Crosby knows he won’t play hockey forever, but on the eve of his 22nd season, it’s hard to tell

Sep 29, 2026, 7:21 PM ET|Comments (0)

from TSN,

PITTSBURGH (AP) — It is the next-to-last day of September on the eve of Sidney Crosby’s 22nd season. His team’s opener across the state in Philadelphia less than 36 hours away looms.

And there the longtime Pittsburgh Penguins captain is on a random early fall Tuesday, doing what he has always done: grinding through an hour-long practice with an intensity that shows no signs of waning as the player who arrived in the NHL as a teenage prodigy closes in on his 40th birthday.

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