They're are many star hockey players in the National hockey league that give their life to play the sport. Some stand out more then others. For exemple players like Sidney Crosby, Steven Stamkos, Carey Price and others.Players like these , dedicate there lives to become top of the league and they push themselves to get there. The National Hockey League gives out an award at the end of the year for top points (goals+assist) out of the 82 games they play each season (national hockey league is a pro league where players from around the world get drafted by NHL teams and play 82 games and playoffs ,average player makes about 800 thousand dollars a year and usally the best ones make about 7 million dollars a year.) The work is not so easy, these players are really hard on there bodies and often hurt themselves doing it. Average hockey athlete career usually ends in there late 30s or early 40s .Jaromír Jágr who was born February 15 1972 (42 years of age). The best hockey player ratted by the critics to this day is Sidney Crosby . Sidney was borned August 7 1987 in Halifax , Canada. Crosby picked the number 87 cause of the year he was borned in. He played year up AAA until at the age of 15 he got scouted out . To this day he plays for the Pittsburgh peiguins making around 5 million a year . The effort each pro hockey player makes is enormous and it takes hard work and effort .Not all athletes work as hard as they do.