Mathieu Roy (ice hockey, born 1983)

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Mathieu Roy
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Born (1983-08-10) August 10, 1983 (age 41)
Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
NHL draft 215th overall, 2003
Edmonton Oilers
Playing career 20032023

Mathieu Roy (born August 10, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

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Playing career

Roy was drafted in the seventh round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, 215th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers. Most of Roy's professional career has been spent in the American Hockey League, with the Toronto and Edmonton Roadrunners, and the Hamilton Bulldogs, although he has also spent time in the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers.

In the 2006–07 season, on January 10, 2007, while on a recall to the Oilers, Roy scored his first NHL goal against the San Jose Sharks.

On November 2, 2007, after only a few minutes into a game, Roy was checked into the boards by Nashville Predators forward Jordin Tootoo, forcing Roy to leave the game with a shoulder injury.

On July 14, 2009, Roy signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. [1] In the 2009–10 season, Roy appeared in 31 games with the Blue Jackets, recording a career-high 10 assists before he was traded to the Florida Panthers for Matt Rust on March 3, 2010. [2]

The following season, Roy was signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning and was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals to begin the 2010–11 season. [3] Roy registered 22 points in 45 games with the Admirals and was recalled to play in 4 games with the Lighting during the season as a depth defense man.

A free agent, Roy signed with South East Division rivals the Carolina Hurricanes to a one-year contract on September 14, 2011. [4] Roy failed to make his debut with the Hurricanes, assigned to affiliate the Charlotte Checkers for the duration of the 2011–12 season.

With free agency once again in procession and the impending 2012 NHL lockout, Roy signed his first European contract with the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on July 12, 2012. [5] During a successful debut season with the Freezers, Roy was signed to a contract extension on January 3, 2013, that would keep him with the Hamburg team until the end of the 2014-15 campaign. He finished the 2012–13 season, with 26 points in 51 games.

Upon elimination from the Playoffs with the Freezers, Roy returned to North America for the off-season. On April 23, 2013, with his previous NHL club, the Tampa Bay Lightning, suffering from a depleted blueline, Roy was signed to a contract for the final game of the Lightning's 2013 season, [6] before returning to Hamburg for the 2013–14 season. In March 2015, he inked a new two-year deal with the Hamburg Freezers. [7] In May 2016, his Hamburg stint ended prematurely as the organization folded. [8] Roy had spent a total of four years with the Freezers.

He signed with EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL) on July 18, 2016. [9]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1998–99Lévis Commandeurs QMAAA 1141516
1999–2000Lévis CommandeursQMAAA2434788611222
1999–2000 Val–d'Or Foreurs QMJHL 4814566
2000–01 Val–d'Or ForeursQMJHL3007760170004
2001–02 Val–d'Or ForeursQMJHL5372633103702219
2002–03 Val–d'Or ForeursQMJHL5211213216471018
2003–04 Toronto Roadrunners AHL 3002246
2003–04 Columbus Cottonmouths ECHL 1012313
2004–05 Edmonton Road Runners AHL513222568
2005–06 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL503161982
2005–06 Edmonton Oilers NHL 10000
2006–07 Hamilton BulldogsAHL316121840
2006–07 Edmonton OilersNHL1620230
2007–08 Edmonton OilersNHL1301127
2007–08 Springfield Falcons AHL20281034
2008–09 Springfield FalconsAHL5921517120
2009–10 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL310101017
2009–10 Syracuse Crunch AHL1404432
2009–10 Rochester Americans AHL10000600011
2010–11 Norfolk Admirals AHL45418226860114
2010–11 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL40002
2011–12 Charlotte Checkers AHL626121857
2012–13 Hamburg Freezers DEL 51818264660558
2012–13 Tampa Bay LightningNHL10000
2013–14 Hamburg FreezersDEL2841014281213428
2014–15 Hamburg FreezersDEL485232877712329
2015–16 Hamburg FreezersDEL523232694
2016–17 EC Red Bull Salzburg AUT 10000
2017–18 Dragons de Rouen FRA 3041519421514514
2018–19 Dragons de RouenFRA44817256916571220
2019–20 Dragons de RouenFRA39517224640114
2021–22 Saint–Georges Cool FM 103.5 LNAH 70666114596
2022–23Saint–Georges Cool FM 103.5LNAH25513184120002
NHL totals662111376
AHL totals363261091355471201115
LNAH totals325192447134598
DEL totals179207494245252101265
FRA totals113174966157356121838

References

  1. "Blue Jackets sign D Mathieu Roy". Columbus Blue Jackets. 2009-07-14. Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
  2. "Blue Jackets acquire Matt Rust and Chad Kolarik in a pair of deals". Columbus Blue Jackets. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
  3. "Lightning Assign D Matt Roy to Norfolk of the AHL". Tampa Bay Lightning. 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  4. "Hurricanes sign defenseman Mathieu Roy". Carolina Hurricanes. 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
  5. "Hurricane Roy completes Freezers roster" (in German). Hamburg Freezers. 2012-07-12. Archived from the original on 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
  6. "Lightning sign defenseman Mathieu Roy". Tampa Bay Lightning. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
  7. MOPO.de (2015-03-30). "Kaderplanung für die neue Saison: Freezers verlängern die Verträge mit Morten Madsen und Mathieu Roy | MOPO.de". MOPO.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  8. Clinton, Jared (2016-05-25). "Former NHLer Schubert's last-ditch effort to save Hamburg Freezers fails, DEL team folds". thehockeynews.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-28. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  9. "EC Red Bull Salzburg sign defenseman Roy". EC Red Bull Salzburg . 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-07-18.