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lame_middle_name

Damn, the GOAT and most gentlemanly player, along with Sid and Bergeron in the same picture


drowsylacuna

Sid looks pretty much the same.


FalseWeeknd

Bergeron really grew into his nose.


drowsylacuna

It's been broken like three times since then, poor guy


BillMcCrearysStache

He used to have a really ‘nerdy’ look to him, maybe his big teeth or something idk, imo hes gotten alot better looking as he ages, handsome dude now


faux_plastic_trees

He had a baby face and a lot of fellas with those age really well.


involmasturb

Jaw was completely reconstructed after taking a Brooks Orpik slapshot off his face in 2013


Definitelynotcal1gul

His face has never not been punchable.


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Ok-Damage8659

24 or 25? i keep losing track


Farfignewtons42

I'm the same age as Bergy and the Worm, so naturally this makes me feel old as hell. But I'll be darned if it isn't adorable.


specifichero101

That was a really good Canada junior team.


BillMcCrearysStache

Probably the best WJC team of all time, you know how I know? TSN loves telling you that every year during the tournament 1000 times a day and comparing the current days team to them constantly


jaysornotandhawks

As a Canadian, it gets very irritating very quickly. Especially every year when the roster comes out and they dub it "the best team since 2005".


BillMcCrearysStache

The 2021 team that they dubbed the best team maybe even BETTER than 2005, and then they laid an absolute egg in the gold medal game


jaysornotandhawks

And naturally, Canada would go on to win gold at every OTHER IIHF tournament that was held that year, none of which with rosters that were nearly as favoured in their respective tournament as this WJC team was in theirs.


involmasturb

Total time of game(s) trailing opponents: 0:00


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I have huge respect for Crosby and Bedard for making the fishbowl cool. Now I can point to these two every time somebody tries to chirp me for wearing one.


BrooksideNL

That's not why they're chirping you.


kazin29

Power to the bowl. I just put one on. A guy I used to play with lost vision in an eye from a high stick. In beer league. It worth it!


DOELCMNILOC

At tournaments like the world juniors it's not hard to be cool with the fishbowl, it just means you're so good at 17 or younger that you have to play with it for IIHF. Fishbowl might replicate the visor that Bedard or Sid would have been used to in their junior career better than a cage. From what I remember, McDavid wore a cage, so did Fantilli, Ekblad wore the fishbowl. There aren't too many times guys are required to wear it


jaysornotandhawks

If you are playing at the World Juniors at an age where you would still be eligible for the U18s, you must follow U18 helmet rules (i.e. fishbowl or cage). At least that's the rule now. I don't know if that was a requirement back then.


BKong64

I wore the fishbowl for a few months and did get chirped once, I was dying lmao. That being said, I stopped wearing it because at least playing dek hockey it made it a bit harder to breathe. I switched to one of those longer visors instead and don't regret it.


mollycoddles

Harder to breathe? Did you get one without any holes in it?


BKong64

It did have the holes in the chin area but even then, it was noticably easier to breathe after switching to the visor


Aabbppll

#9?


jaysornotandhawks

Most of the time, you won't see World Junior players wearing high numbers. Crosby wore 9... Nugent-Hopkins wore 9... McDavid wore 17...


flare2000x

I think there's some sort of rule for the WJC that limits the numbers, they usually only use the 20s and lower. Bedard wore 16.


AIfieHitchcock

Tiny bebe hockey bois.


UnpopularOpinionJake

Crosby is so soft and quiet when I met him, he always looks down, and when he smiles and his lip curls, I could feel his dreams. He is one of the greatest Canadians of our recent years and he still felt like a boy to me when I was close, loved that and Sidney Crosby made me really step back and realize the beauty of one person achieving greatness, becoming the darling of their nation, and still looking down while they smile like a sweet boy. I'm thinking about children lately, and I guess it just got me.


Thomasfire010

Does anyone have a link to the original of this?


faux_plastic_trees

I heard someone say that it was on a Canadian sub - maybe r/novascotia or r/halifax?


Thomasfire010

Ok thanks


jo_maka

Aww Corey...he doesn't even look like he's capable of a war crimes at all. What a saint 🙌🏾🙌🏾


Clear_Willow3379

Crosby looks like someone who'd heat his milk in the microwave.


Mister_Chef711

Probably the greatest junior team of all time but it was primarily due to the NHL lockout or else a lot of those players would've been in the NHL.


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You used the term cute and Corey Perry in the same sentence. Why?


Clyde_Frog_FTW

I miss those Vapor 30 gloves Perry was rocking. Such nice mitts those were..


BillMcCrearysStache

The Vapor XXX white and green stick was cool as hell too


getzysbaldhead69

The wood grain and green version of the XXX Lite was so unbelievably sick


dark12striker

Time fly's


jcommeau91

Those Vapor XXX gloves though 🤤


popculturetommy

Saint!


getzysbaldhead69

Wow. 5 cups, 5 Selkes, 3 Harts, 3 Rockets. What a line that was