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  Patrick-Roy.com || The Unofficial Patrick Roy Webpage ||
Roy is keeping busy with his family life and with his involvement with the Quebec Ramparts.
Patrick has officially retired from hockey and will be missed by all his fans.
Patrick has shown that even after 1006 games, he is still the best goaltender in hockey.
www.msu.edu /~crawf178/roy/home.htm   (2573 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NHL - Roy, NHL's winningest goalie, to retire
Roy won two Stanley Cups each with Montreal and Colorado, and is the only three-time winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to the MVP of the playoffs.
Roy was solid in the first four games of Colorado's first-round playoff series against Minnesota, but gave up soft goals in Games 6 and 7 as the Wild became just the seventh team in league history to come back from a 3-1 deficit with two road wins.
Roy said at the time that he was 90 percent sure of his plans for the future, but did not reveal his decision.
espn.go.com /nhl/news/2003/0527/1559398.html   (897 words)

  
 Game Misconduct: Patrick Roy’s Olympic Meddle - Hockey's Future
Patrick Roy’s Olympic Meddle The Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team was dealt a blow when Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche announced that he would not be participating in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, choosing instead to focus on the NHL season and the playoffs in the spring.
Roy was traded to Colorado a few days later, where he could resume the level of success he was accustomed to, and the level of respect he felt he deserved.
Patrick Roy’s announcement that he was not going to be participating in the Olympics was a shock to some, but not to those who look past the scoring summaries and into the hearts of the individual players.
www.hockeysfuture.com /articles/3325/game_misconduct_patrick_roys_olympic_meddle   (1602 words)

  
  Patrick Roy (1984-2003)
Roy's 33 was retired by the Colorado Avalanche on October 28, 2003.
Patrick is a proud man, and when Montreal traded him in December, he took it personally.
Roy will not skate over the blue/red lines on the ice, writes the names of his children on his stick before every game, keeps the pucks from his current season's shutouts in his locker, and tapes the knob of his stick with exactly sixty revolutions (one for each minute in a regulation game).
hockeygoalies.org /bio/roy.html   (12718 words)

  
 Montreal Canadiens Legends: Patrick Roy
Roy was known not only to experiment with big padding, but he also liked to wear a grossly oversized jersey.
Roy also experimented with large catching gloves, and cleverly was the first goalie to specifically paint his goalie pads so that the padding nearest to his 5-hole was white.
Patrick Roy Also would stand up for his teammates in any arena.(Vernon & Osgood fights at the Joe)it wasn't just the numbers that made him the best, it was leadership & grit, win or lose.
habslegends.blogspot.com /2006/07/patrick-roy.html   (1486 words)

  
 Patrick Roy
Roy stod i mål i 551 matcher för Montreal Canadiens och Colorado Avalanche och vann Stanley Cup fyra gånger.
Framför allt var inte Colorados målvakt, Patrick Roy, speciellt lyckosam.
Patrick Roy i Colorado-målet höll nollan för 20:e gången i sin slutspelskarriär, och ökade därmed på sitt eget rekord.
stonline.se /harkiv/pa/patrick_roy   (477 words)

  
 Patrick Roy Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Patrick Roy was born on October 5, 1965, in Quebec City, in the province of Quebec in Canada.
Roy's family was highly respected within their community, and the young hockey fan's father held high-ranking government positions.
Roy's signature style, known as the butterfly, where he kneeled on the ice with his legs at right angles to his body, is physically impossible for most mortals.
www.bookrags.com /biography/patrick-roy   (1855 words)

  
 Log Cabin Chronicles Peter Black's Patrick Roy's Quebec homecoming column
When Patrick Roy returned to Quebec City in 2003 with a trunk full of silverware and a string of records to show for his 18-year career in the NHL, he focused his attention on resettling his family from their eight-year stint in Denver.
Patrick also scooped up hot-shot Brent Aubin from the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, and, being a goal-tending roi, sought out a dauphin, namely Desjardins, who shared the ice with Sid the Kid Crosby in Rimouski's trip to the Memorial Cup final last year.
Patrick Roy has returned to his home town a huge chunk of the hockey pride that boarded a plane for Denver in 1995, along with the former Nordiques players.
www.tomifobia.com /black/patrick_roy.shtml   (783 words)

