Former NHLer Theo Fleury tries hand at musical career
With his nifty skating ability, Theo Fleury made sweet music on the ice en route to winning the Stanley Cup and capturing an Olympic gold medal.
Although his professional hockey-playing days have long since been over, Fleury has collected the wild experiences in his life and embraced country music as a means of an outlet. The 47-year-old is prepared to release his debut album, "I Am Who I Am", with his band, The Death Valley Rebels, who will perform live on Sept. 25 at Symons Valley Ranch in Calgary, Alberta.
"I have always loved music and wanted to live out my dream to perform it live on stage," Fleury said in a release last month, per the Calgary Herald. "I hope audiences enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoy playing it!"
A seven-time All-Star, Fleury enjoyed a 15-year NHL career with four teams, highlighted by claiming the Stanley Cup in 1988-89 with the Calgary Flames. Fleury admittedly dealt with being an alcoholic before getting back on the right path and serving as a motivational speaker while taking the fight for victims of child sexual abuse.
Fleury put pen to paper in October 2009, releasing his best-selling autobiography "Playing With Fire" in which he revealed that he had been sexually abused by former junior coach Graham James.
Fleury told NHL.com earlier this year that he felt "music is another way to get the message out that no matter how far down the ladder you may fall you can always make it back."
(h/t Calgary Herald)
