Sidney Crosby

This upstart hockey champion from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, has led a seemingly charmed life garnering awards and firsts since he learned to skate at age three:

-- He is already the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins (the youngest player in history to be named such) and has led his team to its first Stanley Cup final since 1992

-- In his first season Crosby became the youngest player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season

-- He became the youngest player in NHL history to score 200 points overall

-- Representing Canada three years in a row at the World Hockey Championships, at 16, he was the youngest player to score a goal at the Ice Hockey World Junior Championships

-- He was the youngest player to win the Art Ross Trophy for the most goals scored in a season in 2007

-- He has won the Hart Trophy (most valuable player according to the Professional Hockey Writers Association) and the Lester B. Pearson Award (most valuable player according to the NHL Players Association)

-- When asked if anyone could break his records, Wayne Gretzky said that Sidney Crosby could

-- After a suffering crushing defeat by the Red Wings in 2008, Captain Crosby led his Penguins through a tough season, an intense playoff and past those same Red Wings in the finals to win the 2009 Stanley Cup Championship.