Inside Macklin Celebrini's rise to stardom for Sharks, Canada

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Sidney Crosby has met thousands of youth hockey players during his 20-year NHL career with the Pittsburgh Penguins. There's no way he, or anyone in his position, could be expected to remember every interaction.

Unless he's asked about Macklin Celebrini.

Crosby remembers meeting Celebrini for the first time in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Canadian Olympic captain took special note of the young prospect long before they would meet as opponents in the NHL and teammates in international competition.

"He was an up-and-coming young player that a lot of people were talking about," Crosby said. "Between hearing that and then seeing him on…