Sidney Crosby injured in Canada’s Olympic hockey quarterfinal game, won’t return

MILAN — Sidney Crosby, the future Hall of Famer and hero for Canada in the 2010 Olympic hockey gold medal game, went to the locker room with a lower-body injury in the second period of Wednesday’s quarterfinal against the Czechs.

Team Canada confirmed to The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun that Crosby was ruled out.

Crosby was hurt midway through the period when veteran Czech defenseman Radko Gudas came to finish his check on him between the benches. Crosby tried to duck the hit; his legs split and Gudas seemed to topple over him. His right leg bent awkwardly.

Crosby was clearly laboring as he skated into the offensive zone following the collision. After being checked again by Gudas and Martin Nečas, Crosby took one stride and immediately showed signs of injury. He skated slowly to the bench, sat there for a few minutes and then slowly made his way to the locker room with a trainer.

The Pittsburgh Penguins star, 38, has two goals and four assists in parts of now four games these Olympics. He has seven goals and nine assists in 17 career games in the Olympics.

Canada was down 2-1 at the time Crosby left the game.

Canada’s captain also led his team to a gold medal in Sochi in 2014.

This story will be updated.