What started out great for the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night ended in an all too familiar fashion, blowing a 2-0 lead and eventually losing to the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 in the season opener. Bryan Rust and Sidney Crosby scored for the Penguins but four unanswered goals by the Blackhawks, including three in the final period, were too much to overcome. [Pensburgh]
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Sidney Crosby remembers the weight of being anointed the next hockey superstar as a rookie and he hopes to pass on some of that wisdom to Connor Bedard. [ESPN]
While some may be talking about the passing of the torch between Crosby and Bedard, Crosby wants to make it clear that he is far from hanging up the skates.