Editing Patrick Roy (section)

===Colorado Avalanche (1996–2003)===
In the 1995–96 season, after his mid-season trade from the Canadiens, Roy helped the Avalanche win their first Stanley Cup in their first season after moving from [[Quebec Nordiques|Quebec]]. He was a runner-up for the [[Vezina Trophy]] to [[Jim Carey (ice hockey)|Jim Carey]].

In the [[1996 Stanley Cup playoffs|1996 Western Conference Semifinals]] against the [[Chicago Blackhawks]], [[Jeremy Roenick]] was stopped by Roy on a breakaway during overtime in game four, while being hauled down by Avalanche defenceman [[Sandis Ozoliņš|Sandis Ozolinsh]]. The referee did not call for a [[Penalty shot (ice hockey)|penalty shot]] on the play and the Avalanche won in triple overtime on [[Joe Sakic]]'s game-winning goal. Two days prior, Roenick had scored on an unchallenged breakaway to tie the game and send it to overtime, and the Blackhawks ended up winning game three. After game four, Roenick told the media, "It should have been a penalty shot, there's no doubt about it. I like Patrick's quote that he would've stopped me. I'd just want to know where he was in game three, probably getting his jock out of the rafters in the United Center maybe." Roy retorted with: "I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roenick |first1=Jeremy |last2=Allen |first2=Kevin |title=J.R.: My Life as the Most Outspoken, Fearless, and Hard-Hitting Man in Hockey |date=2012 |publisher=Triumph Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/jrmylifeasmostou0000roen/page/n265 236] |url=https://archive.org/details/jrmylifeasmostou0000roen |url-access=registration |access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref> Roy and the Avalanche beat the Blackhawks in six games and went on to win the [[1996 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup]].

Roy was a large part of the Avalanche–Red Wings rivalry, which also involved players [[Adam Foote]] and [[Brendan Shanahan]], among others. The Avalanche and Red Wings met in the playoffs five times from 1996 to 2002, with the Avs winning in 1996, 1999, and 2000. The heated competition between teams is linked to the 11–1 Montreal loss to Detroit that precipitated Roy's midseason trade to Colorado in December 1995, and in that season's 1996 conference finals Roy helped his new team eliminate first-place Detroit. During the [[Colorado Avalanche–Detroit Red Wings brawl|Avalanche–Red Wings brawl in 1997]], he fought the Wings' goaltender [[Mike Vernon (ice hockey)|Mike Vernon]]. The next season, he fought another Red Wings goaltender, [[Chris Osgood]]. In what would be Roy's final playoff meeting with Detroit, he was pulled after allowing six goals in game seven of the [[2002 Stanley Cup Playoffs#Conference finals|2002 Western Conference finals]], a game Detroit won 7–0 to advance to the [[2002 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]].

In [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]], Roy's Avalanche won the [[Presidents' Trophy]] for the best regular season record. In the playoffs, his team advanced to the [[2001 Stanley Cup Finals|Finals]], where they faced the defending champion [[New Jersey Devils]], who were backstopped by [[Martin Brodeur]], a star netminder who had idolized Roy as a child. In game four, while playing the puck behind his net, Roy could not make a clearing pass, allowing the Devils to score into an [[Empty net goal|empty net]] to tie the game.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2001/playoffs/news/2001/06/09/roy_connsmyth.ap]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> Roy had his worst game of the Finals in a 4–1 loss during game five, which gave the Devils a 3–2 series lead but rebounded in game six by stopping 24 shots for his then-record 19th career playoff shutout in a 4–0 victory. The Avalanche jumped to a three-goal lead in game seven before conceding one consolation goal to win their second Stanley Cup. Roy was named playoff MVP for the third time in his career, an NHL record. Roy has said that he and his teammates had wanted to win it for [[Ray Bourque]], who finally won his first Cup after 22 seasons in the NHL; Bourque who had previously played 21 seasons with the [[Boston Bruins]] had numerous playoff encounters against Roy when he was with the Canadiens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2001/playoffs/ |title=CNNSI.com – 2001 NHL Playoffs |access-date=April 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729082951/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2001/playoffs/ |archive-date=July 29, 2013 }}</ref>

Roy's final game was played against the [[Minnesota Wild]] on April 22, 2003, in a game seven overtime loss in the first round of the [[2003 Stanley Cup playoffs|2003 playoffs]].

Patrick Roy announced his retirement on May 28, 2003.