TORONTO – The stakes are high for Sidney Crosby Thursday night as he returns to the rink after a three month hiatus since his last game in December 2011.
All eyes will be on him as the Pittsburgh Penguins face off against the New York Rangers, but remember-Crosby is used to being under pressure.
Global News takes a look at Crosby’s career, chronicling his stats, salaries and rise to fame.
87: Crosby’s jersey number
24: Age. He was born on Aug. 7, 1987.
8,700,000: Crosby’s average annual salary, in American dollars
9,000,000: Crosby’s 2012 salary, in American dollars
200: How much Crosby weighs, in pounds
420: Number of NHL games he’s played so far
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217: 367 – 584: number of goals, assists and total NHL points he’s earned to date
2: Number of goals scored and number of assists Crosby logged at his last comeback game on Nov. 21, 2011. He only lasted 8 more games after this.
3: Number of months Crosby has been out of the game. After his eighth game on Dec. 8, he went back on the Injured Reserve List.
4: Number of goals he scored at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. One goal included the winning point against the U.S. in the gold medal game to win the top title for Team Canada.
2009: Year the Penguins won the Stanley Cup. At 21, Crosby was the youngest captain to ever win the championship. Jonathan Toews was 22 when the Chicago Blackhawks won a year later.
20: Crosby’s age when he became the youngest captain of an NHL team
6: Number of NHL seasons he’s played, all with the Pittsburgh Penguins after being drafted first overall
2005: Year he was drafted into the NHL first overall
1,400,000: Amount, in American dollars, Crosby makes from Reebok endorsement contracts per year. Reports suggest this deal binds the hockey star to the shoe company giant for five to seven years. Crosby also has deals with Tim Hortons and Gatorade.
10,000: Amount, in American dollars, Reebok offered as a reward to anyone who could return Crosby’s missing stock and glove from his Olympic gold medal victory in 2010.
47,520: How much Crosby’s All Star Game jersey sold for at a Hockey Fights Cancer benefit. His jersey sold for eight times more than the next highest price – $5,681.
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