Patrick Roy was born October 5 , 1965 .
He played 18 years in the NHL winning 4 Stanley Cups 2 with each team he played for. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame November 16 , 2006. He played 10 years for the Montreal Canadians and 8 for the Colorado Avalanche.
He won three Vezina trophies for the best Goalie for the season, five Jennings trophies for the fewest goals allowed , and played in 11 All Star games. He was the first three-time winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff's most valuable player. He had a career .910 save percentage and 2.54 GAA, not to mention 66 career shutouts.
Patrick is the only goalie in NHL history to win over 200 regular season He owns records for most career playoff games played by a goaltender 247, minutes played 15,209, most career playoff wins 151, and most career playoff shut outs 23. He led the Canadiens to an unexpected Stanley Cup championship in his rookie season. At the age of 20 Roy became the youngest player in the NHL's history to win the Conn Smythe and the Stanley Cup.
Patrick Roy retired in 2003 as the goaltending leader in regular season games played 1,029, minutes played 60,235, career wins 551, and most career 30-win seasons 13. At the May 28, 2003 press conference to announce his retirement, Roy was asked by a reporter which NHL player he feared the most when playing. Roy replied that there was no one he feared when playing, but that Cam Neely had given him some trouble.
In the 1993 play offs Roy was ridiculed by the then coach of the Quebec Nordic after loosing the first 2 games . Patrick responded by winning the next four consecutive games against the Nordiques. He didn't stop there. Then he swept the Buffalo Sabres in the next round, and winning the first three against the New York Islanders to complete an NHL record eleven ,11, postseason game winning streak.
In the 1993 play offs Patrick arrogantly winked at Tomas Sandstrom after another impressive save. In true cocky form, Roy confirmed that during a tight game 2, he told his teammates "just get one, because I'm not going to give them any." And he didn't. The Roy wink is part of his legend.
