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Crosby Goes Retro

by Paul on 10/17/05 at 12:03 PM ET
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from the Pittsburgh Penguins,

Steve Latin has seen it all in his 27 NHL seasons. Well, until this year. So why was the Penguins’ equipment manager, a veteran of more than 2,000 NHL games, surprised when he came into Pittsburgh’s equipment room at the start of training camp? Sidney Crosby uses a unique two-piece hockey stick with a blade that’s nearly straight. There’s no wicked curve on the blade – it bends only slightly near the toe. “To be honest with you, I can’t remember the last time I saw one of those,” said Latin, who is in his 18th season overseeing the Penguins’ gear. “It seems like every kid coming in the league either has the weirdest-looking hook on a stick you’ve ever seen like a John LeClair or the biggest hook you’ve ever seen like a Jaromir Jagr. This kid comes in – it’s almost like a Dave Keon stick it’s so straight.”

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