Reward offered for return of Crosby's Olympic gear

Pittsburgh Penguins website ^ | March 7, 2010 | Associated Press

[airborne]

TORONTO — Reebok Canada is offering a $10,000 reward, no questions asked, for the return of the stick and gloves Sidney Crosby used to score in overtime in Canada's Olympic championship victory over the United States.

The equipment disappeared after Crosby tossed his stick and ripped off his gloves to celebrate. Hockey Canada says all of the equipment was collected and was being put into the players' bags when it was noticed Crosby's stick and glove were missing

[airborne]

I thought this was interesting, so at the risk of all the silly comments regarding Crosby in particular and hockey in general, here it is.

[airborne]

Hockey Ping!

(let me know if you want on or off the list)

[Star Traveler]

Well, they just set the “floor price” for the upcoming auction... LOL ...

[DJ MacWoW]

A once in a lifetime thing and someone steals his memorabilia? Immediately? Geeze!

[Puppage]

Maybe they crossed the border to get better health care?

[kosciusko51]

It seems to me that some sticky-fingered equipment manager has them in his basement in Canada somewhere.

[Star Traveler]

The auction, the gear or the seller? ... :-)

[muawiyah]

Or, a group of patriotic American NHL players are putting the larger splinters through an electric pencil sharper as we speak.

[Puppage]

The gear. LOL

[airborne]

Yeah, it's not like that stuff can be accessed by just anyone.

Very likely it's an inside job. And also likely that one of his fellow Canadians is the culprit.

[TruJess]

Hmmm...is it bad that I get some kind of twisted satisfaction out of this? You got the gold, get over it is kinda my attitude.

[Sam_Damon]

One’d think with all the TV cameras in that arena, SOMEONE had to be rolling tape (or disk) at the time the items disappeared.

[airborne]

Well, after he scored, he threw his stick down and his gloves into the air.

Perhaps some clever hosehead decided that Sid didn’t want ‘em anymore, and just threw them away.

;^)

[secret garden]

Okay, give it up. You’re not fooling anybody.

[fnord]

thanks to you, I learned a new word :-)

[xsmommy]

well whoever took the stuff better give it back because you know he’s CRYING about it... ; )

[secret garden]

You're welcome. Come join us at Word for the Day sometime.

[secret garden]

I’m surprised you didn’t add diving into his pillow nightly.

[stevecmd]

A once in a lifetime thing and someone steals his memorabilia? Immediately? Geeze!

He threw them off at the end of the game. He knew what he was doing.

[DJ MacWoW]

He threw them off at the end of the game. He knew what he was doing.

I didn't see it so I'll take your word for it. But don't they all do that?