Crosby vs. Lemieux In Quebec

Sidney Crosby versus Mario Lemieux?

No!

It's Sid's sister versus Mario's son.

Austin Lemieux, son of Penguins owner Mario Lemieux and a member of the Amateur Penguins and Taylor Crosby, the younger sister of Sidney Crosby and a goalie for a boys' team from Cole Harbour, will face-off at the annual international peewee tournament in Quebec City this year.

The Quebec peewee tournament is one of the premier events in youth hockey, they say; it draws teams and attention from around the world.

Quebec City has played host to the world's top 12 and 13-year-old hockey players for the past 50 years,

There will be about 2,300 players from 16 countries involved this year.

Close to one thousand former peewee players who made their mark during this tournament eventually played in the NHL.

It is estimated the tournament attracts more than 200,000 fans each year and generates $21 million in tourism dollars to the community.

The Amateur Penguins will face the Wings from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, at the tournament in Quebec, so the game will feature Crosby versus Lemieux.

Many hockey fans have fantasized about Crosby playing against Lemieux and tried to compare their careers in the NHL.

Crosby, in 79 games, had 36 goals and 84 assists for 120-points.

Lemieux, in 79 games, had 48 goals and 93 assists for 141-points, but they played in different areas and with different teammates.

In his first season, Crosby finished sixth in scoring with 102-points.

By his second season, he led the NHL with 120-points to capture the Art Ross Trophy, becoming the youngest player and the only teenager to win a scoring title in any major North American sports league.

That same season, Crosby won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player as determined by the Professional Hockey Writers Association and the Lester B. Pearson Award as the most valuable player as determined by the NHL Players Association.

He is just the seventh player in NHL history to earn all three awards

Lemieux played 17 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League between 1984 and 2005.

He is currently the Penguins' principal owner and chairman of the board, having bought the team out of bankruptcy in 1999.

Lemieux led Pittsburgh to two Stanley Cups and Canada to an Olympic gold medal and two World Cups of Hockey.

He won three Hart Trophies as the NHL's most valuable player during the season, six Art Ross Trophies as the league's leading scorer and two Conn Smythe Trophies as playoff MVP.

At the time of his retirement, he was the NHL's seventh-ranked all-time scorer with 690 goals and 1,033 assists.

Those numbers make you wonder what's ahead for Sid The Kid and for his kid sister and the son of Mario Lemieux.