Patrick Roy steps down from Quebec Remparts, but says no interest from NHL teams yet
Not even 10 days removed from winning the Canadian Hockey League’s Memorial Cup, Quebec Remparts head coach and general manager Patrick Roy has stepped down.
Roy leaves the organization a champion, but there is no sight of an NHL coaching gig quite yet, Roy told RDS.
« Absolument aucun. »
– Patrick Roy, s'il avait eu des contacts avec des équipes pour un poste d'entraîneur dans la LNH.
Roy, of course, has been a bench boss before in the National Hockey League with the Colorado Avalanche. He won the Jack Adams Award as NHL Coach of the Year in 2014 after leading the Avs to a 52-22-8 record in his first year with the team. After back-to-back seasons missing the playoffs, the 57-year-old resigned as head coach and vice president of hockey operations. After a successful tenure again with the Remparts, an NHL job could be looming, and the rumours sure were swirling at the 2023 Memorial Cup in Kamloops, British Columbia.
Roy bought the Remparts in 1997-98 and took over the vice president of hockey operations and general managers position during the 2002-03 season. He led the Remparts to their second-ever Memorial Cup in 2005-06 on a club that featured Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Alexander Radulov. After leaving the Remparts for an NHL coaching job, he would later return to Quebec City and stand behind the bench once again in 2018-19. It didn’t take Roy and the Remparts long to find success. This past season, Roy led the Remparts to a 53-12-1-2 record and captured the franchise’s first Gilies-Courteau Trophy as QMJHL Champions; the club would later win the Memorial Cup.
Following the championship celebration, Roy was quick to shut down any rumors, saying he “has no idea” on what’s next.
With the Columbus Blue Jackets set to hire Mike Babcock as head coach, it leaves just one coaching vacancy open: the New York Rangers. The Rangers, however, are currently linked to Peter Laviolette.