Marc-Andre Fleury was a guest on Sportsnet's Hockey Central at Home on Saturday, joining analyst and former teammate Colby Armstrong on the broadcast. The two shared some fun stories from their time as teammates on the Penguins.
Armstrong was asked by host Caroline Cameron what he remembers most about Fleury as a teammate, and Armstrong brought up Fleury's pranks, specifically the time Fleury hid out in Armstrong's hockey bag.
"That's the bonuses of being a goalie," Fleury said. "You're a little more limber, I guess."
Armstrong then asked Fleury about his habit for showing up to the rink as late as he possibly can.
"Every day getting to the rink, you are literally running into the rink to get there," Armstrong said. "If you have to get there at 9 a.m., you're getting there at 9! What's up with that?"
"I don't know, man," Fleury laughed. "Just stupid, I guess. I don't know why, I've always been like this. When I was younger I always slept in, I think for practice that's why I was always showing up last minute. For games I tried to get there a little early to have some free time and stuff and I didn't like it. You relax, sit at the rink and do nothing. I like to get there last minute. It gets your heart going a bit."
The host asked Fleury how he managed to avoid being in the awkward (but popular) car commercial in Pittsburgh that featured Armstrong, Max Talbot, Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar
"That was a rough one for them," Fleury said. "It's tough. Car commercials are very often cheesy. To get a free car for the season though, a lot of us would do pretty much anything. I think that's what Colby did."
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