Penguins Star Crosby to Miss 6-8 Weeks
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Sidney Crosby's high ankle sprain will force him to miss Sunday's NHL All-Star game and six to eight weeks of the season.
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David Crosby and Graham Nash, members of one of the top rock groups of the 1960s and 1970s, have postponed a U.S. tour due to Crosby's ill health, a representative said.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  -- Sacramento Kings guard Mike Bibby will miss at least the first six weeks of the regular season after tearing a ligament in his left thumb.
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Sidney Crosby seems almost embarrassed by all the praise. A night after Crosby took over the NHL scoring lead with a six-point game, Pittsburgh coach Michel Therrien called the 19-year-old star the best player in the NHL. And teammate Mark Recchi compared him to current and future Hall of Famers.
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Sidney Crosby scores the only goal in a shootout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins over Philadelphia, 5-4 on, Thursday night, extending the Flyers' franchise-worst, home-losing streak to 13 games.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins aren't saying where Russian star Evgeni Malkin is, or when they expect to see him. What they do know is he isn't in Russia and, as far as they are concerned, that's very good news.
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Ryan Whitney has two goals as the Penguins hand the Islanders their sixth consecutive loss, 3-2, Thursday night.
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Sidney Crosby took over the NHL scoring lead with a career-high six points in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 8-4 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.
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The Thrashers snap a losing streak, but their 4-1 win over Pittsburgh on Wednesday may cost them leading scorer Ilya Kovalchuk, who leaves with an apparent knee injury.
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Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic will undergo hernia surgery Friday and will miss eight to 12 weeks, the club announced Thursday.
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The leading Buffalo Sabres will be without Russian winger Maxim Afinogenov for at least six weeks after he broke a bone in his left wrist.
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Young stars Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal have the Penguins on the move in the NHL standings. A new multimillion dollar arena agreement has the team staying in Pittsburgh for the foreseeable future.
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Ryan Whitney had two goals and Kris Letang scored the winner with 3 minutes 39 seconds to play as the Pittsburgh Penguins handed the visiting Islanders their sixth consecutive loss, 3-2, Thursday night.
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Sidney Crosby returned to practice with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, almost three weeks after spraining his ankle in a crash into the boards.
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Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby injured an ankle while crashing into the rear boards leg-first midway through the first period of Friday night's game against Tampa Bay, and will be sidelined for an indefinite period of time.
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Colorado Avalanche forward Ryan Smyth has a broken right ankle and will miss up to eight weeks, the latest blow to a team that already lost captain Joe Sakic to injury.
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Sacramento Kings guard Mike Bibby will miss at least the first six weeks of the regular season after tearing a ligament in his left thumb.