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Former Penguins Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury Completes One Final Epic Prank
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Retiring goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, a beloved former member of the Penguins, completed one of his trademark pranks against his teammates one final time.
The illustrious NHL career of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has come to an end, as he played his final year with the Minnesota Wild and later suited up for the Canadian squad at the recently completed 2025 IIHF World Championship.
Fleury announced last year that 2024-25 would be his last NHL season, which is now concluded after the Wild were eliminated by Fleury's former team, the Vegas Golden Knights.
But because he wasn't quite ready to hang up the pads, he joined Canada overseas, reuniting briefly with former Penguins teammate Sidney Crosby.
Fleury, who has also been known as a prankster throughout his career, made sure to get in one final prank during the World Championship.
Per a recently released report, Fleury sewed the pants of Canadian teammate and Columbus Blue Jackets forward Adam Fantilli together:
Former Penguins teammate Nick Bonino, who won the Stanley Cup twice in Pittsburgh with Fleury as a teammate, recently disclosed how much of a contagious personality he's had throughout his career.
Flower has such an infectious personality. He is always in a good mood and is always positive. I truly can't think of a time when I saw him grumpy, on or off the ice.
Every time we play each other, he's so vocal on the ice. I'll have a scoring chance and he'll throw out an insane poke check, then I'll hear him scream, 'poke check!' and start laughing. It definitely lessens the sting of not scoring, knowing he's in there just having a blast.
Every time we play each other, he's so vocal on the ice. I'll have a scoring chance and he'll throw out an insane poke check, then I'll hear him scream, 'poke check!' and start laughing. It definitely lessens the sting of not scoring, knowing he's in there just having a blast.
Fleury finishes his NHL career with 575 wins, 2nd only to Martin Brodeur in NHL history.
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