Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Stars Crosby and Malkin ready for unique faceoff (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this May 10, 2016, file photo, Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby, right, and Evgeni Malkin talk as they return to the ice after a stop in play during the third period of Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Eastern Conference semifinals against the Washington Capitals in Pittsburgh. The longtime Penguins teammates will find themselves in a weird spot Wednesday night during a World Cup of Hockey exhibition: on opposite sides of the ice as Crosbys Team Canada faces Malkin's Team Russia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are a decade into partnership that has helped guide the Pittsburgh Penguins to a pair of Stanley Cups, three combined MVP awards, four scoring titles and a seemingly endless wave of GIF-worthy goals. There was the language barrier when Malkin first arrived from Russia in 2006 to join Crosby as the linchpins of a franchise trying to restore itself to its former glory. The giddy celebration in Detroit in 2009 that ended with Crosby raising the Cup, a triumph that seemed destined to be the launching point of a dynasty.


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