According to Josh Getzoff of the Pittsburgh Penguins, center Sidney Crosby (upper body) was able to skate on his own during Thursday's practice. However, Crosby did not participate in line rushes.

Marina Eltsova, of Leawood, grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia and skated at the same arena as Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, internationally-known figure skaters who were killed in a plane ...