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Penguins misspell Sidney Crosby on program (Photo)

By Robby Sabo

Jan 21, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) looks on from the ice against the Chicago Blackhawks during the first period at the CONSOL Energy Center. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 21, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) looks on from the ice against the Chicago Blackhawks during the first period at the CONSOL Energy Center. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports /
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If there’s one player in the NHL that would never have his name messed up by his own team, you’d think it would be Sidney Crosby.

If there’s one fan-base that loves their chants, it’s the fans of the National Hockey League. There’s been numerous occasions of classics throughout history.

One recognizable one is when the home team fans so delightfully gets on the visiting goalie after gift-wrapping a few goals. The last name of the goaltender is chanted in a long two-syllable familiar way.

Former Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ron Hextall knows exactly what I’m talking about.

Another guy who is very familiar with having his name forever live in the lure of a certain building is former New York Islanders great Dennis Potvin.

Although Potvin retired in 1988, fans of the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden still choose to use his name on a game by game basis. Anytime that intro is heard, the entire arena becomes in tune:

What a classic it still is even today.

When Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby tours the NHL he hears a wide variety of chants. When you’re one of the best in the league you’ll hear jeers night after night.

One of the ones he already hears on a regular basis is the chant of “Cindy.”

See how clever fans can be as they turned the name of Sidney to Cindy? It’s suits him after all. His whining, complaining and diving ways has half-garnered the nickname.

Now though, thanks to his own organization, the Cindy title has become even more real:

Of all organizations, his own people have stabbed him in the back.

Okay so they used Sindey instead of Cindy, but let’s be real: the message is the same either way.

There’s a countless number of examples when a player’s name has been misspelled on either a program, a ticket, or even a playing jersey. Usually though that player is the last to make the cut or has a name that ends in “ov” or “ski.”

It never happens with such a recognizable player or somebody with the clout that Crosby has in the city of Pittsburgh. Crosby is the sixth leading scorer in the NHL with 51 points.

Sorry Sindey, but New York and Philadelphia is going to eat this story up.

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