Dominic Sramaty

He was never called for embellishment.

But...

On January 7, 2006, in a game between – this is how long ago it was.

It was the Penguins and the Atlanta Thrashers.

At 13.36 of the second period, Sidney Crosby was called for diving and unsportsmanlike conduct.

I'm looking at the –

I'm looking at the box score here.

So there is one diving penalty in Crosby's career, but it's the first one in 21 years.

That must have been quite the game because they played Atlanta back-to-back.

On the 6th, they played them in Atlanta.

and they were down 5-0, got to within 5-4, and Ilya Kovalchuk scored an empty netter.

Crosby got two slashing penalties in that game, and the next night they played in Pittsburgh, so it was a troop back-to-back, and Atlanta won it 4-3.

Again, really tight game, and Crosby got a hooking, an interference.

He got eight minutes in penalties that night.

So that was quite a night for Crosby.

Maybe someday we'll get a chance to ask him about it.

But that is a diving penalty that is on the NHL score sheet.

So there is one previous.

You know, Crosby took a lot of criticism early in his career.

I do not believe he is a diver, but I love the video of the one Flyers fan looking at Crosby in the box and Crosby seeing her and kind of smiling.