CONTINUING A TRADITION. THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS-- PROVIDING A SPECIAL DELIVERY-- TO SEASON TICKET HOLDERS. SHANNON: CONTINUING A TRADITION. THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS, PROVIDING A SPECIAL DELIVERY, TO SEASON TICKET HOLDERS. WE WERE THERE, AS TEAM CAPTAIN SIDNEY CROSBY, DELIVERED TICKETS TO ONE FAN’S HOME. ANDREW: WHILE DELIVERING SEASON TICKETS TO ONE FAMILY IN THE NORTH HILLS, SIDNEY CROSBY DECIDED TO HELP OUT ONE FAN, WITH A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. >> IT WAS HOMECOMING AND I WAS ASKING A GIRL OUT. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE COOL BECAUSE SHE LOVES HOCKEY. >> CREATIVE, I LIKE IT. HOPEFULLY HE GETS THE ANSWER HE WAS LOOKING FOR. ANDREW: BEFORE SID HELD UP THE SIGN WITH WILL, HE RANG THE DOORBELL OF THE JACKSON FAMILY’S HOME IN WEST VIEW. HE WAS ONE OF 14 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS PLAYERS, HAND-DELIVERING PACKAGES TO PENGUINS SEASON TICKET HOLDERS. >> IT WAS AMAZING. WE TALKED TO THE KIDS ABOUT IT. WE HAD TO GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING AND TRY TO FOCUS. >> WE GET TO DO THIS WITH OUR KIDS. THIS WAS REALLY AMAZING. ANDREW: CROSBY, CONTINUING A TRADITION THAT BEGAN IN 2007, BUT TOOK A HIATUS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. CROSBY, ON GETTING BACK TO BRINGING SMILES TO FANS’ FACES. >> IT STILL FEELS NORMAL. WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT SO LONG. THERE WAS NO ACTUAL TICKETS ANYMORE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME, HE FEELS NORMAL. ANDREW: WILL SAYS HE WAS GOING TO MAKE HIS HOMECOMING PITCH AFTER SCHOOL. BY THE WAY, THE PENGUINS BEGIN PRESEASON PLAY ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25, WITH A GAME AGAINST THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS AT PPG PAINTS ARENA. SHANNON: AND THE SEASON STARTS ON OCTOBER 13, AT HOME, AGAINST THE ARIZONA COYOTE
Special delivery! Fan receives Pittsburgh Penguins tickets from team captain Sidney Crosby
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Updated: 12:55 PM EDT Sep 20, 2022
Continuing a tradition, the Pittsburgh Penguins are providing a special delivery to season ticket holders.Pittsburgh's Action News 4 was there as team captain Sidney Crosby delivered tickets to a family in the North Hills on Monday.Special delivery from Sid: Watch the video above.He was one of 14 Pittsburgh Penguins players hand-delivering packages to Penguins season ticket holders.Crosby also helped Will Jackson, a North Hills High School student, with a sign for his homecoming proposal."It's homecoming, and I was asking a girl out to be my date, and I thought it would be cool because she loves hockey and her brother plays hockey," Jackson said.His proposal worked; she said yes!"To get to do this with our kids and have Will do his homecoming sign — this was just really, really amazing," Karen Jackson, Will's mother, said. "Sid is just incredible."Crosby continued a tradition that began in 2007 but that took a hiatus due to the pandemic. Crosby said "it still feels normal" getting back to bringing smiles to fans' faces in this way.The Penguins begin preseason play on Sunday with a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena. The season starts on Oct. 13 at home against the Arizona Coyotes.
WEST VIEW, Pa. — Continuing a tradition, the Pittsburgh Penguins are providing a special delivery to season ticket holders.
Pittsburgh's Action News 4 was there as team captain Sidney Crosby delivered tickets to a family in the North Hills on Monday.
Special delivery from Sid: Watch the video above.
He was one of 14 Pittsburgh Penguins players hand-delivering packages to Penguins season ticket holders.
Crosby also helped Will Jackson, a North Hills High School student, with a sign for his homecoming proposal.
"It's homecoming, and I was asking a girl out to be my date, and I thought it would be cool because she loves hockey and her brother plays hockey," Jackson said.
His proposal worked; she said yes!
"To get to do this with our kids and have Will do his homecoming sign — this was just really, really amazing," Karen Jackson, Will's mother, said. "Sid is just incredible."
Crosby continued a tradition that began in 2007 but that took a hiatus due to the pandemic. Crosby said "it still feels normal" getting back to bringing smiles to fans' faces in this way.
The Penguins begin preseason play on Sunday with a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena. The season starts on Oct. 13 at home against the Arizona Coyotes.
