He’s an exceptional hockey player — one of the greatest to ever play the game.
He’ll go down in history as a storied Hall of Famer and a key cog to much of the championship success in the city of Pittsburgh.
But most importantly—and somewhat unbelievably—he’s an even better person, and his influence has touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
Over the past week, we witnessed even more evidence of that. Crosby’s Little Penguins Learn to Play Program, an organization he spearheaded and has been running since 2008, has helped more than 12,000 four to nine-year-old kids in the Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania area, outfitting them with full hockey equipment and instruction on how to play the game.