Sharks’ Couture: ‘Everyone cheats on faceoffs’

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose center Logan Couture says Sidney Crosby isn’t the only player cheating in faceoffs in the Stanley Cup finals.

Couture said that he, teammate Joe Thornton and just about every other player who gets in the faceoff circle tries for any sort of edge they can get, legal or otherwise.

“Everyone cheats on faceoffs,” Couture said Friday. “I cheat, Jumbo cheats. That’s how you try to win draws. He’s one of the best at it. He wins a lot of faceoffs.”

The Sharks are last of all 16 playoff teams at 46.7 percent on faceoffs this postseason. Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images

Couture caused a bit of a storm after Game 2 when he accused Crosby of cheating on faceoffs. It was a faceoff win by Crosby in overtime that set up Pittsburgh’s game-winning goal by Conor Sheary that gave the Penguins a 2-0 series …

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