Sidney Crosby has been added to Canada's roster for the 2015 IIHF World Championship.

Crosby scored 28 goals and 56 assists in 77 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2014-15. The Penguins were eliminated in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the New York Rangers on Friday, losing their best-of-seven series 4-1. Crosby netted two goals and two assists in the series.

This marks Crosby's second ever appearance for Canada at the Worlds, with his first coming in 2006. He scored eight goals and eight assists in nine games for Canada at that tournament, earning the Best Forward award and a spot on the tournament All-Star Team.

Canada finished fourth at that tournament, losing to Finland in the bronze medal game.

The 27-year-old Crosby boasts an extensive international resume, having represented Canada at the Olympics, World Junior Championships and Ivan Hlinka tournament in addition to his previous experience at the Worlds. He has a pair of Olympic gold medals, including the home-ice win in Vancouver that he sealed with an overtime winner over the United States. He also owns silver and gold medals from the 2004 and 2005 World Junior tournaments.

Should Crosby lead Canada to gold at the tournament - which begins Friday in the Czech Republic - he would become the fourth active Canadian to earn Triple Gold status. Triple Gold status is earned by winning Olympic and World Championship gold in addition to a Stanley Cup over a player's career. The only other active Canadian members are Eric Staal, Jonathan Toews and Patrice Bergeron.

The Cole Harbour, N.S.-native joins an already-talented forward core that includes the likes of Claude Giroux, Jason Spezza, Tyler Seguin, Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Matt Duchene, Ryan O'Reilly and Nathan MacKinnon.

Canada's first World Championship game is Friday against Latvia and can be seen live on TSN1, TSN3, TSN4 and TSN5 starting at 10am et/7am pt.