There's a little over a month left in the NHL's regular season ... so there's no better time to get out these last few Survey Says features I've been sitting on for quite some time now.
For this one, I asked Penguins players who their childhood celebrity crush was when they were growing up. Enjoy the cameos from some now-former Penguins.
Sidney Crosby: Oh, Topanga from 'Boy Meets World' and Kelly from 'Saved By The Bell.' Those are my two. (Turns to Drew O'Connor) Too old for you to remember. (O'Connor: "... yeah.")
Matt Nieto: Jessica Alba, I was in love with her when I was younger.
Jack St. Ivany: Jennifer Aniston, I was a big 'Friends' guy.
Michael Bunting: Margot Robbie.
Vincent Desharnais: Jennifer Aniston, just because of 'Friends' and growing up she was in every movie that I was watching.
Ryan Shea: Probably Megan Fox from 'Transformers'.
Rickard Rakell: Britney Spears.
Phil Tomasino: Miley Cyrus, maybe Selena Gomez back when they were at the Disney Channel.
Anthony Beauvillier: I'm going to get crucified, but Amber Heard.
Matt Grzelcyk: Jennifer Aniston.
P.O Joseph: I have a lot actually. Anne Hathaway. Jennifer Aniston. J Lo, for sure. Jessica Alba. I could keep going.
Owen Pickering: Leighton Meister.
Sam Poulin: Miley Cyrus.
Bryan Rust: That's a tough one. Childhood? High school? I can't think of one.
Noel Acciari: Megan Fox.
Valtteri Puustinen: I didn't have one!
Blake Lizotte: Blake Lively, probably.
Alex Nedeljkovic: Jennifer Aniston, but that wasn't really childhood. That was a teenager one.
Cody Glass: Oh, I had a couple -- Scarlett Johansson, Blake Lively. I'll stop there, if my wife hears that she'll be like, 'Why are you naming all these people?'
Marcus Pettersson: Jennifer Aniston.
Drew O'Connor: Rachel McAdams.
Tristan Jarry: Jennifer Aniston.
Ryan Graves: It was in '2 Fast, 2 Furious' (Eva Mendes). It's the first girl in a movie where I start to realize.
Kevin Hayes: Anna Kendrick.
Erik Karlsson: Jessica Alba.
Boko Imama: It's got to be Beyonce.
Kris Letang: Oh, God. My wife! Blake Lively maybe? No, my wife.
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Taylor Haase
9:53 pm - 03.08.2025Las VegasSurvey Says: Childhood celebrity crush?
There's a little over a month left in the NHL's regular season ... so there's no better time to get out these last few Survey Says features I've been sitting on for quite some time now.
For this one, I asked Penguins players who their childhood celebrity crush was when they were growing up. Enjoy the cameos from some now-former Penguins.
Sidney Crosby: Oh, Topanga from 'Boy Meets World' and Kelly from 'Saved By The Bell.' Those are my two. (Turns to Drew O'Connor) Too old for you to remember. (O'Connor: "... yeah.")
Matt Nieto: Jessica Alba, I was in love with her when I was younger.
Jack St. Ivany: Jennifer Aniston, I was a big 'Friends' guy.
Michael Bunting: Margot Robbie.
Vincent Desharnais: Jennifer Aniston, just because of 'Friends' and growing up she was in every movie that I was watching.
Ryan Shea: Probably Megan Fox from 'Transformers'.
Rickard Rakell: Britney Spears.
Phil Tomasino: Miley Cyrus, maybe Selena Gomez back when they were at the Disney Channel.
Anthony Beauvillier: I'm going to get crucified, but Amber Heard.
Matt Grzelcyk: Jennifer Aniston.
P.O Joseph: I have a lot actually. Anne Hathaway. Jennifer Aniston. J Lo, for sure. Jessica Alba. I could keep going.
Owen Pickering: Leighton Meister.
Sam Poulin: Miley Cyrus.
Bryan Rust: That's a tough one. Childhood? High school? I can't think of one.
Noel Acciari: Megan Fox.
Valtteri Puustinen: I didn't have one!
Blake Lizotte: Blake Lively, probably.
Alex Nedeljkovic: Jennifer Aniston, but that wasn't really childhood. That was a teenager one.
Cody Glass: Oh, I had a couple -- Scarlett Johansson, Blake Lively. I'll stop there, if my wife hears that she'll be like, 'Why are you naming all these people?'
Marcus Pettersson: Jennifer Aniston.
Drew O'Connor: Rachel McAdams.
Tristan Jarry: Jennifer Aniston.
Ryan Graves: It was in '2 Fast, 2 Furious' (Eva Mendes). It's the first girl in a movie where I start to realize.
Kevin Hayes: Anna Kendrick.
Erik Karlsson: Jessica Alba.
Boko Imama: It's got to be Beyonce.
Kris Letang: Oh, God. My wife! Blake Lively maybe? No, my wife.
Jesse Puljujarvi: Will Smith. (laughs)
Vasily Ponomarev: Sidney. (Me: Sidney ... ?) Crosby. Sidney Crosby.
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