HALIFAX - Sidney Crosby met the Stanley Cup at the Halifax airport Friday, beginning his designated time with the storied trophy with a surprise visit to a hometown Tim Hortons.
“We heard this big explosion of applause and heard someone say ‘Sidney,’” said Paul MacFarlane, operations manager for the Tim Hortons in Cole Harbour. “We came up to the front and saw Sidney Crosby walk through with the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy.
“I had never seen it before, it was awesome.”
The coffee shop, visited frequently by Crosby as a kid, is on Forest Hills Parkway, which will be shut down Saturday to allow the Pittsburgh Penguins captain to parade the Cup.