Link for the interested that can access it one way or another: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5813355/2024/10/02/wild-camp-jared-spurgeon-marc-andre-fleury?source=user-shared-article
Fairly breezy piece that touches on a lot of things (Heidt, how much Hynes loves the 4th line, lines, Spurgeon) but probably the best bit was from the last game when Fleury made a guest appearance:
"Fleury joins Wild ice crew
Marc-André Fleury, the Wild’s resident prankster, had his teammates wondering why they were getting chirped by a brash member of the Wild’s ice crew during Tuesday’s exhibition game against Chicago.
Fleury came to the rink armed with a fake mustache and wig he found in his basement, threw on a Wild gym suit and his goalie skates and joined the ice crew in disguise during the last TV timeout of the first period.
He skated by the Wild bench and yelled to “wake up a bit. We’re down by one there, so gotta get going.”
Gaudreau, tied the score right after and the Wild scored five in the second period en route to a 7-2 win.
“It worked,” Fleury said.
Coach John Hynes said he didn’t know it was Fleury until after the game.
“I wish I knew when it was going on,” Hynes said. “Nobody said anything on the bench.”
Fleury said he was dared in the morning by the equipment staff and took them up on the offer. He was hoping to do the prank incognito, but a staff member tipped off Bally Sports North.
“I didn’t want to laugh or smile too much,” Fleury said. “Just kinda kept doing my job. I had snow to pick up. I didn’t want to fall or something. I was worried about losing my mustache along the way, but we had good glue.”
Good glue, indeed.