15 Interesting Facts About Patrick Roy

He is the only player in NHL history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy three times, achieving this feat in three different decades and for two different teams.

As a rookie, he became the youngest Conn Smythe Trophy winner ever at 20 years old.

He won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goaltender three times during his career.

He won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach in 2014, tying a record for consecutive wins to start an NHL coaching career.

He was widely credited with popularizing the butterfly style of goaltending, which became dominant globally.

He holds the NHL record for most career playoff games played by a goaltender, with 247.

He was the first NHL goaltender to both play 1,000 games and win 500 games.

He was known for several superstitious quirks, including talking to the net posts and refusing to let his skates touch the red and blue lines.

During his playing career, he won the William M. Jennings Trophy five times for allowing the fewest goals against.

He was selected as Canada's starting goaltender for the 1998 Winter Olympics, where his team failed to win a medal after a shootout loss in the semifinal.

After allowing nine goals in a game, he famously told his team's president, "It's my last game in Montreal," leading to his trade four days later.

In a memorable playoff exchange, he retorted to Jeremy Roenick's taunt by saying, "I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears."