Heartwarming Story of Sidney Crosby's Generosity Has Fans Emotional

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Wade Messier
August 3, 2023 (6:48 PM)

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Sidney Crosby has always been regarded as a class act by his peers, and for good reason. The longtime Penguins captain has always shown great sportsmanship and has done great things for local communities. This latest revelation, however, has fans in awe of just how great Sid The Kid can be.

Crosby Gives Back to Community

Gord Miller recently sat down to tell a story of Crosby's day with the Stanley Cup back in 2016, when he took the Cup to both a children's hospital and then a veterans hospital.

Throwback to 7 years ago today when Sidney Crosby spent his day with the cup at a children's hospital, then went to a veterans hospital to share it.

One of the veterans, Joe, was blind and bedridden, but Sid really wanted to let him experience the cup.

Joe said that he's actually a Canadiens fan. Crosby told him no problem and asked his favourite player, which he responded Rocket Richard. Sid then guided the veteran's fingers and traced them over Rocket's engraved name on the cup.

Giving a blind veteran the opportunity to feel his idol's name on the best trophy in all of sports is truly an amazing move by Crosby.

Fans React to Crosby's Move

Fans were in awe of Crosby's generosity, and made sure that everyone knew it. Here are some of our favorite replies.

Sid is one of the classiest NHL players EVER

That's why I love Sid. Such a great person and great hockey player. If you don't respect the guy then grow the fuck up. You can hate him on the ice playing against your team but why hate him at any other point in time.

Sid makes it impossible for people not to like him

I'll always hate him when he playing the Caps, nothing but respect for him other than that.

Look man I'm a Caps fan but Syd is one of my favorite players on and off the ice. He's definitely the standard of a pro athlete off the ice. What a guy.

Absolute class act

Sid is the 🐐 on and off the ice.

Good on Crosby for making this Veteran's dream come true!

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