Jan. 20, 2003 — Patrick Roy plays in his 1000th career NHL game, marking the first time ever that a goalie a goalie has appeared in 1000 regular season games.
Roy went on to retire later that season finishing his career with 1029 games played, which is third all-time behind Martin Brodeur and Roberto Luongo, who are they only other goalies to reach the 1000 game mark.
Roy was taken 51st overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1984 NHL draft. He played 551 games for the Canadiens and won the Stanley Cup twice with them in 1986 and 1993.
Early into the 1995-96 season, the Canadiens faced off against the Detroit Red Wings in what would be Roy's last game in Montreal. Detroit got off to an early start in the game and finished the first period with a 5-1 lead. Despite allowing five goals, Canadiens coach Mario Tremblay refused to make a goaltending change and instead left Roy in the net. The Red Wings continued their dominance in the second period where they put five more past Roy. After every goal he looked to the bench hoping that he would get pulled, but after a while it was clear that Tremblay was keeping him in the game to cause further humiliation. After letting in a ninth goal, Roy was finally pulled from the game. Upon returning to the bench, he didn't receive any acknowledgement of any kind from Tremblay, so Roy stormed past him and went straight to Canadiens President Ronald Corey who was sitting behind the glass and told him "It's my last game in Montreal!"
Detroit added two more goals and ended up winning the game 11-1 and Roy never suited up in a Canadiens jersey again.
Not long after the incident Roy, along with Mike Keane, was dealt to the Colorado Avalanche for Andrei Kovalenko, Martin Rucinsky, and Jocelyn Thibault. Roy went on to play 478 games in Colorado, capturing two more Stanley Cups in 1996 and 2001.
On top of the four Stanley Cups, Roy had a lot of individual success during his career as well, winning the Vezina Trophy three times, William M. Jennings Trophy five times, and the Conn Smythe Trophy three times. He finished his career with 551 wins (2nd all-time), a .910 Sv %, and a 2.54 GAA, and sits first all-time in playoff games played by a goalie (247) and most playoff wins (151).
In 2005 Roy became head coach of the QMJHL's Quebec Remparts. He stayed with the Remparts until the end of the 2012-13 season but left the following year after being named head coach of the Colorado Avalanche. He won the Jack Adams award in 2014 after helping the Aves to a Central Division title in his first season. He failed to make the playoffs over the next two seasons and ultimately resigned as head coach following the 2015-16 season.
He returned to the Remparts in 2018 where he currently serves as head coach and managing director.
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