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| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | L |
| Nickname(s) | Royzie |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 188 lb (85 kg/13.4 st) |
| NHL Team | Buffalo Sabres |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | May 4 1983 , Ottawa, ON, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 32nd overall, 2001 Buffalo Sabres |
| Pro Career | 2003 – present |
Derek Roy (born 4 May, 1983 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL.
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Playing career
Roy led the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL with 87 points during the 1999-00 season, and won the OHL Rookie of the Year trophy. The next season, he scored 42 goals and 81 points. He was drafted 32nd overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. The next season Roy set OHL career highs in goals and points and continued to be the Rangers leading scorer. During the 2002-03 season, Roy's last in the OHL, He was selected to play for Team Canada in the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, and brought home a silver medal and got player of the game and received a crystal puck. The Rangers team that year also won the Memorial Cup. Roy was captain of the club and won the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as Memorial Cup MVP. Roy moved on the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League the next season. He only played 26 games with the Americans, as he played most of the season with the Sabres. Roy was back with the Americans for the 2004-05 season because of the 2004-05 NHL lockout, and he failed to make the Sabres out of training camp when NHL play resumed in 2005-06. However, he scored 20 points in 8 games with the Americans (including a few 5-point performances) and was called up to the Sabres. On Friday, March 3, 2006, Roy recorded his first NHL hat trick against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Derek Roy also has the fastest goal to start a playoff game in franchise history, Game 4 with the Ottawa Senators in the 06/07 season, at nine seconds. He is three seconds off from the league record of six seconds. On July 27, 2007 Derek Roy agreed to a 6-year $24 million deal with the Buffalo Sabres[1].
Awards
- Named to the OHL All-Rookie Team (2000).
- Named the OHL Rookie of the Year (2000)
- Named to the CHL All-Rookie Team (2000)
- Awarded CHL Plus/Minus Award (2000)
- Named to the Memorial Cup All-Star Team (2003)
- Awarded Wayne Gretzky 99 Award as OHL playoff MVP (2003)
- Awarded Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as Memorial Cup MVP (2003)
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999-00 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 66 | 34 | 53 | 87 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2000-01 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 65 | 42 | 39 | 81 | 114 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 62 | 43 | 46 | 89 | 92 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2002-03 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 49 | 28 | 50 | 78 | 73 | 21 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 14 | ||
| 2003-04 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 26 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 18 | ||
| 2003-04 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 49 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 67 | 16 | 45 | 61 | 60 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 2005-06 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 8 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 70 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 57 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 16 | ||
| 2006-07 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 75 | 21 | 42 | 63 | 60 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||
| NHL Totals | 194 | 48 | 80 | 128 | 129 | 34 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 30 | ||||
International play
- Member of Team Canada in 2003 World Junior Championships
International Statistics
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Canada | WJC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
