Gord Miller talked about his favorite Sidney Crosby story in a TSN segment, and it's pretty incredible.
On Crosby's day with the Cup in 2016, he took the Cup to a children's hospital in Canada. After he was done visiting the hospital, he asked if there was anywhere else they could take the Cup. Miller remembered that there was a veterans hospital nearby, so Crosby decided that they would take the Cup there.
The veterans were all congregating in one room to see the Cup, and a few remarked that a man named Joe would have loved to be there for the event. Someone asked the veterans who Joe was, and someone explained that Joe was a Korean War veteran, blind and bedridden, and stuck in his hospital room.
Since Joe couldn't come to the Cup, Crosby wanted to take the Cup to Joe. They went to Joe's room, and someone told Joe that Crosby had come to visit with the Stanley Cup.
According to Miller, Joe said, "Oh, I'm sorry Sid. I'm a Montreal Canadiens fan."
Crosby said that wasn't a problem, and asked Joe who his favorite Canadiens player was. Joe said his favorite player was Maurice Richard.
Crosby brought the Cup over to Joe, found Richard's name engraved on the Cup, and traced Joe's finger over the engraving.
You can hear Miller tell the story himself:
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