On Wednesday night, the Colorado Avalanche opened the National Hockey League (NHL) season at home against the Anaheim Ducks with a resounding 6-1 win. After the game, the new Avalanche head coach flipped out. Check out as Patrick Roy loses it, while he argues with Ducks’ head coach Bruce Boudreau:
Apparently, Patrick Roy (pronounced Wa), was upset that he thought a Ducks player tried to injure one of his players with a knee-to-knee hit. You can see him talking to Ducks player Corey Perry (#10) at first, before Boudreau comes over to the glass partition, between the benches. After the Ducks’ only goal, Roy put his thugs on the ice for the last 6 seconds, which Boudreau told Roy was a bush league maneuver, that’s when Patrick Roy loses it.
Roy was fined $10,000 by the NHL on Thursday, for his eruption at the end of this game. But I liked it. Whether right or wrong, he was sticking up for his team. He may have gone a little overboard, but it also brought more attention to the sport of hockey. I’m sure more fans will come to Avalanche home games, and other fans everywhere will watch on television, hoping to see a Patrick Roy meltdown in a future game. This was the first game of the season, and his team won. What will he do when he’s upset after his team loses, especially if they make the playoffs?
Roy was an excellent goalie during his playing days, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2006. He won 4 Stanley Cup Championships during his career. His first two were with the Montreal Canadiens, in 1986 and 1993, and he also won championships with the Avalanche in 1996 and 2001.
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