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SOCHI -- After the team photo had been snapped, after the Canadian players had taken off their game sweaters and pulled on their practice jerseys, Sidney Crosby and head coach Mike Babcock skated a few laps around the ice together and held what appeared to be a deep discussion. They looked each other in the eye. They made gestures with their hands. The two leaders were engaged. In fact, near the end of the conversation Babcock skated through a crease, while Crosby toured behind the net as a puck whizzed behind the back of the coachs head. He didnt even notice and kept on talking. “I think everybody has to adjust a little bit and was just making sure Im on the same page as far as what he expects and what he wants,” Crosby explained after Canadas second practice at the Bolshoy Ice Dome. “The offensive part and the skill that we have, I think that will come quicker then some of the adjustments we might make in the defensive zone. Defensive zone coverage was the topic of discussion between the two as they skated. Babcock and his coaching staff had shown the players a video in one of the many meetings the group has had since arriving in Sochi on Monday. Crosby wanted some clarification. “There was a little confusion there,” Babcock said. “We sorted it out. That gives me a chance tomorrow to sort it out with the group. “What weve tried to encourage is … if there is something as a player you dont feel or dont know, we encourage you to talk. The idea is to get everyone comfortable so we can play the game fast. When youre thinking you dont go fast. That was a good part of the process. Obviously, [Crosby] is a guy who is real comfortable and we want that from the captain. We want him to ask questions if there are any issues.” Crosby won a world junior title and steered the Rimouski Oceanic to a Memorial Cup final as a teenager. He was a Stanley Cup champion as a captain before his 22nd birthday and won an Olympic gold medal nine months later. Next chapter Now the 26-year-old Crosby has been asked to take over as captain for Scott Niedermayer, who had the captaincy in Vancouver four years ago, and write the next chapter in Canadian hockey leadership that stretches from the smooth-skating defenceman to Mario Lemieux and all the way back to Phil Esposito and beyond. ``I think youre much more used to things, youre a little wide-eyed that first time,” Crosby said. “The biggest thing I learned from a guy like Scotty is that he didnt really say that much, he just said the right thing at the right time. The way he carried himself and his whole demeanour that he had, his quiet confidence, it was really something that was felt throughout the whole room. ``The other thing here is that weve got a lot of guys who have played together not just the last Olympics but going back a ways, I think theres some trust there. And for the new guys coming in, you try to make them feel as comfortable as possible. Were trying to do that. Thats the strength of Canada, guys always come together pretty quick. Thats instilled in us at an early age. I like that side of things for sure. Niedermayer was 37 when he captained Canada to gold in 2010. He retired a few months later. Mario Lemieux was 36 when he captained Canada to gold in 2002. He retired before the next Olympics. Does age matter when it comes to Olympic hockey leadership? Babcock likes the fact that Crosby will be surrounded by all the returnees from the Vancouver team. “The reality for me is we have 11 guys back from the last time who had success,” he said. “We have a new opportunity and we have to come up with a new identity. Does experience help in winning? Absolutely. Does the Olympics weigh in more than the guy who has won a Stanley Cup, I dont know that? “I know I like guys who have won because theyve been through it and done it right. 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He failed to break par for the 10th time in the 12 rounds he has completed since he first returned from back surgery in June. He was closer to the bottom of the pack than the top.There was one surprise that was hardly pleasant: Woods returned to golf on Thursday, but his short game did not.Nothing illustrated his frustration more than the par-5 13th hole, when Woods thought he was on the verge of having a short eagle putt and instead made bogey. His roll turned back from going to the top ridge near the flag and rolled off the green into a collection area. It took him three chips just to reach the green.One was too soft, didnt quite reach the green and rolled back toward his feet.The next one was the ugliest one of the day, a stubbed chip from a steep swing that moved the ball only a few feet.And when he repeated his error on the par-5 17th — only once this time — that cost him another easy birdie, he was resigned to rough start in the Hero World Challenge. Woods wound up with a 5-over 77, his worst score ever in his unofficial event, his second-highest score of the year, and a spot in last place among 18 players at Isleworth.Welcome back, Tiger.One of those days where nothing went my way, Woods said.Alas, he still has his health, and that was the lone bright side. Woods took on any shot, perhaps the best example on the par-5 seventh when he took a powerful lash with a long iron from a severe slope on the back end of a bunker. He finished about pin-high, although in a bunker.It took two shots to get out of the sand. And he missed the putt. Bogey.Woods was 11 shots behind Jordan Spieth, who looked just as good in central Florida on Thursday as he did in Australia on Sunday. Spieth, coming off a six-shot win in the Australian Open, ran off five straight birdies around the turn and made sure he left Isleworth with a smile by saving par with a 12-foot putt.Im excited about how laast week went and Im kind of riding the momentum, Spieth said.dddddddddddd Im going to give it my all these last few days.Zach Johnson was one shot behind. He won last year at Sherwood, so maybe its the calendar instead of the golf course. Henrik Stenson also shot 67. He won in Dubai two weeks ago in the season-ender on the European Tour. Rickie Fowler shot 67. He narrowly missed a playoff in the World Golf Championship in Shanghai last month.The other guy with a 67 was Steve Stricker. He hasnt played since the PGA Championship, which if nothing else shoots a big hole in the theory that he was rusty. So was Stricker. And then there was Jason Day, who hasnt played since the Tour Championship. He played with Woods and shot 71.Today was weird, Woods said. I didnt feel like I hit it that bad. My short game was awful. Didnt make anything. ... Bad chips, bad putts and a couple of missed shots on the front nine on the wrong side compounded the problem.It was weird for the guy watching him, too.Day played a few holes with Woods earlier in the week and thought he was swinging it fine. He had no reason to be alarmed by the short game. But when the scores counted, he saw a different Woods with a wedge in his hand.It was just surprising today to see him stub a lot of chip shots, Day said. That uphill into the green is very, very difficult, but to see that many out of Tiger Woods is very surprising.Day felt sorry for Woods, an emotion that used to be rare whenever Woods played.Its just painful, he said. Youre watching the guy who won 14 majors and 79 PGA Tour wins, and to do stuff like that, thats a lot of rust there.Day didnt touch a club for more than two months as he worked to get his back healthy. 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