• Sidney and Dale Hawerchuk are the only two 18-year-olds to tally 100 points in a season in the NHL.
• Sidney wears number 87 for the year he was born.
• Before the NHL Draft, Sidney signed a $5 million endorsement deal with Reebok.
• After Sidney became the youngest player ever to score for Canada in the World Junior Championships, the puck was sent to the Hall of Fame.
• Sidney learned to speak French so he could answer the questions of Montreal hockey reporters.
• Sidney lived with Mario Lemieux and his wife during his rookie season. Their only rule: No sleepovers.
• Sidney killed the Flyers as a rookie, notching seven goals and seven assists against the cross-state rivals.
• The jersey Sidney wore in his first NHL game was stolen from his father’s bags on an airplane flight. It was later found in a stairwell.
• Sidney thought he had his first NHL goal in a game against the Devils, but Martin Brodeur made a great save. He asked Brodeur for his stick after the contest.
• Sports Illustrated devoted four pages to a story on Sidney when he was just 16.
• Sidney’s father was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens.
  

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