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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
feels needed team win
It feels great, but the team needed this win. It was a big win for us.
against gave opened
That was huge, especially against this team. That opened things up for us, and gave us some momentum.
against physical slow style team
That's the style you have to play against that team out here. You have to slow them down, play hard, physical hockey. That is what we did for a period.
came cause damage game home knew line
I don't think we wanted to go back home for a Game 7. We knew they could cause some damage if it went to a Game 7. I thought we put it all out on the line and came out strong.
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.
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.
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.
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.