Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Crosby na Grace Maternity Hospital na Halifax, Nova Scotia na August 7, 1987 nye Troy na Trina (née Forbes) Crosby. Nọmba jersey Crosby (87) na mbinye aka nkwekọrịta 2007 ($ 8.7 nde kwa afọ) na-egosipụta ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya (8/7/87). Crosby tolitere na Cole Harbour dị nso ma nwee nwanne nwanyị aha ya bụ Taylor. Nna ya bụ Troy bụ onye na-eche nche na-egwu egwuregwu maka Verdun Junior Canadiens na Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Ọ gwakwara n'asọmpi Memorial Cup nke afọ 1985 ma bụrụkwa onye nke 240 nke ndị Montreal Canadiens họpụtara n'afọ 1985.
N'afọ 1984, mana ọ dịghị mgbe ọ gbara bọọlụ n'asọmpi NHL. Mgbe ọ na-etolite, Crosby nwere mmasị na Steve Yzerman, dịkwa ka nna ya, ọ bụ onye na-akwado Canadiens. Crosby malitere igwu hockey n'onwe ya n'ime ala ụlọ ya mgbe ọ dị afọ abụọ, na-agba pucks na net nke nwere draya ezinụlọ n'azụ ya, na-eduga n'echiche na-ezighi ezi na ọ na-eji draya ahụ eme ihe; ọ mụtara ịgba ọsọ na afọ atọ.