Right winger Jean-Yves Roy emerged from a three-year hiatus from ice hockey in 1989 when he joined the University of Maine’s squad for three seasons. After leaving the school he joined the Canadian national team and also played for two years with the American Hockey League’s Binghamton Rangers prior to attending the 1994 Winter Olympics with Team Canada. At the tournament he suited up for eight games, scored one goal, and took home a silver medal. He continued to skate with Binghamton, but made his National Hockey League debut with the New York Rangers for three games during the 1994-1995 season. The following year he was traded to the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, but again spent most of time in this AHL, now with the Prince Edward Island Senators. The 1996-1997 season was his most active in the NHL, as he suited up for 52 matches with the Boston Bruins, but he remained part time in the AHL with the affiliated Providence Bruins. The following year his situation had flipped again, and he played in only two games with Boston. He moved to Europe the following season and spent the rest of his career with Austria’s EC Villacher SV (1998-1999), Germany’s Kolner Haie (1999-2000, 2003-2006), and Switzerland’s HC Fribourg-Gotteron (2000-2003).
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