Theors Fleury

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Theors Fleury
Date of birth June 29, 1968
place of birth Oxbow , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 168 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Right wing
number # 14
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 8th lap, 166th position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
1984-1988 Moose Jaw Warriors
1988-1999 Calgary Flames
1999 Colorado Avalanche
1999-2002 New York Rangers
2002-2003 Chicago Blackhawks
2005-2006 Belfast Giants

Theoren Wallace "Theo" Fleury (born June 29, 1968 in Oxbow , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 1161 games for the Calgary Flames , Colorado Avalanche , New York Rangers and Chicago in the course of his active career between 1984 and 2006 Blackhawks in the National Hockey League . Fleury's greatest career achievements were winning the Stanley Cup in 1989 with the Calgary Flames and Olympic victory with the Canadian national team at the 2002 Winter Olympics .

Career

Fleury grew up in Regina in the province of Saskatchewan on. His talent as an ice hockey player was discovered during his school days, but his coaches feared that despite his incredible talent, he was too short for the National Hockey League at 1.67 m . In the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, the Calgary Flames dared to pull him in 166th place. During this time Fleury still played for the lower class Moose Jaw Warriors in the Western Hockey League, where he still holds many internal team records, such as for the most points in a season. In 1987/88 he was even top scorer of the league together with Joe Sakic .

Fleury in the dress of the Calgary Flames

In his first professional season he played in the Flames' farm team and again scored well above average, but could not record a single NHL mission. The following season he played for the first time in the NHL and made 34 points in 36 games during the regular season. So he was able to prove that he can keep up in the NHL despite his small size. In the next season, the Flames triumphed and won their first Stanley Cup . Fleury was also a member of the winning team and learned from then and later greats such as Lanny McDonald , Al MacInnis and Joe Nieuwendyk , who were also players of the Flames.

Fleury stayed in Calgary until 1998 , reached the 100-point mark twice, scored 51 goals once in a season and, together with Robert Reichel and Gary Roberts, formed the most productive attack line in the league in the 1993/94 season (all three scored over 40 each Gates). He also became the Flames' most successful player and beat the team's internal goal record, held by Joe Nieuwendyk , with his 315th goal for the Flames. He made a total of 731 points in 731 regular season games for the Calgary Flames , which is also the career record of points with the Flames .

In 1998 Fleury was transferred to Colorado Avalanche along with Chris Dingman in exchange for René Corbet and Robyn Regehr , where he scored 40 goals in one season for the last time in his career. He left the Calgary Flames as the last remaining Stanley Cup champion from 1989 , but stayed only this one season in Colorado and signed for the following three years as a so-called free agent with the New York Rangers , where he worked with Mike York and Eric Lindros played in a series that was voted the best attack series of the 2001/02 season . Nevertheless, he could not match his old successes and so he moved to Chicago in 2002, where he played his last two seasons, until he was finally suspended on March 11, 2003 for drug and alcohol abuse by the NHL. At the beginning of the 2004/05 season he wanted to start a comeback in a lower-class ice hockey league, which failed because of his drug problem, which was still going on.

In the 2005/06 season he made his comeback with the Belfast Giants in the British Elite Ice Hockey League , for which he played 38 games and scored 81 points after three years of abstinence from ice hockey. In 2009 Fleury announced at the age of 41 and a six-year NHL abstinence that he wanted to play again for his old club, the Calgary Flames. The Flames initially offered the striker to take part in the summer training camp and the preparatory games. On September 17, 2009 Theoren Fleury scored the winning goal in the shootout in the preparatory game against the New York Islanders and otherwise made a good impression. Nevertheless, he did not make the jump into the squad, whereupon he announced his resignation. His club number was 14, internationally he was mostly 74 for Canada. Since Fleury left the Flames, the shirt number 14 has not been awarded there.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 St. James Canadians MJHL 22nd 31 33 64 88
1984/85 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 71 29 46 75 82 - - - - -
1985/86 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 72 43 65 108 124 13 7th 13 20th 16
1986/87 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 66 61 68 129 110 9 7th 9 16 34
1987/88 Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 65 68 92 160 235 - - - - -
1987/88 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 2 3 4th 7th 7th 8th 11 5 16 16
1988/89 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 40 37 37 74 81 - - - - -
1988/89 Calgary Flames NHL 36 14th 20th 34 46 22nd 5 6th 11 24
1989/90 Calgary Flames NHL 80 31 35 66 157 6th 2 3 5 10
1990/91 Calgary Flames NHL 79 51 53 104 136 7th 2 5 7th 14th
1991/92 Calgary Flames NHL 80 33 40 73 133 - - - - -
1992/93 Calgary Flames NHL 83 34 66 100 88 6th 5 7th 12 27
1993/94 Calgary Flames NHL 83 40 45 85 186 7th 6th 4th 10 5
1994/95 Tappara Tampere SM-liiga 10 8th 9 17th 22nd - - - - -
1994/95 Calgary Flames NHL 47 29 29 58 112 7th 7th 7th 14th 2
1995/96 Calgary Flames NHL 80 46 50 96 112 4th 2 1 3 14th
1996/97 Calgary Flames NHL 81 29 38 67 104 - - - - -
1997/98 Calgary Flames NHL 82 27 51 78 197 - - - - -
1998/99 Calgary Flames NHL 60 30th 39 69 68 - - - - -
1998/99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 15th 10 14th 24 18th 18th 5 12 17th 20th
1999/00 New York Rangers NHL 80 15th 49 64 68 - - - - -
2000/01 New York Rangers NHL 62 30th 44 74 122 - - - - -
2001/02 New York Rangers NHL 82 24 39 63 216 - - - - -
2002/03 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 54 12 21st 33 77 - - - - -
2003/04 without a contract not played
2004/05 Horse Lake Thunder NPHL 7th 4th 10 14th 28 - - - - -
2005/06 Belfast Giants EIHL 34 22nd 52 74 270 7th 1 12 13 34
2006/07 without a contract not played
2007/08 without a contract not played
2008/09 Steinbach North Stars HM 13 8th 19th 27 42 4th 2 5 7th 26th
WHL overall 274 201 271 472 551 22nd 14th 22nd 36 50
IHL total 42 40 41 81 88 8th 11 5 16 16
NHL overall 1084 455 633 1088 1840 77 34 45 79 116

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1987 Canada June World Cup disqualification 6th 2 3 5 2
1988 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 6th 2 8th 4th
1990 Canada WM 4th Place 9 4th 7th 11 10
1991 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 8th 5 5 10 8th
1991 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 7th 1 4th 5 12
1996 Canada World cup 2nd place 8th 4th 2 6th 8th
1998 Canada Olympia 4th Place 6th 1 3 4th 2
2002 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 6th 0 2 2 6th
Juniors overall 13 8th 5 13 6th
Men overall 44 15th 23 38 46

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Others

In October 2009 Fleury published his autobiography entitled "Playing with Fire" .

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personal data
SURNAME Fleury, theors
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fleury, Theoren Wallace (full name); Fleury, Theo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxbow , Saskatchewan