Marc-André Fleury

Who is Marc-André Fleury?

Marc-André Fleury is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender playing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League. Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League first overall by the Penguins in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Fleury played major junior for four seasons with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, earning both the Mike Bossy Trophy as the league's top prospect and the Telus Cup as the top defensive player in 2003. He joined the Penguins in 2003–04 and won a Stanley Cup championship with the team five years later in 2009. Internationally, Fleury has represented Canada twice as a junior, winning back-to-back silver medals at the World Junior Championships in 2003 and 2004. He won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Fleury won a total of 3 Stanley Cups during his tenure in Pittsburgh, with 2009 being arguably his most key-performance. Though relegated mainly to a backup role in 2016 and 2017, the teams relied on him, at pivotal points, on the road to consecutive championships.

Fleury is the third goaltender to ever reach the 500 victory mark in the NHL, after Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur.

Fleury is known by the nickname "Flower," derived from the English translation of his last name. His goaltender masks always feature a fleur-de-lys on the backplate, and have frequently featured some sort of flower on the front artwork, as well.