The Curious Case of Crosby's Stick

All of Canada (and probably the rest of the world too) was up in arms over the disappearance of the Gold Medal-winning gear used by Sidney Crosby during the final mens hockey game of the Olympics. In his excitement after shooting his overtime goal, Crosby dropped his stick, glove and mouthguard before getting bombarded by his Canadian teammates. Crosby headed back to Pittsburgh the next night with only his mouthguard in posession.
Though Crosby seemed pretty relaxed about his missing gear in interviews following the Olympics, nobody else was. The director of Hockey Canada led an intensive search for the stick and glove that lasted just a little over a week. But today, the treasured items were found.

Crosby's stick had mistakenly been handed over to the IIHF and was on its way to their Hall of Fame until it was realized that it was the stick that generated the Golden Goal.

The glove was found in the equipment bag of fellow Team Canada player Patrice Bergeron.

Both the glove and stick have been returned to Crosby, much to the relief of anyone who feared that the relics of Canadian hockey history were gone forever.