Found this over at TSN:
Henrik Zetterberg called Sidney Crosby‘s actions disrespectful. Nicklas Lidstrom said the Pittsburgh Penguins’ young captain would learn from his mistake.
Crosby failed to shake the hand of all the Detroit players, including Red Wings’ captain Lidstrom, after Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena on Friday night after a 2-1 win in Game 7 of the finals.
“I think that’s one thing you should do,” Zetterberg said as the Red Wings cleaned out their lockers for the summer on Monday. “I don’t know why he didn’t do it, it’s disrespectful.”
Crosby said he was celebrating with his teammates, but did not apologize for not upholding the NHL playoff tradition of the captain leading his team in a line to shake hands with the opposing team.
Lidstrom, along with a few other players — including Kris Draper — waited for Crosby, but finally left the ice after a period of time.
“You know you’re happy and celebrating with your teammates,” Lidstrom said. “But you know the losing team wants to get off the ice too. … Sidney was probably caught up in the emotions and everything.”
Lidstrom added Crosby would learn from the situation.
Very thorough blog with lots of good information. Its one I don’t read nearly as much as I should. I will when I have more time though!