Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Roy's Other Son

Frederick Roy, Patrick's other son had his own incident on Friday night.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League suspended another of Patrick Roy's sons Monday, handing Quebec Remparts forward Frédérick Roy fifteen games for a high-sticking incident during Friday night’s game against the Juniors in Montreal.

Frederick, 17, who is coached by his father Patrick, hit Montreal defenceman Vincent Bourgeois in the face following a melee. Frederick received a five-minute major and a match penalty in the 8-2 Remparts loss and was also to be assessed an automatic one-game suspension.

A YouTube video shows Frederick cross-checking Bourgeois and skating away as Bourgeois lies on the ice. The QMJHL’s disciplinary committee made the decision to impose a 15-game ban, including the one-game suspension, after reviewing the videotape of the incident and consulting all concerned parties.

Frederick's brother Jonathan is the goaltender on the team and he is facing criminal charges for an on-ice fight during the playoffs this past spring. He pleaded not guilty in court this September with a trial pending.

The night following the game, Patrick was honoured at the Bell Centre in Montreal when his No. 33 Canadiens jersey was retired by the franchise.

This getting old real fast. I thought Frederick would of learned from his brother's mistake. I guess not. 15 games is reasonable but considering his name he should of gotten more because of his family name. I know that's a little tough but it seems like Patrick hasn't learned his lesson. I am surprised he didn't get a suspension or a fine of some sort.



My question why didn't Bourgeois teammates stand up for him? That's right it was because of Jonathan's actions last year that have players thinking of the consequences for standing up for a teammate. The Roy's are taking advantage of these new rules that stemmed from last year's incident to their advantage because no one has shown that they will lay the law down on the Roy Family.

Fans on the Lewiston Maineiacs message board are already going to boo him when the Remparts play two games in Portland, Maine in early December.

That's My Take

(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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