#1 Marc-André Fleury /goal

AGE: 18    HT: 6'1.5"    WT: 170    CATCHES: left    BORN: Nov 28, 1984    HOMETOWN: Sorel, QC

2002-03 team: Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, QMJHL

Pro Status: 2003 NHL Draft Eligible

 

International background: Won a gold medal with Canada’s National Under 18 Summer Team at the 2001 Six Nations Cup in the Czech Republic … Played with Team Quebec at 2001 World Under 17 Challenge in Nova Scotia

 

Hockey background: In his third season with the QMJHL’s Cape Breton Eagles … Member of the QMJHL Dilio Conference All-Stars vs. OHL West at the 2002 Hershey Cup game (0-2 L) in Kitchener, saving all 21 shots he faced and was named the QMJHL Player-of-the-Game … QMJHL Defensive Player-of-the-Month for October 2002 … QMJHL Defensive Player-ofthe- Week for the first week and a half of the season from September 12-22, 2002, having only allowed eight goals in five games, with a .963 save percentage, including a 60 save performance against Rimouski … Cape Breton’s 2000-2001 Rookie-of-the-Year … Led Cape Breton to their best ever performance in the 2000-2001 QMJHL Playoffs … Played Midget AAA hockey with Olivier Michaud, a goaltender with the 2002 NJT … Named Personality-of-the-Year in his school in 1998 … His team on the 1998 Quebec International Pee Wee Championship

Profile: The youngest member and only undrafted player on the national squad, Fleury is in his third season with the Cape-Breton Screaming Eagles and sports a .920 save pct. on a sub-par hockey club. Regularly comes up with spectacular saves and describes his style as a hybrid between butterfly and flopping/scrambling. He's expected to be a high first-round draft pick in June.