A hockey player gets the chance to accomplish many things over their career. Their first goal, first game, first fight, making the playoffs, and winning the Stanley Cup are among the biggest accomplishments. However, for Columbus Blue Jackets prospect Luca Del Bel Belluz, he can also add scoring on future Hall of Famer Marc-Andre Fleury for the final time.
On Friday night, the Blue Jackets faced off against the Pittsburgh Penguins in what was Fleury's last game in the NHL. He signed a professional tryout and joined the club that drafted him to play with his long-time teammates one last time.
When he came into the game, he stopped all the shots he faced. But the game had a mandatory shootout at the end. That is where Del Bel Belluz comes into the story. He was given the chance to shoot in the shootout, and he found the back of the net.
It’s something he can talk about for the rest of his life — he scored on Fleury in his last game. Regardless of whether shootout goals count or not, it’s still a cool piece of history to be tied to. Del Bel Belluz doesn’t necessarily agree, at least not yet.
After the game, he spoke with the media and said this:
“It could go down as maybe the last goal ever on Fleury. I guess I could say I have it. It’s definitely a moment I’ll never forget. I don’t think I’ve ever been in a building that loud before. It was really electric. It was cool. I think maybe I’ll get booed every time I come here now, I don’t know.”
As for him being booed, that will have to wait because he was sent back down to the AHL as part of yesterday's training camp cuts.
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