Paul Bissonnette shares the story about how Sidney Crosby and the Penguins forced him to change his number
Paul Bissonnette was once a scrappy young player in Pittsburgh, but a story of a fight inspired the team to force him into a major number change involving Sidney Crosby's mother.
Over the past few years, Paul Bissonnette has become one of the biggest personalities in hockey, with the recent saga involving him fighting a group of men being one of the biggest stories surrounding the league.
Now, he's told yet another hilarious story about why he was forced to change his number when he arrived in Pittsburgh with the Penguins, unsurprisingly involving Sidney Crosby.
According to Biz, who once wore 67 with the team, a pre-season fight was seen by Sidney Crosby's mother, who mistook him for Crosby due to the number, and as a result, he was forced to change his number.
Given how important a young Crosby, who was the youngest captain in the league was and still is to the organization, it's no surprise that the team needed to do everything to keep him, and in this case his family happy.
Despite playing four seasons with the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Bissonnette would ultimately end up playing just 15 games for the Penguins at the NHL level, posting one assist in that time with the team.
However, he became a fan favorite for his time in Pittsburgh and Phoenix given his scrappy play and personality, which he has translated into a major career after his time on the ice.
He would go on to play 202 games at the NHL level while ending his career with four straight AHL seasons before retirement, and now he can be seen on the Spittin' Chiclets podcast as well as coverage for NHL on TNT, so it's safe to say that he turned a short-lived NHL career into a fantastic life post-playing career.
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