Marc-André Fleury | |||
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Fleury in 2011
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Born |
Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada |
November 28, 1984 ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Catches | Left | ||
NHL team | Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
National team | Canada | ||
NHL Draft | 1st overall, 2003 Pittsburgh Penguins |
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Playing career | 2003–present |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Canada | ||
Ice hockey | ||
Winter Olympics | ||
2010 Vancouver | ||
World Junior Championships | ||
2003 Canada | ||
2004 Finland |
Marc-André Fleury (born November 28, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) 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 two Stanley Cup championships with the team in 2009 and 2016. 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.