Sidney Crosby's No. 87 was retired not just by his former junior team, the Rimouski Oceanic, on Friday night.
QMJHL commissioner Gilles Courteau announced that No. 87 would be retired league-wide, making Crosby the first QMJHL alum to receive the honor.
Before the ceremony, all Oceanic players wore No. 87 in warmups:
All @oceanicrimouski players are wearing Crosby’s jersey for warm up as they get set to retire the famous number 87. Very Cool pic.twitter.com/yjX1ivspKO
— High Button Sports (@thehighbutton) September 27, 2019
The ceremony opened with a standing ovation that lasted more than eight minutes:
Les applaudissements durent depuis plusieurs minutes.