This home black air-knit gamer by Reebok was worn by Sidney Crosby during the 2nd half of the 2008-09 Stanley Cup winning season. Crosby was the 1st overall draft pick in the 2005 NHL entry draft and joined the Penguins immediately thereafter. He has taken the NHL by storm with his adept scoring and playmaking abilities. In his 2nd season Sid won the Art Ross Trophy as the league’s leading scorer, as well as both league MVP awards, the Hart Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Trophy. Year 3 saw Crosby lead his Penguins to the Stanley Cup Finals in what was an unsuccessful bid for the Stanley Cup. However revenge would come in his 4th season as a Finals rematch occurred and the Penguins defeated Detroit for the greatest title in sports.

During the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, Crosby scored 31 points in his team’s 24 games played. This followed a regular season that again saw him surpass the 100-point plateau. The 2009-10 season has already been a monumental one for Crosby. In perhaps the greatest international game of the modern era, Sid led Team Canada over Team USA to capture the Gold Medal with an overtime goal to cap off a storybook ending to the 2010 Winter Olympics. In addition, Crosby smashed his own personal highs for goals in a season with 51, two of them coming on the seasons final day to tie for the Rocket Richard Trophy for most goals scored in the league. Sidney also rang up the 4th 100-point season of his career.

This most impressive gamer was worn during the entire 2nd half of what would become Crosby’s first ever Stanley Cup winning season. The Pittsburgh Penguins provided a list of games that Sid the Kid wore this shirt in, 15 in all, spanning early January thru early April. We performed a thorough search through Getty Images and were easily able to track and photo-match this gamer through the entire 2nd half of the season, beginning with a game against Atlanta on January 6th 2009 and ending with a game against the New Jersey Devils on April 1st 2009. In those 15 contests, Crosby lit the lamp 7 times and added 16 assists for a total of 23 points.

Proudly sewn to the left breast of this gamer is the Captain’s “C”. The game wear on this important sweater doesn’t disappoint. There are both stick and slash marks, board burns, plenty of board paint transfer, heavy pilling both inside and out as well as team-sewn repair work. Shown above is a photo match of Crosby wearing this exact jersey in a game against Atlanta on March 17th 2009. Also shown above are video highlights of Crosby wearing this sweater while scoring a couple of highlight reel goals against the New York Rangers, one in January and the other in March.

Sewn to the inside hem is the official Pittsburgh Penguins game worn jersey tagging while the fight strap houses a black sharpie signature by the Pens equipment man. For those looking for a Crosby gamer, it’s difficult to imagine too many opportunities that will present themselves that exceed this one in importance or significance. Offered here is a wonderful opportunity to acquire a well worn Crosby gamer which was donned during the entire 2nd half of his first ever Stanley Cup winning season. Choice! This jersey will be accompanied by a Penguins team letter.