  
 DETROITSPORTSRAG.COM - Top 7 Red Wings - Patrick Roy Moments   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Michele Roy was not injured during the argument over Patrick’s in-laws, but she was forced to call the police after the goalie ripped two doors off their hinges.
Roy and Tremblay had already been at odds over critical comments Tremblay had made about Roy while Tremblay was serving as a broadcaster before he was hired as the Habs coach.
Roy skated directly to the bench, went over to team President Ronald Corey (whose seats were right behind the bench) and told him that he had played his last game as a Canadien.
www.detroitsportsrag.com /archive/ts108.htm   (1605 words)

  
 Legends of Hockey - Induction Showcase - Patrick Roy
Patrick Roy was the first wave of the new breed of goaltenders to emerge from Quebec, helping establish that province as the dominant training ground for that position.
Roy's career began with the Granby Bisons of the QMJHL, a league known to stress offense.
Roy was kept in goal for 9 goals by coach Mario Tremblay, and when he was finally pulled midway through the second period, Patrick told team president Ronald Corey that he had played his final game for the club.
www.legendsofhockey.net /html/ind06Roy.htm   (868 words)

  
 Patrick Roy, Son Suspended For Fight
Patrick Roy, who is the NHL's career leader in victories and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, apologized on Tuesday to Nadeau and his family as well as to the Remparts organization.
Patrick Roy denied he instigated his son to go after the opposing goalie, however.
Patrick Roy got the higher penalty of the two coaches because of his "prejudicial conduct," the league said in its news release.
www.ktar.com /sports/?nid=48&sid=787604   (656 words)

  
 Patrick Roy Biography, pictures and stats - Hockey Fans
Patrick Roy was born on October 5, 1965 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Patrick Roy won his second Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 1992 as the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.
Patrick Roy added the missing ingredient as he and the Avalance won the Stanley Cup championship.
www.hockey-fans.com /players/roy.php   (402 words)

  
 ESPN - 'Coach' Roy surprising critics, friends alike - NHL
Roy's eyes now glare at players who dare not bring their work ethic and their focus, they light up when a play goes as planned.
When Roy's sons, Frederick and Jonathan, now 15 and 17, began playing minor hockey in suburban Denver, Roy borrowed some of Hartley's drills, but not before he'd quizzed Hartley on exactly how they were supposed to work.
Given what we know of Roy the competitor, the assumption is that this is merely a stepping-stone to a return to the NHL as either a coach or a GM.
sports.espn.go.com /nhl/halloffame06/columns/story?id=2654455   (3137 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Quebec Junior League coach Patrick Roy and son suspended after hockey brawl
MONTREAL –; Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy and his son were suspended a total of 12 games for their parts in a brawl that broke out during a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff game.
The elder Roy, who was on the bench, denied playing any role in the melee, although he appeared to urge on his son with a wave before he attacked the rival goaltender.
Patrick Roy, who is the NHL's career leader in victories and won Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche, apologized on Tuesday to Nadeau and his family as well as to the Remparts organization.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20080325-1706-hko-roysuspended.html   (474 words)

  
 The Hockey News: Headlines: Patrick Roy's dad aims to correct image of his son in new Quebec book
Patrick Roy grabbed headlines for his fits of temper while playing for the Montreal Canadiens, including in 1995 when he brushed past the coach during a game and told the general manager he wanted to be traded.
Patrick Roy acknowledged he has not been eager in the past to co-operate with biographers and has turned down many other offers.
Michel Roy said his book is not so much a recounting of hockey history as it is the story of a young boy who persevered to end up rewriting the rule book on how to goaltend.
www.thehockeynews.com /articles/10811-Patrick-Roys-dad-aims-to-correct-image-of-his-son-in-new-Quebec-book.html   (753 words)

  
 CBC Sports Online - Patrick Roy
In retrospect, it seems obvious that from the moment Patrick Roy set foot on the ice the NHL had a legend in its midst.
Roy's record-breaking achievement merely rubber stamps his place alongside the Terry Sawchuks, Jacques Plantes, Glenn Halls, Grant Fuhrs, and Tony Espositos of the goaltending elite.
Roy went 16-6 during the playoffs with three shutouts, including a 63-save performance against the Florida Panthers that went into triple overtime.
www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/focus/roy2.html   (746 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - Classic Patrick Roy
Roy raced out of the net immediately after the winning goal and jumped up and down several times while waving his arms in joy.
"Patrick Roy's passion to play is surpassed only by his passion to win," Bettman said.
Patrick Roy makes 27 saves and Peter Forsberg tips in Ray Bourque's slap shot at 2:27 of OT to lead the Avalanche to a 4-3 win.
espn.go.com /classic/s/classic_patrick_roy.html   (629 words)

