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Patrick Roy (Inducted 2006)
 
Patrick
Roy defined the position of SCHL Goalie and helped
establish Uptown as the most dominant championship franchise in Snipers Cup history.
Confident and quirky, he
developed a style that saw
him come to define the
Heartbreakers and energize a
league.
Roy's career began with the
Heartbreakers in the
inaugural 1998 draft, a
second round, 34th overall
pick he was the
second player to join the
Heartbreakers roster. He started
week one in a Heartbreaker
jersey and fice years later finished his
career in it.
In the NHL on
February 23, 1985 he
replaced starter Doug Soetaert for his first NHL
game. The
score was tied 4-4 at the
start of the third period
when Roy went in, and the
Habs won the game 6-4 to
give him his first win in
his first game, after just
20 minutes of play.
In
his rookie season of 1985-86 he played 47 games and became the starter
when the playoffs arrived. By that point in the season, Roy could not
be beaten. Montreal won an improbable Stanley Cup and Patrick was named
winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy for his outstanding play.
 Roy's
heroics the SCHL began in much the same way. In the 1999 playoffs he was
unstoppable and became the
first goalie in the league
to hoist the newly minted
Snipers Cup Trophy after
defeating the pre-dynasty
champion Franson Shrubdogs
and the Wayne Gretzky
Champion Johnston Tycoons in
a two week final .
There were celebrations all over
Uptown. He was
dubbed "Saint Patrick" for his play, but now he was expected to keep up
this high quality even though the team around him was bereft of any superstars.
He was awarded the "Conn
Smythe Trophy" that year as
the best performer in the
snipers cup playoffs and, in
the ensuing years, he went
on to win it a total of four
times. Today that
trophy is named in his
honour, ensuring that future
generations of SCHL'ers
understand just how
important his clutch
performances were.
A perennial SCHL all star
Roy's career in Uptown
filled his cupboards with
hardware. He won Four
Snipers Cup Trophies in 1999,
2000, 2002 and 2003 and was
the Conn Smythe Trophy
winner in each of those
years, Roy also was part of
a 2002 Wayne Gretzky Trophy
winning team and helped his
team win tree division
titles and a Prime
Minister's Trophy in 2002,
the same year he stunned
audiences week after week en
route to a POW (Player of
the Week) Trophy.
On May 28th, 2003 Patrick
Roy retired from competitive
hockey as an SCHL legend
starting 61 weeks and
amassing 265 points.
Following
his playing career, Patrick purchased the QMJHL's Quebec Remparts.
Placing himself as coach, the competitive veteran led the organization
to the 2006 Memorial Cup title.
Awards:
1999 Snipers Cup Champion
2000 Snipers Cup Champion
2002 Snipers Cup Champion
2003 Snipers Cup Champion
1999 SCHL Vezina*
Trophy Winner
2000 SCHL
Vezina*
Trophy Winner
2002 SCHL
Vezina*
Trophy Winner
2003 SCHL
Vezina*
Trophy Winner
* Renamed the Patrick Roy
Award in 2004
2002 Wayne Gretzky Trophy
Winner
2002 POW Award
Winner
2002 Prime Ministers Award
Winner
1999 Norris Division Winner
2001 EA Division Winner
2002 EA Division Winner
* Renamed the Patrick Roy
Award in 2004
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