It's nice to see that the kid from Quebec, drafted #1 overall at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, is really shining in this years' playoffs, and last night "The Flower" really showed why he was the top of his class.
When I, along with former Magic 94.9 Misfit Scott Duffy picked up Marc Andre-Fleury from the Halifax airport back in 2003 in the Magic 94.9 cruiser, the kid had just been drafted #1 overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins and was flying into town for the Acadia Axemen Celebrity Hockey Dinner. He was a great well-rounded Quebec native that didn't really seem to realize at that time, what had just happened to him. He was wide-eyed and excited to be "back" in Nova Scotia, (after a Gold-medal loss at the Word Jr's in Halifax, which we won't mention). It was his first time to the Valley, so Duffy and I thought we'd show him the sites...lunch at Jungle Jim's, and a night out at Legends. Needless to say, he had a blast, and so did former NHL netminder and current CBC Broadcaster Kelly Hrudey and CBC's Scott Russell, who were also special guests of the Acadia Hockey Axemen that night... (I'll never forget driving those two home after Legends in my 2001 Dodge Neon...but that story is for another day :). Fleury was a great kid with a big smile then, and look at him now...here he is with a 1-0 lead in the NHL Eastern Conference Final still sporting the biggest grin on his team.
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