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Two-Way Crosby
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While people love to hate on Sidney Crosby, it’s impossible to deny that The Kid is one of the top two-way players in the league; he back checks and works hard to recover the puck in his own deffensive end, and occasionally he makes a play between the pipes as well, like he did on Nov. 3 against Anaheim.
Crosby is typically thought of as a point-scoring guy, whether he is netting the points himself or whether he is setting them up, but the reason Crosby is arguably one of the best players in the world is because of his two-way game. OK, so it will never be his trademark, like it is with a guy like Jordan Staal, but two-way play is a facet of the game that Crosby undeniably possesses.
Add comment November 4, 2009
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Game Five: Second Period
Less than two minutes into the second period the Penguins already had three solid scoring chances. Talbot and Staal opened with shots and Crosby followed up shortly after with a shot of his own which he sent it just wide of the net.
The Wings were quickly infused with new life as Kirk Maltby grabbed the puck just before it went off sides and passed it to Darren Helm who slipped it in the net to cut the wings deficit in half.
Half way into the second Tyler Kennedy had a great wrap around chance but the Detroit defense was all over him.
Marc-Andre Fleury robbed Mikael Samuelsson hard core on a Red Wing’s two-on-one created by Orpik failing to keep the puck on sides.
The Penguins were a bit roughed up int he second period with two players being escortd to the locker room.: Sergei Gonchar, who tripped into the boards head on after with momentum from the back check. He was escorted to the locker room looking groggy. Also, Pittsburgh Left Wing Ryan Malone dropped to the ice as he took a shot to the face. He was escorted to the locker room, with blood gushing from his face.
The period ended with a lot of hope for Detroit to come back, yet, Pittsburgh is fighting hard. There is a lot of action on both ends of the ice.
Yahoo reports shots at 20 for Detroit and 14 for Pittsburgh.
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