He sat next to Patrick Roy in the Canadiens locker room when Roy was a 19-year-old rookie leading Montreal to the 1986 Cup and watched him grow through the first four years of the goalie’s career.

Everyone remembers how, at the end of the 2024-2025 season, Patrick Roy had planted Québécois Anthony Duclair in front of the ...

In this April 30, 2014, file photo, Colorado Avalanche head coach Patrick Roy talks during a news conference following Game 7 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Wild ...

In a new episode of the Spittin’ Chiclets hockey podcast, former Montreal Canadiens captain Pierre Turgeon re-opened an old ...

Patrick Roy stepped down as the head coach and general manager of the QMJHL’s Quebec Remparts on Tuesday, and when asked if any pro-teams have contacted him, Roy said “Absolutely none ...

The biggest change for Roy from his first stint coaching Québec, from 2005 to ’13, to now, in his second go-round as an NHL coach, is a simple one, he says. “Different role,” Roy says.

Colorado Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy, left, celebrates with teammate Adam Foote after the Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 1-0 in the seventh game of their playoff series in Denver, Wednesday ...

Patrick Roy of the Islanders looks on against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at UBS Arena on Thursday, Apr. 25, 2024 in Elmont.

Roy’s only NHL coaching experience came with the Colorado Avalanche, with whom he won two Stanley Cups as a player. He had a 130-92-24 record in three seasons as the team’s coach from 2013-16.

DENVER – Patrick Roy took a second for himself as the Islanders’ players warmed up for their morning skate. His eyes roamed around Ball Arena, the ice, the stands and, finally, up to the rafters.

UNIONDALE, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Head coach Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche looks on with his team against the New York Islanders on February 8, 2014 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

Patrick Roy told the Avs to take their coaching job and shove it. Try to rationalize Roy’s sudden — and more than a little surprising — resignation from the Avalanche any way you want.