  
 Patrick Roy, NHL Hall of Famer - NHL - NBCSports.com
Roy, here standing alongside Raymond Bourque, was the starting netminder on four Stanley Cup champions, two with Montreal (1986 and 1993) and two with Colorado (1996 and 2001).
Roy was unable to go out a winner, as his Colorado Avalanche team lost Game Seven of the Western Conference Quarterfinals to the Minnesota Wild on April 22, 2003.
Roy, together with his wife, Michele, and his kids, Jonathan, Frederick and Jana, watch as his number #33 is retired before the Avalanche' game against the Calgary Flames on October 28, 2003.
www.nbcsports.com /nhl/361100/slideshow.html   (473 words)

  
 In The Zone - Colorado Avalanche goaltender Patrick Roy Sporting News, The - Find Articles
Roy always is focused during the playoffs, but this year he feels he has something to prove after losing to the Stars in 1999 and being outplayed by Eddie Belfour in the process.
Roy has made a habit out of carrying teams on his back in the playoffs.
When Roy speaks so confidently at playoff time, skeptics look at him and think he's some kind of jerk--as in '96, when Jeremy Roenick was in Chicago, and he questioned whether Roy was still the big-game goaltender he had been in Montreal.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_20_224/ai_62215121   (852 words)

  
 Patrick Roy: "Roy-t A Career!"
I knew that we were entering the final moments of the Patrick Roy era, but I had no idea that we were this close.
Roy went out in a Game 7 over-time loss to the Minnesota Wild in the first round.
Roy was as close to that as any person to play the game.
www.derok.net /derok/nhlgoodbyeroy.html   (625 words)

  
 Patrick Roy - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Patrick Roy - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Roy, Patrick, born in 1965, Canadian professional ice hockey player, one of the best goalies of the late 1980s and the 1990s.
This trophy is awarded to the National Hockey League goaltender of the year.
encarta.msn.com /Patrick_Roy.html   (87 words)

  
 Divealanche.com
Though many feel that Roy is to puckhandling what Chuck Norris is to dramatic acting, Roy's confuddlement in this area seldom prevents him from wandering out of the crease (much to the dismay and horror of anyone in the arena wearing Divealanche gear).
Roy follows the puck as if he were in a state of hypnosis.
Patrick Roy's handiness with his fists has earned him the nickname "Guns" around the league.
www.divealanche.com /1a_play_roy.html   (532 words)

  
 Patrick Roy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
We're talking about Patrick Roy, one of the greatest goaltenders to ever play the game.
The goalie, now nicknamed "St. Patrick" became famous almost overnight when he led the Montreal Canadians to a Stanley Cup during his rookie season in 1986.
Roy says he plans to play hockey for at least another two seasons, but he's hoping he can lead the Avalanche to another Stanley Cup before that.
www.kidzworld.com /article/205-patrick-roy   (231 words)

  
 Patrick Roy - AskMen.com
Roy retired in 2003 with the most regular season and playoff wins of any goaltender, and also holds the record for most 30-win seasons with 13.
Roy helped the team reach the playoffs, winning 23 times in 47 games and was named to the all-rookie team.
Roy's story continued without a hitch until December 2nd, 1995, when, after letting in nine goals before being pulled in the third period, he blasted his coach for making him look so bad.
www.askmen.com /men/sports_60/62_patrick_roy.html   (1470 words)

  
 Patrick Roy - ArmchairGM - Sports Wiki Database
Roy started his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, who drafted him 51st overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft from the Granby Bisons.
Roy set a record during the postseason with 10 straight overtime wins and won the Stanley Cup and once again was the Conn Smythe Trophy winner.
Patrick Roy was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2006, in his first year of eligibility.
www.armchairgm.com /Patrick_Roy   (976 words)

  
 Patrick Roy - Mahalo
Patrick Roy is a former Hall of Fame hockey player for the Colorado Avalanche and the Montreal Canadiens.
Roy was drafted out of the Granby Bisons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League 52st overall by the Montreal Canadiens on June 9, 1984.
Roy was traded to the Colorado Avalanche on December 6, 1995.
www.mahalo.com /Patrick_Roy   (436 words)

  
 Patrick Roy Biography | Sports Stars
Ever since Roy led the Canadiens to a Stanley Cup in his rookie season of 1986, he had been an institution in the French-speaking city.
Roy won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player (MVP) in the 1986 National Hockey League (NHL) play-off's and repeated the feat in 1993 when he once again led the Canadiens to the Cup.
Patrick Roy (Wah) was born October 5, 1965, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
www.bookrags.com /biography/patrick-roy-spo   (196 words)

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