When the phone rings and it’s Sidney Crosby on the other end, best to answer. Especially when you’re a budding teenage hockey player with NHL aspirations.

That was the case for Canadiens winger Zachary Bolduc in 2019.

The Trois-Rivières native attended training camp with the junior Rimouski Océanic, but was uncertain whether that path would lead to a pro career. Instead, he signed with Sioux City of the USHL, playing two games with the Musketeers before receiving a call from Crosby, the Pittsburgh Penguins superstar and, undoubtedly, the most-famous Océanic alumnus.

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The call was enough to dissuade Bolduc from remaining in the USHL.

“It was special for sure. I didn’t expect that call,” Bolduc said after Tuesday’s practice in Br

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