When the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in 2001, beating the New Jersey Devils in a seventh game and sending Ray Bourque on to retirement with his first championship ring after 22 years in the NHL, Patrick Roy was mad at himself.
He'd allowed a goal in the 3-1 victory, and Roy told his teammates before Game 6, when the team was down three games to two, that there would be no more Devils goals from that point forward. Roy was magnificent in a 4-0 Game 6 victory at the Meadowlands and essentially just as good in the seventh. But he'd allowed that one goal, to Petr Sykora (on the power play) and Roy was ticked. Besides, this was his fourth Stanley Cup ring. He'd been there before. He didn't need to over-celebrate anything.
That helps explain why Roy, now the coach of the Avs, didn't like one of his players jumping up in celebration Sunday night, with under five minutes left in a game they were trailing 4-0 at home to the St. Louis Blues.
Act like you've been there before. Actually do something meaningful. Then you can celebrate a little.
Roy might be hopelessly old school in this age of Faceboo ...
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