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JockBio Vital Stats |
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• Pittsburgh
Penguins |
• Center |
• #87 |
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Height: 5' 11" |
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Weight: 193 |
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Born: 8/7/87 |
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- 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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Dale Hawerchuk, 1989 Esso
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