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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Canadiens: Roy Will Be Immortalized In Quebec City
Former Montreal Canadiens goaltender Patrick Roy will be immortalized with a bronze statue in his hometown of Quebec City. According to TVA's Stéphane Turcot, the Saint-Patrick statue will be placed next to the Centre Videotron on Place Jean-Beliveau. There are already five statues by the arena: those of Jean Beliveau, Joe Malone, Guy Lafleur, Real Cloutier, and the Statsny brothers. The work of art won't depict the Canadiens' legend wearing the Sainte-Flanelle, though; he will be depicted raising the Memorial Cup in 2023. Coaching the Quebec Remparts, Roy won two Memorial Cups and was the fastest coach ever to reach 500 wins in the QMJHL. He was the sixth coach to accomplish the feat, but he did it in just 815 games; the fastest coach to reach the milestone before him had done it in 948 games. Advertisement Should The Canadiens Take A Run At Tavares? Canadiens: Hughes Is Considering Every Possibility Canadiens: Will Price Get The Call? For years, Roy also served as the Remparts' general manager, being fully in charge of the team's destiny. While he left the junior outfit in 2013, he returned after coaching the Colorado Avalanche for three seasons, winning the Jack Adams Trophy as the top coach in his first year. He didn't leave the Avalanche on the best of terms, however, walking away because he didn't have enough of a say in player personnel decisions in August 2016. The way he quit left a blemish on his coaching jacket, and he would have to wait years to get another NHL coaching job. His second stint as the Remparts' coach lasted from the 2018-19 season to the end of the 2022-23 season, when the Remparts won the league's championship. At that stage, Roy felt ready to return to the NHL and left, having accomplished everything he had set out to do in the QMJHL. He only had to wait for half a season before getting another opportunity in the NHL when the New York Islanders fired coach Lane Lambert in January 2024 and announced Roy as his replacement on January 20, 2024. So far, he has led the Islanders to 55 wins in 119 games and taken them to the playoffs in his first season. Advertisement Considering the impact he made with the Remparts, the statue is a well-deserved recognition of his accomplishments. One can wonder if Casseau will also have a bronze statue by the Bell Center one day. As things stand, Howie Morenz, Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, and Guy Lafleur are the four great immortalized in bronze by the Bell Centre. Given that Roy was the main reason the Canadiens were able to win their last two Stanley Cups, one could argue that he deserves the honour. Photo credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Canadiens stories, analysis, breaking news, and more! Tap the star to add us to your favorites on Google News, never to miss a story. Follow Karine on X @KarineHains Bluesky @ and Threads @karinehains. Advertisement Bookmark The Hockey News Canadiens' page for all the news and happenings around the Canadiens. Join the discussion by signing up to the Canadiens' roundtable on The Hockey News.
New York Times
13-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Do you know your Stanley Cup-winning goalies? Take the ‘Who Didn't He Play For?' quiz
In the Stanley Cup playoffs, it's all about the goalies. The team that gets the better goaltending always wins, except for the times that they don't, but it's always better to have a big-name star, unless it's one of those years where the winning team can just throw anyone back there. Glad we cleared all that up. Let's do a quiz. Advertisement I'll give you 16 goaltenders who have their name on the Stanley Cup, plus four teams for each. You tell me which one of those teams that goalie never played a game for. Nice and simple. I'm sure you'll do great. Complete the quiz below, then scroll back up to see how you did using this handy scoring chart: 16 correct: You are Ken Dryden, and can basically win the Cup whenever you feel like it. 12-15 correct: You are Patrick Roy, owner of multiple Conn Smythe trophies. 8-11 correct: You're Jonathan Quick, saving your best for when it's needed. 4-7 correct: You're Henrik Lundqvist; you had your moments, but couldn't get a ring. 1-3 correct: You're Playoff Freddie Andersen. Hey, it could always be worse. 0 correct: You're Connor Hellebuyck on the road. (Important note: If the quiz below isn't loading properly or you're having trouble scrolling on your phone, use this direct link instead.) Loading… (Photo of Marc-Andre Fleury: Frederick Breedon / Getty Images)
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
New Crowned Event Week 1 In NHL 25 HUT
The new Crowned Event in now live in NHL 25 Hockey Ultimate Team. The event celebrates NHL award winners for the 2024-25 season. The five master set players are 96 overall Wayne Gretzky, Patrick Roy, Cale Makar, Jack Eichel, and Nicklas Lidstrom, they come with no cost AP. Advertisement 95 overall Sean Monahan, Aleksander Barkov, and Nikita Kucherov were added to celebrate their awards, Kucherov appeared at 96 overall in the original banner. 12 base cards were added including 94 overall John Carlson and Anze Kopitar. There is a 90 overall Nick Bonino available for completing Objectives and an 88 overall Zach Whitecloud for completing Wildcard levels. EA SPORTS NHL 25 EA SPORTS NHL 25 EA SPORTS NHL 25 The Hockey News' Stanley Cup Final simulation predicted the Florida Panthers to win in five games here. For more NHL 25 news make sure you bookmark The Hockey News Gaming Site or follow our Google News Feed. Photo Credit: EA SPORTS NHL
New York Post
30-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Winners, losers from the very early days of Islanders' Mathieu Darche era
Barely a week into the Mathieu Darche era on Long Island, the new general manager's vision is already taking shape. The Post picks the (very) early winners and losers from the Darche Era. Winners Advertisement Patrick Roy Not only is Roy back behind the bench as head coach, but he gets a larger say in shaping his assistant coaching staff after John MacLean and Tommy Albelin were let go and has a general manager who sounded very much aligned with him on how the team should play.
