2016: Another year that saw Sidney Crosby rule the sport of hockey
Statistically speaking, 2016 was not the most dominant calendar year in Sidney Crosby’s storied career.
There was 2010, in which Crosby scored the “golden goal” for Team Canada at the Vancouver Olympics and amassed an astounding 60 goals and 126 points in 80 regular season games. There was also 2009 when the Pittsburgh Penguins captain posted 41 goals and 101 points in 80 games, before tallying another 15 goals and 31 points in the playoffs en route to his first Stanley Cup.
In fact, on a points per-game basis (regular season only), 2016 wasn’t even in Crosby’s top-five:
2010: 1.58