Penguins Captain Sidney Crosby teaming up with his fellow Halifax native and friend, Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, is unlikely besides for Canada.

Thompson, who was raised, and still resides, in the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, which spans the borders of New York, Quebec and Ontario on either side of the St. Lawrence River, has been plagued by injuries during his young NLL career.

Nathan MacKinnon's childhood idol and role model has turned into a training partner and an offseason neighbor back home in the Halifax area of their native Nova Scotia. MacKinnon and Sidney Crosby have developed a tight bond,