""Thank you. I'm tired. My hip is sore," Fleury told reporters chuckling but grateful in the locker room post game."
""Some of the best time of my life," a smiling Fleury told the crowd post game. "It's a big part cause of you guys. Thank you so much for making this night special.""
""I feel very lucky that I played hockey for so long, obviously being in Pittsburgh for so long too. I feel very fortunate and thankful for that," he concluded, saluting the fans and fist bumping his three kids standing on the ice with him."
Marc-Andre Fleury, 40, concluded his NHL career with a third-period shutout in a 4-1 preseason win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. He stopped all eight shots he faced and went 2-for-3 in the practice shootout in his first game back with the Penguins in over 3,000 days. Fleury received chants, a standing ovation, was named the game's first star, and left the ice for the last time. He thanked fans, noted fatigue and hip soreness, and did not reverse retirement plans. He stood with longtime teammates during the anthem and saluted fans while fist bumping his three children.
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