FOLLOWING THE FLEURY FRENZY. MARC-ANDRE FLEURY PLAYING HIS FINAL GAME IN BLACK AND GOLD, BUT FIRST PRACTICING WITH SOME OF HIS OLD TEAMMATES, SOMETHING HE SAYS WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE PARTS ABOUT BEING A PITTSBURGH PENGUIN. IT MIGHT BE WHAT I LOVE THE MOST, YOU KNOW, JUST BE ON THE ICE AND HAVE A LOT OF SHOTS TO THE GUYS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO CHIRP A BIT HERE AND THERE. YOU KNOW, IT MEANS A LOT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAN BATTLE WITH THESE GUYS FOR SO LONG AND, AND WIN TOGETHER AND ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS AS A TEAM. AND, AND JUST GOING THROUGH THE, THE ROUTINE EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER AND THE GRIND OF IT. PENS FANS PACKED THE UPMC LEMIEUX SPORTS COMPLEX IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP THIS AFTERNOON. THE EXCITEMENT NOT FAR OFF FROM WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE INSIDE PPG PAINTS ARENA. SOME FANS TRAVELING HOURS FOR THEIR FINAL CHANCE TO WATCH FLEURY PLAY WITH THE PENGUINS. I LOVED WATCHING FLEURY GROWING UP. HE WAS MY FAVORITE. MY DAD AND I, WE WOULD WATCH HOCKEY GAMES EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY WERE ON TV, AND SO WHEN I HEARD HE WAS COMING BACK, I WAS LIKE, I HAVE TO GO. SO YEAH, ME AND MY MOM MADE THE DRIVE UP SINCE IT’S, YOU KNOW, IT’S HIS HIS LAST HURRAH. YOU JUST HAVE TO GO SEE A LEGEND. YOU KNOW, HE’S MADE A CONNECTION WITH PITTSBURGH. PITTSBURGH MADE THE CONNECTION WITH HIM. SO IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE LIVING LEGENDS. PUCK DROP OF THE EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7 P.M. COVERING BUTLER COUNTY AND
Penguins fans prepare to cheer on Marc-Andre Fleury in Saturday’s preseason game
Updated: 7:51 PM EDT Sep 26, 2025
Marc-Andre Fleury is returning to the ice with the Pittsburgh Penguins.The goaltender will play his last game in the black and gold Saturday. But first, the Stanley Cup winner spent Friday afternoon practicing with some of his old teammates.Fleury on the ice with the Penguins again: Watch the video above“That might be what I loved the most, you know? Just be on the ice and have a lot of shots, see the guys a bunch, be able to chirp a bit here and there,” Fleury said. “It means a lot to know when you can battle with these guys for so long, and win together, and achieve your goals as a team, and just go into the routine every day together and the grind of it.”Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was eager to hit the ice alongside Fleury one more time.“We know he’s going to compete. I’m sure that guys are going to be working hard in front of him. Regardless of what the outcome is, it’s going to be pretty cool. And a lot of us that are able to be part of it for the fans, for the entire organization — it’s a pretty neat thing to be part of,” Crosby said.Pens fans packed the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry on Friday afternoon. The excitement was not far from what is typically seen inside PPG Paints Arena on game day.Some fans traveled hours for their final chance to watch Fleury take the ice again.“I loved watching Fleury growing up. He was my favorite. My dad and I, we would watch hockey games every single time they were on TV. When I heard he was coming back, I was like, ‘I have to go,’ so me and my mom made the drive up,” Trista Gaytos said.The puck drops at 7 p.m. Saturday for the exhibition game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena.
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
Marc-Andre Fleury is returning to the ice with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The goaltender will play his last game in the black and gold Saturday. But first, the Stanley Cup winner spent Friday afternoon practicing with some of his old teammates.
Fleury on the ice with the Penguins again: Watch the video above
“That might be what I loved the most, you know? Just be on the ice and have a lot of shots, see the guys a bunch, be able to chirp a bit here and there,” Fleury said. “It means a lot to know when you can battle with these guys for so long, and win together, and achieve your goals as a team, and just go into the routine every day together and the grind of it.”
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was eager to hit the ice alongside Fleury one more time.
“We know he’s going to compete. I’m sure that guys are going to be working hard in front of him. Regardless of what the outcome is, it’s going to be pretty cool. And a lot of us that are able to be part of it for the fans, for the entire organization — it’s a pretty neat thing to be part of,” Crosby said.
Pens fans packed the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry on Friday afternoon. The excitement was not far from what is typically seen inside PPG Paints Arena on game day.
Some fans traveled hours for their final chance to watch Fleury take the ice again.
“I loved watching Fleury growing up. He was my favorite. My dad and I, we would watch hockey games every single time they were on TV. When I heard he was coming back, I was like, ‘I have to go,’ so me and my mom made the drive up,” Trista Gaytos said.
The puck drops at 7 p.m. Saturday for the exhibition game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena.
