Hockey Canada says Crosby’s missing Olympic equipment were misplaced rather than stolen

Sidney Crosby’s missing stick and glove have been found.

Hockey Canada says Crosby’s missing Olympic equipment were misplaced rather than stolen.

Crosby’s stick was accidentally placed in a shipment bound for the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in St. Petersburg, Russia, that ended up getting intercepted in Toronto.

And one of his gloves was put in a bag belonging to Patrice Bergeron, who sat beside him in the locker-room.

The items were misplaced in the chaos following Crosby’s overtime goal in the Olympic gold-medal game on Feb. 28.

After the gear went missing, an investigation was launched and Reebok put up a $10,000 reward for the stick.

Farrah Missing from Oscar Tribute?

 The absence of Farrah Fawcett from the traditional “in memoriam” segment of the Academy Awards broadcast Sunday was causing some to scratch their heads.

Fawcett, who died in June at the age of 62, was notably left out of the tribute, which was accompanied by James Taylor singing The Beatles’ “In My Life.”

Fawcett was predominantly a TV actress and starred in “Charlie’s Angels” and numerous made-for-TV movies. But she also appeared in theatrically released films, including 1976’s “Logan’s Run,” 1986’s “Extremities,” 1997’s “The Apostle” and 2000’s “Dr. T and the Women.” There are often quibbles with the selections for the Oscar memoriam, but Fawcett’s credits – and her celebrity – would seem to qualify her for the tribute.

The montage also included Michael Jackson, whose predominant medium certainly wasn’t theatrically released movies.

Film critic Roger Ebert was among those who questioned Fawcett’s absence on Twitter. Ebert called it a “major fail” and wrote, “They have a whole lot of ‘splaining to do.”

Said Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences spokeswoman Leslie Unger, “Every year it’s an unfortunate reality that we can’t include everybody.”

From Associated Press

Crosby Stick and Glove Missing: It’s an inside job!

Hockey Canada has been desperately trying to locate the glove and stick that disappeared soon after Crosby scored last Sunday’s gold-medal-clinching goal in Vancouver.  

“There is a slight chance we’ll find it,” said Scott Salmond, Hockey Canada’s director of the men’s national team. “But at this point, we don’t have any really great leads. … We haven’t located it. It’s missing.”

However, officials are going through game video, photographs, put out calls and chased a handful of leads. And, once again, the search came up empty.

Apparently the aftermath of Crosby’s overtime goal against the United States was an unparalleled chaos. The equipment men went onto the ice once the goal was scored and began collecting all the helmets, gloves and sticks into plastic bins and then the equipment was then put back in each player’s stall.

Simple, right? Well, it did not quite work out as expected. 

How does someone walk out of that arena and out into the crowded streets of Vancouver without anyone noticing they’re carrying a hockey stick and a glove belonging to Sidney Crosby?

This has to be an inside job!

Quotes are from: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/the-case-of-the-missing-stick/article1490264/