Sidney Crosby named Canada's captain at hockey worlds

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 09, 2025 2:12 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Sidney Crosby is erstwhile again taking up the mantle of Captain Canada.

The Pittsburgh Penguins superstar from Cole Harbour, N.S., has been named skipper of Canada's squad astatine the satellite hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Friday.

Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche, who is besides from Cole Harbour, and Nashville guardant Ryan O'Reilly of Clinton, Ont., were named alternates.

The announcement comes 10 years aft Crosby's past satellite title appearance, erstwhile helium captained Canada to a golden medal successful the Czech Republic.

Crosby was besides skipper of Canada's title squad astatine the 4 Nations Face-Off earlier this year. He besides wore the 'C' for Canada's Olympic golden medallists successful 2014 and World Cup of Hockey-winning squad successful 2016.

Crosby has been a victor successful planetary hockey whether helium leads the Canadian squad oregon not. He won a metallic medal with Canada arsenic a 16-year-old astatine the 2004 satellite inferior hockey title and golden astatine the tourney the pursuing year.

In possibly his astir memorable infinitesimal wearing the Maple Leaf, helium scored the tournament-winning extremity against the United States successful overtime astatine the 2010 Olympics successful Vancouver.

Canada opens its tourney Saturday against Slovenia successful Stockholm, Sweden.