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Crosby goes top shelf at Worlds
Source: https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/5/14...f-world-championships-france-triple-gold-club
Crosby registers his first goal of the World Championships in vintage fashion.
Team Canada is off to a roaring start at the 2025 IIFH World Championships being played in Sweden and Denmark. Through three games, Canada sits atop Group A with a 3-0-0 record after blanking France 5-0 on Tuesday evening.
Helping lead the way for Canada is Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, back at the World Championships for the first time in a decade. Crosby was held off the scoresheet in the team’s opener against Slovenia before notching three assists against Latvia in the second game.
It took until the third game for Crosby to open his own goal scoring account, but he did so in vintage Crosby fashion.
The only thing that could have made this more perfect is if Crosby went backhand instead of scoring on his forehand. Either way, French netminder Julian Junca, who plays in the Slovakian professional league, becomes the latest victim of a Crosby masterclass and will probably remember that moment for the rest of his life.
Prior to the goal against France, Crosby’s most notable highlight came when he dislodged the helmet of a Latvian skater in comical fashion in a post whistle scuffle over the weekend.
It’s like a cartoon.
Crosby and Co. get Wednesday off before returning to action on Thursday against Austria.
Canada sits in prime position to make a deep run at the tournament, but they have two big tests on the schedule to wrap up group play coming next week with back-to-back contests against Finland and host Sweden.
One more quick note pertaining to Crosby and this tournament. Should Canada triumph and take home gold, Crosby would join Peter Forsberg, Viacheslav Fetisov, and Igor Larionov as the only players in hockey history to complete the Triple Gold Club twice.
(s/t Hooks Orpik for that nugget)
Source: https://www.pensburgh.com/2025/5/14...f-world-championships-france-triple-gold-club