During the Flames-Knights game on Wednesday night a brawl broke out after Matthew Tkachuk skated into Marc-Andre Fleury, and we almost got a goalie fight.
Marc-Andre Fleury set his stick on the ice, but and shook his blocker, while having a stare-down with David Rittich.
But Rittich toed the (blue) line, and even though he looked ready to go, he didn’t cross it.
By Brennin Weiswerda 8 months ago
Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury saved 23 of 26 shots he faced in Washington’s 5-3 loss to Vegas. Fleury’s in-game performance was solid but unremarkable. It was just a satisfactory game that gave MAF his 15th win of the season.
But then, in the post-game celebration, Fleury went too far. As Flower embraced Nate Schmidt, the goalie mocked Evgeny Kuznetsov’s world-famous and universally beloved bird celly.
Absolutely despicable. Unspeakably vicious. Indescribably brutal.
By Peter Hassett 11 months ago
Marc-Andre Fleury will be be in the desert for a few more years. Fleury and the Vegas Golden Knights announced Friday a new three-year contract that will kick in after next season, when Fleury will be 34 years old.
By Peter Hassett 1 year ago
Alex Ovechkin has become a very superstitious hockey player during this year’s playoff run. From moving bar stools to a certain place, eating heavy Italian food, or screaming at TJ Oshie, Ovechkin has a very specific set of routines he must complete so that his world is aligned and his luck earned. But the Vegas Golden Knights have tried to get in his head.
Ahead of Game Three of the Stanley Cup Final, Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault trolled Ovi with a hot lap at Capital One Arena. During Game Two, Marc-Andre Fleury squirted Gatorade over Ovechkin’s spot on the ice, mocking his superstition.
Ovechkin got MAF back, however, Thursday night in Vegas.
Alex Ovechkin has a long list of superstitions and pregame routines. From chest bumps, high fives, cup checks, and screaming at TJ Oshie, Ovi’s becoming rookie year Karl Alzner in front of our eyes.
Wednesday, while on the ice for warmups ahead of Game Two, Ovechkin squirted a bottle of gatorade on the ice around the bench. He does this before both home and away games, and Marc-Andre Fleury took special notice to this last night.
By Cara Bahniuk 1 year ago
The Caps got a lead early in the third. How, you ask, implicitly, by reading this article, and here is your answer:
A Marc-Andre Fleury own goal!
Before the Stanley Cup Final kicks off, The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon graced us all with another round of his popular NHL Superlatives segment.
This time, Fallon covered players from only the two final teams which gave us more superlatives for Capitals players including Alex Ovechkin, Braden Holtby, Jay Beagle, Jakub Vrana, Brett Connolly, and Philipp Grubauer.
Marc-Andre Fleury must have been watching the Olympics because the three-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender debuted a new stick-handling move Monday night against the Los Angeles Kings.
After a Kings clear during a first period Golden Knights power play, the biscuit bounced off the boards and died outside the trapezoid where Fleury could play the puck.
Fleury, who is a notoriously silly human, decided to mess around as he waited for Colin Miller to retrieve the puck.
By Cara Bahniuk 2 years ago
Marc Andre-Fleury served as the backup of Matt Murray in his final season for Pittsburgh. After a difficult regular season, MAF started in the playoffs over an injured Murray. He became a god, especially during the second round against the Capitals.
There was that miraculous reach-behind-his-body save on Evgeny Kuznetsov. There was also that crazy Game Seven stick save on Alex Ovechkin.
Two days after Nate Schmidt’s homecoming game in Washington, three-time Stanley Cup champion Marc-Andre Fleury returned to Pittsburgh for the first time since being selected in the expansion draft by the Vegas Golden Knights.
He got a huge reception.
