In a tournament devised to sardine the NHL's greatest talent into eight teams, who else but the game's greatest player was to stand out most?
Sidney Crosby was unanimously named the World Cup of Hockey's most valuable player after captaining Canada to its third straight triumph in best-on-best international competition with a series sweep of Team Europe in the final.
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The Triple Gold Club member and reigning Stanley Cup-winning captain with the Pittsburgh Penguins scored three times and recorded a tournament-best 10 points.
He also centered the best line throughout the competition, with Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron on his wings. They combined for 25 points, and produced multiple goals in each of their three games in the knockout round.
Crosby has been part of 16 consecutive wins in best-on-best competition; a stretch that includes winning gold medals at the last two Olympics. And if you include the World Championship, he's won 25 straight games in a Canadian sweater.
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