PITTSBURGH, July 10 (UPI) -- Sidney Crosby has signed a five-year contract extension with the Pittsburgh Penguins that will keep him with the club through the 2012-13 season.
Financial details were not released Tuesday, but Crosby will play the upcoming season under the terms of his original entry-level contract. The extension will take effect with the start of the 2008-09 campaign.
Last season in his second year with the Penguins, Crosby, 19, won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL scoring champion and the Hart Trophy as the league's regular-season MVP. Crosby had 36 goals and 84 assists for 120 points last season as Pittsburgh reached its first playoff berth since 2001.
Crosby became the youngest player to win a scoring title in North American professional sports. Through two NHL seasons, his career totals are 75 goals, 147 assists and 222 points in 160 games. He will turn 20 years old Aug. 7.
