By Canadian Press

Sidney Crosby donates gear to hockey access programs in Nova Scotia

Dec 15, 2019 | 9:31 AM

HALIFAX — One of hockey’s greats is giving his jersey number’s worth in new sets of equipment to programs for young players in his home province who don’t have easy access to the game.

Sidney Crosby recently teamed up with sponsor and equipment maker CCM to announce a donation of 87 sets of hockey gear to participants in three programs administered by Hockey Nova Scotia.

The programs promote inclusion in hockey for black youth, female Indigenous players, and for new Canadians.

Amy Walsh, executive director of Hockey Nova Scotia, says Crosby surprised eight representatives of the programs with the new gear during a special video link up last week and his parents, Trina and Troy Crosby, were on hand to help distribute the equipment.

Walsh says the rest of the equipment will be ordered in the new year once it’s been sized for the participants in the programs.

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She says the donation will help meet a need for kids who don’t have access to the funds required to participate in hockey.

The Canadian Press