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Montreal's fourth choice (51st overall) in the 1982 Entry Draft. Traded by Montreal with Mike Keane to Colorado for Jocelyn Thibault, Martin Rucinsky and Andrei Kovalenko on December 6th, 1995.

Career Highlights

1986 NHL All-Rookie Team...1986 Stanley Cup Champion... 1986 Conn Smythe Trophy winner (Youngest player to ever win the Conn Smythe (20 yrs.)...1987 William M. Jenning Award winner...1988 William M. Jenning Award winner...1988 NHL Second All-Star Team...1989 NHL First All-Star Team...1989 William M. Jenning Award winner...1989 Vezina Trophy winner...1990 NHL First All-Star Team...1990 Vezina Trophy winner...1991 NHL Second All-Star Team...1992 NHL First All-Star Team... 1992 William M. Jenning Award winner...1992 Vezina Trophy winner...1993 Stanley Cup Champion...1993 Conn Smythe Trophy winner...1996 Stanley Cup Champion... Played in eight NHL All-Star Games: 1988, 1990-1994, 1997 & 1998...500th NHL Game: Feb. 20, 1995 vs NYI... 300th NHL Win: Feb. 19th, 1996 vs EDM (7-5)...350th NHL Win: Apr. 16 vs. S.J. (6th all-time)...40th NHL Shutout: Feb. 26, 1998 vs. PHO (18th all-time)...1996-97 NHL Win Leader (38)...600th NHL Game - Oct. 23, 1996 vs EDM...700th NHL Game: Mar. 2, 1998 vs. EDM...Became NHL's All-Time Playoff Win Leader (89) -4/24/97 vs CHI (7-0)...Career-best 51 saves Dec. 10,1997 at TOR (2-2) ...150th start for Colorado Mar. 4, 1998 at TOR (5-3 win)...Recorded 31 PIM Apr. 1, 1998 at DET, tying franchise mark...Member of the 1998 Canadian Olympic squad...400th NHL Win Feb. 5, 1999 - youngest goaltender to 400 wins (33)...800th NHL game: 12/8/99 at SJ.

NHL Firsts

Game: Feb. 23, 1985 vs. WPG

Win: Feb. 23, 1985 vs. WPG

Shutout: Jan. 15, 1986 vs. WPG

Avalanche Firsts

Game: Dec. 7, 1995 vs. EDM

Win: Dec. 11, 1995 at TOR

Shutout: Oct. 28, 1996 vs. WSH

Career Milestones

Win streak: 11 1/12-2/7/99

Unbeaten streak: 17 (2x) 1/28/89-4/1/89, 14-0-3 & 1/30/94-3/24/94, 13-0-4

Shutout streak (min.): 168:47 2/1/90 - 2/7/90

Career

1997-98: Career win #350 10/3 at CGY, only seven others with 350 or more... Selected NHL Player of the Week for Oct. 1-Oct.5 (2-0-1) o.97 GAA, .966 SV%... Shutout streak of 142:43 (Oct. 3 Oct.9)...Tied personal best 23 saves in a period (3rd) 10/15 at EDM...Nine-game unbeaten streak (10/1-24) 5-0-4...Six-game unbeaten streak (11/18-12/9) 5-0-1... Career-best 51 saves 12/10 at TOR (2-2)... Became one of 12 goaltenders in NHL history to reach the 700 game plateau (1 of 4 active) 3/2 vs EDM...Recorded 30th win 3/28 vs. ANA tying an NHL record (8) for 30-win seasons in a career...380th career win 4/15 vs. S.J. (6th overall) 2nd active trailing Grant Fuhr (382)...Fourth shutout 3/21 at S.J. (23 saves)...

PLAYOFFS: Recorded career playoff win #99 in Game Four (CQF) at EDM (26 saves)...

