McDavid ready to take Canada’s leadership mantle from Crosby

MILAN (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored one of the biggest goals in Canada’s hockey history to win gold on home ice at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. Since Sochi in 2014, he has been captain every time he represented his country. For a long time the best hockey player in the world, winning the Stanley Cup three times and the gold medal at the Olympics twice, Crosby has since been passed for that distinction by Connor McDavid, now his teammate at the Games in Milan. Crosby was more than willing to let McDavid wear the “C” over him, but Hockey Canada chose to stick with the respected elder statesman for the NHL’s return to this stage. “He moves between management and coaches and players with great...