Editing Patrick Roy (section)

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1965)}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2017}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey biography
| halloffame = 2006
| image = Remparts-Saguenéens-16-12-2012 (4).JPG
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Roy at a media interview in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|10|5}}
| birth_place = [[Quebec City]], Quebec, Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 190
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Left
| played_for = [[Montreal Canadiens]]<br>[[Colorado Avalanche]]
| league_coach = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| team_coach = [[New York Islanders]]
| coached_for = [[Colorado Avalanche]]
| ntl_team = CAN
| draft = 51st overall
| draft_year = 1984
| draft_team = [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| career_start = 1984
| career_end = 2003
| career_start_coach = 2005
| career_end_coach = 
}}
'''Patrick Jacques Roy'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrick Roy|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/804|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=2012-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Patrick Roy|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/patrick-roy-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225056/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/patrick-roy-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|publisher=[[Sports Reference]]|access-date=2012-12-19}}</ref> ({{IPA|fr|ʁwa}}; born October 5, 1965) is a Canadian professional [[ice hockey]] coach, executive and former player who is the [[List of NHL head coaches|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).<ref name="hailed"/><ref name="legends"/> In 2017, he was named one of the [[100 Greatest NHL Players]] in history and was hailed in sports media as "king of goaltenders".<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrick Roy: King of goaltenders|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/patrick-roy-king-of-goaltenders-1.248055|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=June 17, 2023|date=October 18, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=King of goaltenders retires|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/king-of-goaltenders-retires-1.393816|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=February 8, 2024|date=May 28, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=100 Greatest NHL Players|url=https://www.nhl.com/fans/nhl-centennial/100-greatest-nhl-players|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=January 27, 2017|date=January 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=NHL|title=Patrick Roy won Stanley Cup four times, three Vezinas|date=2017-03-22|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBIiE9aaklE&list=PL1NbHSfosBuHEp2Bphcgz16OKz0kjnCH6&index=90| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/hBIiE9aaklE| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|access-date=2017-04-25}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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.<ref name="hailed">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=1923345|publisher=ESPN|last=The Hockey News|title=St. Patrick hailed as patron saint of stopping pucks|date=November 22, 2004|access-date=April 11, 2007}}</ref> On November 13, 2006, Roy was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].<ref name="legends">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/roy-tops-2006-hall-of-fame-class-1.611842|publisher=CBC.ca/Sports Online|title=Roy tops 2006 Hall of Fame class|date=June 2006|access-date=May 26, 2018}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/2009/03/16/105787319/painfully-hip|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|title=Painfully hip|date=March 16, 2009|access-date=May 26, 2018|author=DavidEpstein|author-link=David Epstein (journalist)}}</ref> which has since become the dominant style of goaltending around the world.