Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will celebrate his 30th birthday on Monday by parading the Stanley Cup for a third time.
Crosby is bringing the Cup to Halifax for a parade before then taking it to Rimouski, Que., where he played junior hockey with the Oceanic.
Here's a look at the Cole Harbour, N.S., native's career so far by the numbers.
87 — number he wears representing year born (1987), month born (eighth month, August) and day born (7th)
12 — seasons played in the NHL
3 — number of Stanley Cups won
2 — number of Conn Smythe Trophies as Stanley Cup playoffs MVP
2005 — year drafted first overall by Penguins
1 — 1st player from 2005 draft to reach 1,000 points
86 — 86th player to reach 1,000-point plateau
757 — games taken to reach 1,000 points
Oct. 5, 2005 — 1st NHL point
Oct. 8, 2005 — 1st NHL goal
782 — number of regular season games played
382 — number of regular season goals scored
645 — number of regular season assists
1,027 — career regular season points
120 — career high in points during 2006-07 sophomore season
7 — career NHL fights
2008 — year Crosby received the Order of Nova Scotia
7:40 — time of Crosby's overtime winner in the gold medal game of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics
10 — combined points at 2010 and 2014 Olympics
5 — gold medals won playing for Canada internationally (2 Olympics, 1 world championship, 1 World Cup, 1 world juniors)
$104.4 million — amount of Crosby's contract
12 — length of contract
$8.7 million — salary cap hit per season
4 — NHL head coaches Crosby's played under
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Ryan McKenna, The Canadian Press
