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Penguins’ Sidney Crosby Chasing Hall of Famer’s Record
The Pittsburgh Penguins are celebrating their captain Sidney Crosby’s 37th birthday as he prepares for his 20th NHL season. One of the league’s greatest players ever is still one of the best players in the NHL, coming off of his 19th straight season scoring at least a point per game.
Entering his age-37 season, Crosby is poised to again enter rare company with another historic season. The 10th highest scorer in NHL history has a chance to put up the most points in a season by a 37 year old if he plays the way he dd last year.
Joe Sakic currently holds the record for most points recorded in a season by a 37 year old. The Hall of Fame center and long time captain of the Colorado Avalance registered 100 points over 82 games during the 2006-2007 season. He led the Avalanche in scoring that season, as the organization was slowly transitioning into a rebuild. Sound familiar to any other 37 year old superstars?
Rounding out the top five behind him are fellow Hall of Famers Johnny Bucyk, Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, and Jean Ratelle.
Last season, Crosby was a dynamic offensive player. His playmaking was his usual level of excellent, despite losing his long-time running mate Jake Guentzel midway through the season. He also stepped up his goal scoring, recording his first 40 goal season since the 2016-2017 season. It wasn’t a Rocket Richard winning campaign from Crosby, but he showed that he is still at the top of his game.
With a worrisome group of players behind him, the pressure is on Crosby again to deliver offensively. He’s more than capable of doing so, and it’s putting him in prime position to step into the top five of this list. Doing so would mean Crosby surpassed Hall of Famers Johnny Bucyk, Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, and Jean Ratelle. Not only that, Sid could surpass Sakic’s record of 100 points and add another accomplishment to his historic career.
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About 5 pounds of bees removed from Acrisure Stadium scaffolding ahead of Morgan Wallen concerts
Acrisure Stadium is buzzing with excitement ahead of the back-to-back Morgan Wallen concerts. Except it’s not the fans generating all the excitement — it’s about 5 pounds of honeybees.
The Fine Family Apiary in Monongahela said it was contacted on Wednesday about a swarm of bees clustered on the stage scaffolding. The apiary put the swarm in a “nuc box” and took them home before moving the bees into full-size equipment.
Owner Al Fine estimates the swarm weighed about 4 to 5 pounds and consisted of 12,000 to 15,000 bees. All said, it took less than two hours to get the job done.
Why do bees swarm?
Swarming is how honeybees propagate, Fine explained. According to Penn State Extension, during swarming, the queen and about half the workers leave their home to establish a new nest. The bees will form a temporary cluster, hanging out while scouts search the surrounding area for a more permanent home in hollow spaces like tree cavities or, occasionally, the walls of a home.
Swarms can stick around for several hours or days until they’re ready to move, Penn State Extension says. Meanwhile, the colony left behind is temporarily without a leader until a new queen is established.
With the swarm at Acrisure Stadium removed, Morgan Wallen’s show is ready to go on. The country music megastar will bring his I’m The Problem Tour to Pittsburgh on June 5 and June 6, along with multiple acts like Brooks & Dunn and Ella Langley.
On Sept. 17, multi-platinum country music star Luke Bryan will bring his Farm Tour to 1846 Farms near Latrobe.
Westmoreland County is no stranger to large outdoor concerts. Some may remember the Rolling Rock Town Fair in the early 2000s, while others may recall Luke Bryan’s stop at a farm in South Huntingdon Township just two years ago. Now the country music superstar is returning to the area.
The Unity Township farm’s general manager, Aleisha Stas, gave KDKA a tour of the family farm, which dates back to before the Civil War. She says Bryan’s team first reached out after finding the farm on social media, but she says at first, she and her family thought it was too good to be true.
“This was around April Fools, so we thought it was an April Fools prank,” Stas said. “My whole family, we were like, there’s no way this is about to happen. But this has been incredible.”
Stas says Bryan’s team is handling everything logistically from parking and bathrooms to deciding exactly where the concert will be staged.
“If we have it on this side of the property, we can hold 12,000 people,” Stas said. “And if we have it on (the other side) of the property, it can be up to 20,000. But we have not determined that yet.”
Many of those decisions will be made as September gets closer. In the meantime, however, the farm is holding off on planting in certain fields until the final concert location is selected.
And while hosting thousands of people may sound a little intimidating, Stas says her family is excited to welcome fans to the farm for what they hope will be a memorable night.
“Obviously, we’ve never had this many people here before, so it will be a new thing for all of us, but we are not worried,” said Stas. “Luke Bryan’s team are experts with this, and I think it will go great.”
Tickets for this concert are currently on sale, and they will run you about $77 per person, plus tax for general admission.
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