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Sidney Crosby's Olympic Stick, Glove Found

Sidney Crosby's missing Olympic stick and glove have been found.

Hockey Canada said Wednesday that Crosby's missing equipment was misplaced rather than stolen after the frenzy following Crosby's overtime goal against the United States in the gold-medal game on Feb. 28.

Crosby's stick was located in Toronto as part of a shipment heading to the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in St. Petersburg, Russia. The IIHF helped locate the stick and provided photographs to Crosby, who confirmed that it was the game stick.

One of his gloves was put in a bag belonging to teammate Patrice Bergeron, who sat beside him in the locker room.

Hockey Canada said both the stick and glove were en route to Crosby.

"With everyone's co-operation, we were able to locate these items and are pleased to be able to return the stick and glove to its rightful owner," Scott Salmond, Hockey Canada's director of men's national teams, said in a statement.

This isn't the first time some of Crosby's gear has vanished.

In 2005, Crosby's jersey went missing after Canada's gold-medal win over Russia at the world junior hockey championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was found in a mailbox outside a post office in Lachute, Quebec.

Also Wednesday, Crosby announced that he'll donate the $20,000 bonus for winning gold to his foundation, which provides financial help to local charities in Nova Scotia.

Bell Canada is matching Crosby's donation.

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