Haydn Fleury (born July 8, 1996) is a Canadian professional

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for the

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of the

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(NHL). Fleury was selected by the

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in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2014 NHL entry draft.

Playing career

Fleury was selected by the

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in the second round (43rd overall) of the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft. He was named an alternate captain for the Rebels on November 8, 2013. Having been projected as a top 10 pick in the 2014 NHL entry draft, Fleury was selected 7th overall by the

, the second defenseman selected in that draft. On August 7, 2014, Fleury was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Hurricanes. Haydn Fleury

Fleury was reassigned to the Rebels for the 2014–15 season. On November 5, 2015, Fleury was named an alternate captains for Team WHL at the

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. Upon a first-round elimination from the WHL playoffs, Fleury was signed to an amateur try-out with the Hurricanes'

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affiliate, the

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. On April 12, 2015, in the Checkers final home game, Fleury made his professional debut, scoring a goal, in a 4–3 victory over the

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. Fleury attended the Hurricanes training camp for the 2015–16 season, then was reassigned to the Rebels for that season. He helped the team advance to the

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, where they reached the Memorial Cup Semi-Final, losing to the

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. Fleury was named to the 2016 Memorial Cup All-Star Team. Fleury started the 2017–18 season with the Hurricanes. On October 26, 2017, in his eighth game in the NHL, he earned his first NHL points, registering two assists in a 6–3 win against the

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. Fleury was re-assigned to the Checkers on January 25, 2018, after recording 6 points, all assists, in 39 NHL games. However, he was recalled back to the Hurricanes three days later. After the Hurricanes failed to make the post-season, Fleury was assigned to the Checkers to help them in the

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. The following 2018–19 season, Fleury again made the Hurricanes' opening night roster, but was re-assigned to the Charlotte Checkers on October 17. He was recalled to the NHL on October 31, only to suffer a concussion on November 23 in a game against the

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. Fleury was officially placed on injured reserve by the Hurricanes on November 29. Fleury was activated from injured reserve on December 2, 2018, before a game against the

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. On July 16, 2019, the Hurricanes re-signed Fleury to a one-year, $850,000 contract extension. In the pandemic delayed

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season, Fleury continued to play with the Hurricanes in a third-pairing role. Unable to replicate his previous season offensive totals, Fleury posted just 1 goal in 35 regular season games before he was traded at the trade deadline to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for

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and a

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sixth-round draft pick on April 12, 2021. On July 21, 2021, Fleury was selected from the Ducks at the 2021 NHL expansion draft by the

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, reuniting him with his brother Cale. As a free agent after the inaugural season with the Kraken, Fleury was signed to a two-year, $1.525 million contract by the

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on July 13, 2022. On July 3, 2024, Fleury signed as a free agent to a one-year, two-way contract with the

Personal life

Growing up in

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, Fleury knew fellow Carlyle native and future NHL player

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, who was then playing junior hockey with the

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. As a teenager, Morrow would babysit Fleury, who was then a toddler. Morrow and Fleury would later play in the Under-17 tournament exactly 17 years apart. Fleury has a younger brother, Cale, who was taken 87th overall in the 2017 NHL entry draft by the

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleury, Haydn 1996 births Living people Anaheim Ducks players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Carolina Hurricanes draft picks Carolina Hurricanes players Charlotte Checkers (2010–) players Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan NHL first-round draft picks Red Deer Rebels players Seattle Kraken players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Syracuse Crunch players Tampa Bay Lightning players Winnipeg Jets players