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that Sidney Crosby is the youngest NHL player and the only teenager ever to win the Art Ross Trophy as scoring champion? He achieved that in his second season in 2006–07 with the Pittsburgh Penguins when he scored 36 goals and 84 assists for 120 points. That year Crosby also won the Hart Trophy as most valuable player (chosen by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association) and the Lester B. Pearson Award (picked by the NHL Players’ Association).

Who was the first full-blooded aboriginal player in the NHL?

A Saskatchewan Cree named Fred Saskamoose from the Sandy Lake Reserve appeared in 11 games with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1953–54, making him the first full-blooded aboriginal player to make it to the NHL. Saskamoose recorded no points and notched six penalty minutes in his short NHL dalliance. Later, though, he was the playing coach of the Kamloops Chiefs. During his time in British Columbia, the Shushwap and Chilcotin Bands of the province’s interior awarded him the name Chief Thunder Stick, a title he assumed when he was elected chief of the Sandy Lake Cree.