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==Early life== Roy was born in [[Quebec City]] but grew up in [[Cap-Rouge, Quebec City|Cap-Rouge]], [[Quebec]]. His parents are Barbara (Miller) and Michel Roy,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/breakaway/peter-black/2014/02/21/barbara-miller-roy-st-pats-grand-marshal/ |title=Breakaway {{pipe}} Barbara Miller-Roy: St. Pat's grand marshal |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=2014-02-21 |access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> and he has a younger brother, [[Stéphane Roy (ice hockey, born 1967)|Stéphane]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=80692|title=Stéphane Roy b. 1967|website=Eliteprospects.com|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref> Roy became interested in being an ice hockey goaltender when he was seven years old, idolizing [[Rogie Vachon]] and [[Dan Bouchard]].<ref name="si1986">{{cite magazine |title =King Of The Kiddie Corps|url =https://www.si.com/vault/1986/10/13/114159/king-of-the-kiddie-corps-montreals-patrick-roy-leads-the-wave-of-kids-who-disprove-the-theory-that-old-goalies-are-best|author =Kravitz, Bob|magazine =[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=1986-10-13|access-date =2018-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526190802/https://www.si.com/vault/1986/10/13/114159/king-of-the-kiddie-corps-montreals-patrick-roy-leads-the-wave-of-kids-who-disprove-the-theory-that-old-goalies-are-best|archive-date=2018-05-26}}</ref> He played in the 1977 and 1978 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]]s on a [[minor ice hockey]] team from Quebec City, which included his brother in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref> After playing for the local Sainte-Foy Gouverneurs, he played for the Granby Bisons of the QMJHL(Quebec Major Junior Hockey League). He then began his professional career with the [[Sherbrooke Canadiens]] of the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL).{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
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