cmw00
12-03-2007, 09:05 AM
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Hockey/article/281672
Some 14,000 fans attending the Leafs-Penguins open practice this morning were so excited to see the number 87 on the ice at the Air Canada Centre, they didn't realize it was someone else in the famous Sidney Crosby jersey other than Crosby himself.
The fans cheered wildly and hundreds of cameras flashed, but it was really Pittsburgh's playful centre Maxime Talbot doing a pretty good Crosby imitation.
"It was Fleury's idea," Talbot said, referring to goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. "He said, 'C'mon, it would be a great idea. Do it, do it'– so the pressure was on."
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Talbot did the impersonation to perfection. He donned Crosby's jersey, tossed on his helmet, and even took Crosby's stick out of the stick rack, before entering the ice surface at the Air Canada Centre.
The second he touched the ice, a huge ovation rose from the fans, while hundreds of cellphone and digital cameras flashed.
Some 14,000 fans attending the Leafs-Penguins open practice this morning were so excited to see the number 87 on the ice at the Air Canada Centre, they didn't realize it was someone else in the famous Sidney Crosby jersey other than Crosby himself.
The fans cheered wildly and hundreds of cameras flashed, but it was really Pittsburgh's playful centre Maxime Talbot doing a pretty good Crosby imitation.
"It was Fleury's idea," Talbot said, referring to goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. "He said, 'C'mon, it would be a great idea. Do it, do it'– so the pressure was on."
...
Talbot did the impersonation to perfection. He donned Crosby's jersey, tossed on his helmet, and even took Crosby's stick out of the stick rack, before entering the ice surface at the Air Canada Centre.
The second he touched the ice, a huge ovation rose from the fans, while hundreds of cellphone and digital cameras flashed.