When issues with quality of the ice at then-Consol Energy Center reached their apex — think 2013 — word around the team was that Sidney Crosby, fed up as much as anyone, had taken an active role in fixing the problem.
Now, as the problem has gone league-wide, one of his former teammates is confirming that, yes, Crosby had a series of sitdowns with the ice crew — and it paid off. That’s what Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik, who played in Pittsburgh until 2014, told ESPN.com.
“I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a place that has good ice,” Orpik told Scott Burnside.