1996-97: A finalist for the 1996-97 Vezina Trophy...Led the NHL in wins with 38...Finished second in the league in shutouts with seven- tying an all-time personal season high (7 in 1993-94)...Finished third in the NHL in save pct. with .923...Set a new individual franchise record for shutouts in a season (prev. 4)...Set a new all-time franchise season record in wins with 38...Set a new franchise season record for Most Games Played with 62, prev. 60 set by Bouchard in 1981-82...Set a new franchise season record for Most Minutes Played with 3,698, prev. 3,572 set by Bouchard in 1981-82...assisted on the game winning goal vs EDM on 12/4/96... Stopped 46 of 46 shots taken by HFD to record his seventh shutout of the season and the 37th of his career on 3/25...Stopped a season-high 23 shots in one period against HFD on 3/25...Named NHL Player of the Week for 1/6-12 (2-0-1, 1.30gaa and .962 save percentage)...Faced a season high 47 shots vs. DET on 3/26 (prev. high was 46, recorded the night before in Hartford)...Roy's shutout against Hartford on 3/25 moved him into a tie with Johnny Bower for 22nd among all-time shutout leaders...Moved into eighth among the NHL's all-time win leaders finishing the season with a total of 349...Stopped 33 of 33 shots taken by WSH on Jan. 9th to recorded his sixth shutout of the season...Runner-up for the NHL Player of the Month for November: 8-1-2, 1.62gaa, 2 shutouts...Had a 12-game undefeated streak ,10-0-2 record 10/22/96 -11/22/96 (allowing only 19 goals)... Missed two games with a shoulder injury suffered in a collision with Brendan Shanahan on 3/26...Missed two games (1/25-1/27) with a sprained right thumb...

PLAYOFFS: Faced 559 shots, more than any other NHL goaltender...Led the NHL in save pct. with a .932...Tied for the NHL lead in playoff shutouts with three...Finished fifth in the NHL with a 2.21 G.A.A...Finished second in the NHL in playoff wins with ten...Stopped 32 of 32 shots taken by DET on 5/24 to record his 11th career playoff shutout...Stopped 34 of 35 shots taken by DET in Game One on 5/15... Stopped 42 of 43 shots taken by EDM on 5/4... Recorded a 1.37 G.A.A. at home in the playoffs...Allowed only one goal or less in all but two of the nine games played at home... Broke Billy Smith's record (88w) for the most playoff wins in NHL history, recording his 89th with a 7-0 win over CHI on 4/24... Recorded his tenth career shutout in the playoffs on 4/24 against CHI, stopping all 25 shots, the shutout was the second in the series...Roy shutout a team twice in one series only one time previously (1989 vs Philadelphia)...recorded 55% of his career playoff shutouts since joining the Avalanche in 1995-96 (6)...Did not allow a playoff goal in 231:05 (James Black scored at 17:53 of the first period on 4/18, first goal allowed by Roy since 11:18 of the first period of Game Three of the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals)...

1995-96: Finished third among NHL leaders in wins with 34...Third highest total in his career (36-22-8/1991-92, 35-17-11/1993-94)...With a win against EDM on 3/19, Roy became only the 12th goaltender (2nd youngest) in NHL history to reach 300 victories...Recorded his 30th career shutout against TOR (4-0) on 3/3, stopping 26 shots...Stopped 37 of 39 shots taken by MTL on 2/5...

PLAYOFFS: Stopped 63 of 63 shots taken by FLA on June 10th to capture the Stanley Cup and record his eighth career playoff shutout...Shutout VAN on 4/20 (28 shots)...Shutout DET on May 25th (35 shots)...Finished second in the NHL in G.A.A. with 2.10...Led the league in wins with 16... Ranked fifth among goaltenders with a .921 save pct...Led the league with three shutouts... Played in all but one minute of Colorado's 22 games...

1994-95: Shutout WSH on 1/25... Played in 41 of 48 games for the Canadiens... Recorded a 1-2-4 record in overtime games... Held opponents to only one goal or less on seven different occasions.