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Fleury makes noteworthy return

By Helene Elliott
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After being gone from the NHL for more than six years, 41-year-old Theo Fleury made a memorable return to the Calgary Flames in an exhibition game Thursday night. Fleury scored the winner in the Flames’ 5-4 shootout victory against the New York Islanders, to the delight of fans who had always loved his enthusiasm and fire. It was a nice moment for a guy who has gone through a lot of bad stuff throughout his life.

One postscript: the link to the video of Fleury’s shootout goal came to me from Times colleague Andrew Malcolm, our tireless Top of the Ticket blogger and proud author of a book about Fleury, ‘Fury: Inside the Life of Theoren Fleury.’

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-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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