Sydney Crosby Bio

Biography of Sydney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins
 

Sidney Crosby is a Canadian professional ice hockey player that was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on August 7, 1987. He was influenced to follow this career by his father, who was a hockey player too. He started to learn how to skate at the age of 3, and just 4 years after that moment he was already part of a local team and managed to impress the press in Atlantic Canada with his skill. After that he followed a successful career being part of different teams until he reached the final step: National Hockey League.

Wayne Gretzky claimed that Sidney Crosby is one of the best picks in the NHL, and he started to break the records.
One of the highest achievements of Sidney Crosby was the fact that he managed to become the youngest team captain. Since July of 2007 he is the captain of the Penguins. During the time he was awarded with the captain position, he also receives the Hart Memorial Trophy along with the Lester B Pearson Award. Another great achievement was the fact that he was asked to play in the All Star team, and he was the youngest player there too.

Sidney Crosby recently signed a $43.5 million dollars contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins for the time period of five years. The last season (2007-2008) was a successful season for him and his team. But in the same time it was a tough one due to the fact that he was not able to play a total of 28 games due to the ankle injury that he suffered. He also missed the 2008 All-Star Game.

 

Evgeni Malkin Bio

Biography of Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins
 

Evgeni Malkin is a Russian professional ice hockey player that is currently a player of the Pittsburgh Penguins a team that is playing at the NHL. He was born in Russia on July 31, 1986. His father, Vladimir, was a defenseman for exactly the same team that he used to play in Russia before he was transferred to United States team Pittsburgh Penguins.

The position that Evgeni Malkin is currently playing at the Pittsburgh Penguins is centre, and he shoots on left. Before the controversial transfer he used to be part of the Metallurg Magnitogorsk team from Russia. His career in the NHL was delayed due to the dispute of his transfer.

Ever since he was a player at the National Hockey League he managed to earn the Calder Memorial Trophy, and during the second season he helped a lot his team to win the 2008 Stanley Cup. He was also a runner up for the Hard Memorial Trophy. He had a lot of success as a junior player too, back in the time when he was in Russia. He managed to win one gold, 2 silvers and 1 bronze medal as a junior, plus other medals as a senior player.

On July 2nd, 2008 Evgeni Malkin signed a contract extension worth $43.5 million dollars with the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 5 year time period. He also signed a sponsorship contract with Nike.