Attention Montreal Canadiens fans!
The product is a 1989-90 Topps Hockey trading card featuring Patrick Roy, a Hall of Fame center for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL). The card is an original, ungraded, and vintage piece made of card stock with a thickness of 20 pt. It is part of the base set and is an English language card from the United States. This collectible item is a great addition to any sports memorabilia or trading card collection, especially for fans of ice hockey and the Montreal Canadiens.
Patrick Jacques Roy (French pronunciation: [ʁwa]; born October 5, 1965) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach, executive and former player who is the head coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Roy previously served as head coach for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, as well as the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). In 2017, he was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history and was hailed in sports media as "king of goaltenders".
Nicknamed "Saint Patrick", Roy split his playing career in the National Hockey League (NHL) between the Montreal Canadiens, with whom he played for 11 years, and the Colorado Avalanche, with whom he played for eight years. Roy won the Stanley Cup four times during his career, two with each franchise.
In 2004, Roy was selected as the greatest goaltender in NHL history by a panel of 41 writers, coupled with a simultaneous fan poll. On November 13, 2006, Roy was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He is the only player in NHL history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy (the award given to the Most Valuable Player in the Stanley Cup playoffs) three times, the only one to do so in three different decades (1980s, 1990s, and 2000s), and the only one to do so for two different teams. Roy's number 33 sweater is retired by both the Canadiens and Avalanche.
Roy is widely credited with popularizing the butterfly style of goaltending, which has since become the dominant style of goaltending
around the world.
Patrick Roy
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2006
Roy at a media interview in 2012
Born
October 5, 1965 (age 59)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Height
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight
190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position
Goaltender
Caught
Left
Played for
Montreal Canadiens
Colorado Avalanche
Current NHL coach
New York Islanders
Coached for
Colorado Avalanche
National team
Canada
NHL draft
51st overall, 1984
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career
1984–2003
Coaching career
2005–present
This card is from a great set and is stored in a plastic sleeve and top loader. The card is in great condition and should grade professionally, really well!