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Pierre Roy

Height: 6-0
Weight: 175
Shoot: L
Born: 12 Mar 1952, Amos PQ

 

Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)

year team
gp
g
a
pts
pim
gp
g
a
pts
pim
1972-73 Quebec
64
7
12
19
169
1973-74 Quebec
44
2
7
9
137
1974-75 Quebec
61
1
18
19
118
15
0
9
9
40
1975-76 Quebec
78
6
30
36
258
5
1
2
3
29
1976-77 Quebec
29
3
5
8
50
Cincinnati
39
3
12
15
126
3
0
1
1
7
Totals (2 teams)
68
6
17
23
176
1978-79 New England
1
0
0
0
2
Totals:
316
22
84
106
860
23
1
12
13
76

 

Excerpts from Zander Hollander Complete Hockey Handbook, 1976-77 (by Reyn Davis)

Says he enjoys listening to Reggie's "cross country music" ... Sports a beard ... Tries to study and follow J.-C. Tremblay's style ... Can be pugnacious ... Knows how to handle himself in a brawl, which isn't unlike the 1976 Nordiques ... Spends summers working in his father's furniture-moving business ... Nickname is Pete ... Second most penalized Nordique, behind only Gordie Gallant, until Curt Brackenbury came along ... Ranked fifth among WHA's most penalized players.

 

Excerpts from Pro Hockey, WHA 1976-77 (by Dan Proudfoot)

Nordiques have traded for muscle, time and time again and the team never stops talking about needing more defensemen who are determined to keep enemy sharpshooters out of the goal area.

Pierre Roy couldn't be blamed for taking exception to all this, for he's been performing precisely those chores for years. But, he knows Nordique management appreciates what he does.

"He has always been the same," says Maurice Filion, "even in junior hockey when I was running the Quebec City team, Pierre was all heart. You see, he is six feet tall, but he isn't all that heavy. It isn't that easy for him to sweep those attackers away from the net. But I think of him as being the same type of player as Terry Harper — not the greatest in terms of skills, but work-work-work. I just like to think of what he'd be like if he were a little bigger."

As is, Roy got 258 minutes in penalties. The attackers didn't find him exactly pleasant.

 

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