"The Home of Sidney Crosby"

Sid makes no secret of the fact that he hails from the maritime town of Cole Harbour, NS. Now, his hometown returns the favor. From The Chronical Herald Metro:

"There is no place like home," the pro hockey player wrote in an e-mail that was read aloud Monday afternoon by regional councillor Harry McInroy at the unveiling of two new signs on the outskirts of Cole Harbour.

Decorated in shades of green and adorned with gold lettering, the bright and shiny signs say "Welcome to Cole Harbour." But they wouldn’t be complete without the black and white banners underneath making a major statement: "Home of Sidney Crosby."

Though Sid could not be there because of the playoffs, his mother Trina, younger sister Taylor, and father Troy accepted the honor on his behalf.

"I am always proud to tell people I am from Cole Harbour . . . and feel fortunate I grew up in such a great place," the young hockey hero wrote.

"I appreciate all the support I have received from the community and as someone who has had to travel a bit because of hockey, I will tell you there is no place like home," he wrote.

"I will do my best to represent it well."

I think the ultimate Thank You to the town would be for Sidney to have his photo taken underneath one of the signs while hoisting the Stanley Cup high above his head! :) BIG thanks to Friend of The Show Gwennoline for sending me the link to that piece.

Elsewhere in the NHL: After last night's game 7 victory, Montreal Canadiens fans rioted. They set police cars on fire and looted. ThePensblog.com has pictures and videos of the melee. Just a thought - if you're the number 1 team in your conference, but the number 8 seed forces you to a game 7, well, that's not something to be all that proud of, let alone so pumped that you start a riot...


The Capitals have forced a game seven in their series against the Flyers. If the Capitals prevail, we'll be seeing "CROSBY v OVECHKIN" in our newspapers for the next week since we'll be facing the Caps. But if the Flyers win, Jaromir Jagr is in for what will no doubt be the booing of a lifetime when the Rangers come to the Mellon. Personally, I'd kind of like to see the Pens go against the Caps, but either way, we're taking this show on the road out west, so it ultimately doesn't matter who our opponent is. ;)

Speaking of the Caps, Friend of The Show Jenn C. from National PassTime sent me this graphic. It is a comparison of Sid against Ovechkin that takes a look at how these superstars perform when playing against one another. It comes from the digital version of The Hockey News:


This brings me to this next picture. Friend of The Show Pensgirl took this photo of a message posted on the jumbotron by a fan at the March 9, 2008 Pens v Caps game. Recall that this was an AWAY game. Here's what she had to say about it:

Between how the nickname/no-nickname was applied, and people's tendency to put the "better than" thing first, I am certain this was a Caps fan who screwed up an attempt to say Ovechkin is better than our [Saint]. HAHAHA!!

Sid may dominate Alex on the ice, but there's one area where Alex is clearly the undisputed champion:



Sid's chin = pwned!!!

Many thanks go out to Jenn C. for the "Sid v Alex" graphic and to Pensgirl for the jumbotron picture!

GO PENS!!!!!!!!!!!

Playoff Facial Hair (...and lack thereof)

The Saint's lightly peppered face has been the subject of much discussion here amongst the Friends of The Show. So far, it looks like most of you are giving Sid's (haha) "beard" a big thumbs down. Leave it to Dave Molinari of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to go get the full story on which Pens are capable of growing face forests and which Pens need magnifying glasses to prove that there are in fact whiskers on their chins:

For every guy like Ryan Whitney, Ryan Malone or Max Talbot -- who modestly claims to grow the world's finest playoff beard -- in the Penguins' locker room, there is a Marc-Andre Fleury, Sidney Crosby or Kris Letang.

Members of the first group probably could morph from clean-shaven to a full-fledged lumberjack look if they'd devote a long weekend to it; those in the latter look as if they could be cleaned up with nothing more than a soapy washcloth and some vigorous rubbing.

HAHAHA! I, too, thought Sid's face looked a bit more dirty than hairy! Here's a good closeup shot of Sid's fuzzy work in progress:

I think he's going to need some help with that...

And here's Mad Max and Bugsy shown presumably after forgetting their respective morning shaves in two separate pictures taken by Friend of The Show Lexie101 just before the end of the regular season:

Maybe HIS nickname should be Bugsy. I mean, MY GOD - he looks like a mobster! ;)

I bet the real Bugsy is one hairy dude, LOL!

Big thank yous go out to Friends of The Show Allison Y. for the link to the article and Lexie101 for the awesome pictures. :)