Patrick Roy gets suspended

Saturday night, the news broke that Quebec Remparts coach Patrick Roy was ejected from a preseason game against the Shawinigan Cataractes after he had an argument with the officials in the first period. While that may sound like completely ridiculously behavior on the part of an experienced veteran like Roy, and it is, there is some additional important context to this story.

Roy and the referee in question had previously butted heads during the QMJHL playoffs earlier this year, with Roy disagreeing with several of the calls made against his team. To make matters even worse those calls had been made when Roy’s team faced off against the very same opponent that they were facing when the incident occurred on Saturday night, the Shawinigan Cataractes.

The former NHL superstar commented on the fact that he felt it was a poor decision on the part of the league.

“As I told my players, I don’t feel I’m getting the same treatment as other coaches around the league,” Roy said as per Yahoo Sports. “That’s why I try to do as little talking as possible during games. I thought it was funny that the league put us against Shawinigan in an exhibition game. They were tactless.”

On Wednesday, Roy had to face the consequences as Kevin Dube of Le Journal de Quebec reported that the coach had been suspended one game and would have to pay a 5000$ fine.

Fans of the NHL will be no strangers to Roy’s blowups as both a player and as a head coach. This is just another to add to his long list temper tantrums.
Remember this legendary blow up between Patrick Roy, Corey Perry, and Bruce Boudreau?