too caught up in every little step.
“It’s a game you want to be a part of, but at the same time, I’ve spent more than enough time being in this situation. You understand you have to be patient. You have to make sure you listen to your body. If you’re ready, you’re ready. If not, you don’t take any chances and give yourself a lot better chance of not having it happen again.”
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What about her run in with Martin Johnson in the 2003 Six Nations? Caused quite a bit if controversy and an apology from the RFU.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/2904249.stm
You’re the one dubbing her “Ireland’s newest saint” Pete. The rest of us are simply acknowledging that she did the job with grace, humility and respect. Simple as that.
She certainly helped me over the hurdle of watching england play in croke park. She dragged me kicking and screaming thru quite a few things actually.
My sporting highlight for Mary McAleese was when she took the winning free that won the 2011 all Ireland football final for Dublin…wait a minute she wasn’t playing…actually now that I recall she didn’t play in any team during her presidency. What a load of nonsense this article is. More fool me for reading it. Hup-ya boyo!
All of of her speeches were empty platitudes.
When she opened the GR7 conference in the RDS in 2004 she opened her speech by saying that she knew nothing about Science.
The genius Stephen W. Hawking was sitting directly in front of her.
(Ireland collapsed on her so-called watch.)
Aw FFS, you can’t blame her for that, get real! Also I have a huge amount of respect for someone who acknowledges their ignorance on a subject. You could possibly learn something from her….
Not much soccer there!
Donnacha:
I was complaining about her elevation to be the newest Irish Saint.
She could have done SOME research before making such a speech in front of the cleverest people on earth.
And be criticised for trying to pretend she knows more than she does…. You can’t win in this country. Platitudes come with the role unfortunately, but so do the begrudgers.