Was Marc-Andre Fleury tripped?

Question

At the beginning of game 1 tonight when the Penguins were running out of the locker room on to the ice, Marc-Andre tripped just as he was about to exit the door and fell on to the ice. There were two guys with red wing jerseys on crouched to the left side of the door. Did they trip him somehow?

Answer 1

Hi,

chuxxo - LOL, thanks, needed that!  

the guy behind him obviously didn't see anything, and if someone had tripped his goalie there'd a been a fight.

Answer 2

The guys with the Red Wings jerseys on were holding a guitar string, they waited until the last second and yanked it tight right before he got through the door.

Answer 3

Wait, people HONESTLY thought the guys in Red Wings gear tripped him?  Really?

Answer 4

OMG. That was so funny and he wasnt tripped he probably was thinkin about the game so much that he didnt think where he was going. so he fell flat on his face. LOL.

Answer 5

oh sure now lets start picking on the fans,

Just MAYBE he tripped on his skate ya think?

Give me a break!

Answer 6

Decide yourself:

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i260/k...

Looks to me that the next guy was far away from him.

Answer 7

Those two boys were kneeling about 2-3 feet away from the opening.  They didn't have anything in their hands.  No shenanigans.  Marc-Andre just fell.  Maybe his pads caught the door opening as he jumped thru.

Answer 8

he tripped.

Answer 9

No they didn't trip him, he was a little over excited and tripped on his way onto the ice.

The kids sitting on the ice looked like they were about to pee their pants from laughing though.

Answer 10

Fleury's developed a playoff habit of rushing full speed onto the ice. It could have happened against the Flyers. It was bound to happen.

Answer 11

they replayed that during coaches corner,  He tripped without help, coming out of the gate, probably misread the bit of step up.

Answer 12

No, he just fell.

Answer 13

He trips himself, watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pgUOqd8Z...

As he is running out, his pad gets caught on the boards and he trips.

Embarassing.

Answer 14

I was kind of wondering that myself.  After he fell he was glaring over towards his left.  The carpet for the ceremonial puck drop was rolled up right next to the door.  Im wondering if it was sticking out a little and he caught his foot on it.

Answer 15

They might have, but probably not. He was just so nervous he tripped himself. I know that goalies usually are the firsts to come out of the locker rooms, but I think they should let Sidney go out first for Game 2. You know, just in case Fleury doesn't trip again.

Answer 16

OMG I laughed so hard my eyes were watering, I missed the first two minutes of the game.  My son got totally mad at me because he did that same thing his first time in net.....forgot to take his skate guards off LMAO.

Answer 17

LOL. Poor MAF. I was hoping everyone would just... forget... about it.

...So Answers, can we Pens fans use that as an excuse for why the Pens lost the game or what? Hehe. Kidding, kidding.

****ADD: Oh hey, they're supposedly a reason why Fleury fell (you know, besides that he's got happy feet and thoroughbred legs): http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08146/884...

Although it sounds to me like the boys just wanted to make Fleury feel better. Aww.

Answer 18

He wanted to be the kid in the Timbits commercial and have Sidney come over and pick him up.

Answer 19

Yeah and when he went back to the lockers they raped him.

Answer 20

He was so nervous that he tripped over the carpet, poor Marc.

Answer 21

talk about embarassing.  but it WAS pretty funny.

Answer 22

all i know is that it was.............HILARIOUS!!! AAAAHHHHHHH.....HILARIOUS!