COLE HARBOUR, Nova Scotia — When Nova Scotians talk about Sidney Crosby, the same phrases tend to come up.
Sid is modest, they say, down-to-earth and shy. He put Cole Harbour, the suburb of Halifax where he grew up, “on the map,” they boast. The Penguins captain is an idol for the young athletes in the area who have hopes, too, of scaling the heights of the hockey world.
“You hear that — everybody’s kid’s going to be a Sidney Crosby now,” said Greg Raymond, operations manager for the Halifax Forum, a multi-purpose facility where Mr. Crosby sometimes works out.