i was wndering why crosby played at St Marys for a yaer.

interesting find:

Minor hockey
Early in his minor hockey years, Crosby began attracting media
attention for his play and gave his first newspaper interview at age
seven.[15] At thirteen, the Nova Scotia Minor Hockey Council refused
to allow him to play midget, a level of minor hockey designated for
fifteen- to seventeen-year-olds. His family sued and lost.[16] The
following year, he entered the midget level with the triple-A
Dartmouth Subways. Crosby went on to score a combined 217 regular
season and playoff points, leading Dartmouth to a second-place finish
at the 2003 Air Canada Cup,[17] He won the MVP and Top Scorer awards
at the national tournament after recording 18 points in 5 games.

During his midget season, he appeared on the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation's Hockey Day in Canada telecast.[11] Throughout Crosby's
minor career, he was also negatively targeted for his talent, however.
He has recalled numerous instances in which opposing players
intentionally attempted to injure him, as well as constant verbal
abuse from parents on and off the ice. Parents taunted and threatened
Crosby so harshly, he took to not wearing his jersey between
tournament games while he waited to play so that he would not be
recognized.[18] Partly because of this mistreatment, Crosby chose to
leave the country to play for the renowned hockey program at
Shattuck-Saint Mary's Boarding School in Minnesota for the 2002–03
hockey season.[18] In 57 games with the Sabres, he recorded 72 goals
and 162 points, leading the school to a United States national
championship.

haters gonna hate. haha