His mother, Barbara, is a real estate agent and swimming coach. Athletic ability ran in his family. His father was a good enough baseball player that the then-Brooklyn Dodgers scouted him. His mother was a competitive synchronized swimmer. The Minnesota North Stars drafted Roy's brother, Stephane, fifty-first overall in the 1985 NHL Draft.
Career choice
Roy decided early in his life he wanted to be a goalie. "I liked the pads," Roy recalled in Sports Illustrated. "I saw all that equipment and I wanted to wear it." His grandmother, Anna Peacock, was a huge Montreal Canadiens fan. She was also a fan of legendary Canadiens goalie Ken Dryden. His grandmother would watch games on television while giving Roy his dinner. "The last time I saw Anna in the hospital, she was watching the Islanders play Vancouver in the [1982] Cup finals," Roy told Sports Illustrated. "She was a real big hockey fan."
Canadien's choice
Roy, like many French Canadian boys, always dreamed of playing for the Canadiens. His dream came true in 1984. Roy dropped out of school in eleventh grade and played for three years with Granby in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He compiled a 45-54 record with a whopping 5.32 goals-against average.
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