Derek Roy
Derek Roy
Derek Leonard Royis a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who is currently playing for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. Roy has previously played with SC Bern with whom he won the NLA title in 2016. Roy has played in the National Hockey Leaguewith the Buffalo Sabres, Dallas Stars, Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators and the Edmonton Oilers. He was originally drafted in the second round, 32nd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2001 NHL Entry...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth4 May 1983
bounce enjoyed fans game good hard played teams
Good teams bounce back. I don't think the fans enjoyed the game as much as they could have because I don't think we played as hard as we have to.
feels needed team win
It feels great, but the team needed this win. It was a big win for us.
defensive finish good great hopefully line season
We've got the line combinations down pat. We've got great goaltending and good defensive pairings. Hopefully we can finish off the season strong.
couple extremely great passing played skating
We had a couple of great shifts there. I thought we played extremely well tonight, skating and passing the puck. I thought we could have had a couple of more.
battling hunt keeping meet next ottawa starting time
We're just back in the hunt again. We're just starting right back where we were, so it's just keeping battling back. When we meet Ottawa next time we're going to be more ready.
lose seems
We don't like losing. It seems like when we lose we come back with a better effort. We just don't want to lose two in a row.
battling boston fighting games key playoff stay toronto trying
We're battling for first place with Ottawa, so all those games are going to be huge. Then Toronto and Boston are fighting for playoff spots, and Montreal's trying to stay in. Those are all going to be huge, key games for us. Those are all four-point games.
expecting game hard plan
I don't know what their game plan is over there. We're expecting them to come hard in their building.
dangerous draws finds goal great hit job maxim open pass player players puck scoring seem space
Maxim is such a dangerous player with the puck, he draws players to him, especially after scoring a goal like that. I look for that, you seem to get a little more space when Maxim has the puck, so it's my job to get to an open spot, because he usually finds a way to get the puck to you. He made a great pass and all I had to do was hit the net.
game great huge win
We know we have great goaltending and great defense, so when we get in a shootout like that and we can win a game like that it's huge for our team.
figured gave great might net pass ready saw score side slide van
I gave him a pass and I saw the goalie slide over, so I figured he might not score so I was getting ready for a pass. Van has great vision. He saw me at the side of the net and made a great play.
bunch eager guy guys replace step tough
It's tough to replace a guy like Miroslav Satan, but we have a bunch of young guys eager to step up.
came follow leader whatever
They would just follow whatever I did. They had no say in anything. Grier was an eight-year vet, and I was a rookie. Basically, it came out like I was the leader of the pack. And it just rolled.
ryan saves seems time
It seems like every time Ryan makes big saves we respond.