Patrick Roy

For other people named Patrick Roy, see Patrick Roy (disambiguation).

Patrick Roy
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2006
Roy at a media interview in 2012
Born (1965-10-05) October 5, 1965 (age 59)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Montreal Canadiens
Colorado Avalanche
Current NHL coach New York Islanders
Coached for Colorado Avalanche
National team  Canada
NHL draft 51st overall, 1984
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 1984–2003
Coaching career 2005–present

Patrick Jacques Roy[1][2] (French pronunciation: [ʁwa]; born October 5, 1965) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach, executive and former player who is the head coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Roy previously served as head coach for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, as well as the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).[3][4] In 2017, he was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history and was hailed in sports media as "king of goaltenders".[5][6][7][8]

Nicknamed "Saint Patrick", Roy split his playing career in the National Hockey League (NHL) between the Montreal Canadiens, with whom he played for 11 years, and the Colorado Avalanche, with whom he played for eight years. Roy won the Stanley Cup four times during his career, two with each franchise.

In 2004, Roy was selected as the greatest goaltender in NHL history by a panel of 41 writers, coupled with a simultaneous fan poll.[3] On November 13, 2006, Roy was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.[4] He is the only player in NHL history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy (the award given to the Most Valuable Player in the Stanley Cup playoffs) three times, the only one to do so in three different decades (1980s, 1990s, and 2000s), and the only one to do so for two different teams. Roy's number 33 sweater is retired by both the Canadiens and Avalanche.

Roy is widely credited with popularizing the butterfly style of goaltending,[9] which has since become the dominant style of goaltending around the world.

  1. ^ "Patrick Roy". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
  2. ^ "Patrick Roy". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
  3. ^ a b The Hockey News (November 22, 2004). "St. Patrick hailed as patron saint of stopping pucks". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
  4. ^ a b "Roy tops 2006 Hall of Fame class". CBC.ca/Sports Online. June 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "Patrick Roy: King of goaltenders". CBC Sports. October 18, 2000. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "King of goaltenders retires". CBC Sports. May 28, 2003. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  7. ^ "100 Greatest NHL Players". National Hockey League. January 27, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  8. ^ NHL (2017-03-22), Patrick Roy won Stanley Cup four times, three Vezinas, archived from the original on 2021-11-17, retrieved 2017-04-25
  9. ^ DavidEpstein (March 16, 2009). "Painfully hip". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 26, 2018.