Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby skated Monday prior to the team's practice at Consol Energy Center.
Crosby, who has been out of the lineup since early December but started skating on his own again in the past few weeks, was on the ice with two other injured Penguins, forward Jordan Staal and defenseman Simon Despres, as well as strength and conditioning coach Mike Kadar.
It was announced over the weekend that Crosby was recovering from a neck injury as well as the post-concussion symptoms that have limited him to just eight games over the past year. Crosby had visited Dr. Robert S. Bray, a neurological spine specialist based in Los Angeles who made the diagnosis.
Speaking to a small group of reporters after the Board of Governors meeting at the Fairmount Hotel in Ottawa on Saturday morning, Penguins general manager Ray Shero said Crosby had returned from Los Angeles and will meet with his team of concussion specialists this week.
"Hopefully we'll see next week where he is. We'll get the reports from California and compare those to what has been done so far," Shero said. "With Sidney, we want to continue to look to see how we can get this under control and manageable and get him to play. Like I said before, he's not going to (play) until the symptoms subside. Hopefully, we'll have him back at some point soon."
Crosby has not played since Pittsburgh's game against Boston on Dec. 5, after which it was reported that he was suffering from concussion-related symptoms, including balance issues. He missed nearly 11 months from last January to November because of a concussion that was caused by a pair of hits in back-to-back games. He was diagnosed on Jan. 6 and immediately shut down.
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