"Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby was named a Youth Olympic Games Ambassador on Wednesday for the first edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games scheduled next month in Innsbruck, Austria.

Crosby will join figure skater Yuna Kim (South Korea), Alpine skiers Lindsey Vonn (USA) and Benjamin Raich (Austria), and freestyle skier Kevin Rolland (France) as ambassadors for the upcoming Games, which take place Jan. 13-22, 2012.

Crosby, 24, who scored the gold medal-winning goal for his country at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, is currently third in voting among forwards for the 2012 Tim Horton's NHL All-Star Game despite the fact he has played in just eight games this season because of his recovery from a concussion and subsequent symptoms after returning to action."