Associated Press
29-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Mathieu Darche introduced as Islanders' head of hockey operations
NEW YORK (AP) — Mathieu Darche was all smiles Thursday as he was formally introduced as the New York Islanders' executive vice president and general manager. The 48-year-old former NHL forward, who spent the previous six seasons — including two Stanley Cups — with the Tampa Bay Lightning, takes control of the team's hockey operations department from Lou Lamoriello. Darche officially announced that Patrick Roy would return as coach next season and be able to hire his own assistants with John MacLean and Tommy Albelin not returning. Darche also said there would be a new coaching staff in Bridgeport, the team's AHL affiliate. The Islanders missed the playoffs this season after bowing out to the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round the previous two springs. Darche, who played 268 NHL games from 2001-12 for five teams, is ready to get started. 'We want to create our own success going forward, build our own legacy,' said Darche, a Montreal native who mentioned watching the Islanders and his idol Mike Bossy win four straight Stanley Cups from 1980-83. 'I believe in best practices and seeing what I can bring.' Roy, a Hall of Fame goaltender, became coach of the Islanders in January 2024. He guided the Islanders into the postseason with a late surge in 2024 but the team fell short this time, missing the playoffs for the second time in four seasons since starting play at UBS Arena. Both Darche and Roy were born in the province of Quebec. 'Patrick is a winner,'' said Darche, who met the 59-year-old Roy for the first time in recent days. 'I am extremely comfortable and excited to be working with him. I know he's passionate and he works hard.' Islanders co-owner John Collins echoed the sentiments of his incoming head of hockey operations, who also has a business background away from hockey and a degree from McGill University in Montreal. 'There's a championship legacy here that needs to move forward. We believe strongly that Mathieu Darche understands how to make that happen,'' Collins said. 'He has been an important part of Stanley Cup success in Tampa Bay and we see him as a team builder with a bright future for us.' Darche does have plenty of work to do. He said he's spoken to just about every player on the Islanders roster and will be focused on the upcoming draft — in which the Islanders have the No. 1 pick — plus pending free agents in the weeks ahead. 'You've entrusted me with hockey operations of this franchise and it's not something I take lightly,'' Darche said. 'I want this team to be a perennial playoff team … It's not always a straight line but every single day every decision I make will be not for Mathieu Darche — not for anybody else — but the best thing for the New York Islanders.' Islanders captain Anders Lee, who turns 35 in July and will be starting his 14th season with the Islanders, said his early impressions of the new boss have been all positive. 'Mathieu will come in with a lot of ideas. He's seen how things have worked in Tampa. He has a vision for this group and this organization,'' said Lee, with a backdrop of the arena's ice-free surface. 'We all have the same goal here. We want to be playing games in May, knocking on the door of the Stanley Cup.' Lee also credited the 82-year-old Lamoriello with having a key impact during his seven years at the Islanders helm. 'Lou meant a lot. He was a mentor and someone you could lean on, someone you could go to for things outside of hockey,'' Lee said. 'Lou has seen it all and he's done it with high character and great values. He's a man of his word. He made a lot of guys in that room not just better hockey players, but better men.' ___ AP NHL:
