Marc-Andre Fleury Reacts to Matching Patrick Roy's Legendary Win Record
Last night, the Minnesota Wild earned a big win against the Columbus Blue Jackets. In the 4-3 overtime win, the 39 year old goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury reached Patrick Roy at the second rank for the goalies with most wins.
Fleury Reaches Patrick Roy For 2nd Most Wins of All-Time For a Goalie
With his 551st win, Fleury's one game closer to rewrite history, surpassing Patrick Roy and start chasing Martin Brodeur at the first spot, with 691 wins.
"Marc-Andre Fleury has tied Patrick Roy for 2nd most wins in NHL history with 551."
In the win, he even made an incredible save. Check it out:
"On a night where Marc-Andre Fleury tied Patrick Roy for second all-time in goalie wins with No. 551, he's still pulling off stuff like this.
Just incredible. 🌸"
Fleury Reacts to Historic Win
Following the historic win, Flower was all smiles. Growing up in Quebec, Fleury watched Patrick Roy at the top of his art when he was a kid and can now saw that he joined him as one of the best goalies of all-time.
Later, he couldn't miss talking about his past and present teammates.
"One more would be good," said Fleury with a giant smile and a laugh. "It's a honor to be mentioned in the same sentence as him right? One of my idols growing up."
"I've been very fortunate to play with many great teammates and many great teams throughout my career," said Fleury. "Staff that has helped me to stay healthy and mobile and flexible helped to make it all the way here."
"It's pretty cool."
You can watch his full interview here:
As seen on Hockey Feed - Fleury reacts to tying Roy on the all-time wins list.
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