Sidney Crosby and the Pens joined by Steelers QB Russell Wilson at UPMC Children’s Hospital

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Michael Bunting, background, and Noel Acciari, right, sign autographs for patient Lyssa Wilmer, 16, of Elwood City, on Tuesday during the team’s annual visit at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood.

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby sits with young patients while making bracelets on Tuesday at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson drops by unannounced to visit children alongside members of the Pittsburgh Penguins during the hockey team’s annual visit Tuesday at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood.

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby, center, and Brian Shea, left, sign autographs for UPMC Children’s Hospital patients Carter Mason, 18, of Rochester, at right, and Hailey Seigh, 9, of Robinson, at left, during their annual visit on Tuesday at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. The entire team visited several patients throughout the day, signing autographs and handing out gifts as part of the team’s monthlong Hockey Fights Cancer initiative.

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby searches in a bin while helping UPMC Children’s Hospital patient Hailey Seigh, 9, of Robinson with making a custom bracelet during the team’s annual visit Tuesday at UPMC Children’s Hospital. Crosby and the entire team visited patients throughout the hospital as part of the team’s tradition and part of the monthlong initiative, Hockey Fights Cancer.

James Jones, 11, a patient at UPMC Children’s Hospital, reacts when several members of the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team visited his hospital room on Tuesday at UPMC Children’s Hospital during the annual visit by the Pittsburgh Penguins players to sign autographs and hand out gifts to kids.

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Kris Letang conducts an interview with local media during the team’s annual visit Tuesday at UPMC Children’s Hospital.