Derek Roy

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Derek Roy (born 4 May, 1983 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL.

Contents

1 Playing career
2 Awards
3 Career statistics
4 International play
5 See also
6 References

Playing career

Roy started his notable hockey career very well, leading the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL with 87 points during the 1999-00 season, and winning the OHL Rookie of the Year trophy. The next season, he scored 42 goals and 81 points, but despite those high numbers he was drafted only 32nd overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. This was most likely due to his size, as Roy stood only 5-foot-9. The next season Roy set OHL career highs in goals and points and continued to be the Rangers leading scorer.

The 2002-03 season, Roy's last in the OHL, would without question be his most memorable. He was selected to play for Team Canada in the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, and brought home a silver medal. He was also suspended for three games by coach, Peter DeBoer, for getting into an altercation with teammate George Halkidis during practice. But the Rangers team that year also marched all the way to the Memorial Cup, thanks in part to a strong nucleus. The team included five players that would go on to play in the NHL (Roy, Steve Eminger, Mike Richards, Petr Kanko and Greg Campbell), four players that would make it to at least the AHL (Andre Benoit, Scott Dickie, Bill Kinkel, David Clarkson), and Evan McGrath who still plays with the Rangers and is a prospect for the Detroit Red Wings, and yet Roy was captain of the club and won the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as Memorial Cup MVP. The team beat the Hull Olympiques in the final to take the tournament.

Roy's success continued as he moved on the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League the next season. He would only play 26 games with the Americans, as he played most of the season with the Sabres. Roy was back with the Americans for the 2004-05 season because of the 2004-05 NHL lockout, and he failed to make the Sabres out of training camp when NHL play resumed in 2005-06. However, he scored 20 points in 8 games with the Americans (including a few 5-point performances) and was called up to the Sabres and has not been sent back as of January 5, 2006.

On Friday, March 3rd, Derek Roy recorded his first NHL hat trick against the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was awarded first star of the game.

Awards

Named to the OHL All-Rookie Team (2000)
Named the OHL Rookie of the Year (2000)
Named to the CHL All-Rookie Team (2000)
Awarded CHL Plus/Minus Award (2000)
Named to the Memorial Cup All-Star Team (2003)
Awarded Wayne Gretzky 99 Award as OHL playoff MVP (2003)
Awarded Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as Memorial Cup MVP (2003)

Career statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1999-00	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	66	34	53	87	44	5	4	1	5	6
2000-01	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	65	42	39	81	114	-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	62	43	46	89	92	4	1	2	3	2
2002-03	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	49	28	50	78	73	21	9	23	32	14
2003-04	Rochester Americans	AHL	26	10	16	26	20	16	6	8	14	18
2003-04	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	49	9	10	19	12	-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Rochester Americans	AHL	67	16	45	61	60	9	6	5	11	6
2005-06	Rochester Americans	AHL	8	7	13	20	10
2005-06	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	66	18	27	45	49
2 Seasons	Career	NHL	115	27	37	64	61	-	-	-	-	-

International play

Member of Team Canada in 2003 World Junior Championships

International Statistics

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2003	Canada	WJC	6	1	2	3	4

References

[Derek Roy on HockeyDB]