Mathieu Roy

Mathieu R. Roy (born November 14, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward.

Playing career As a youth, Roy played in the 1997 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Beauce, Quebec.

Roy played junior hockey in the QMJHL for the Acadie–Bathurst Titan and the Val-d'Or Foreurs, before starting his professional career with the Pensacola Ice Pilots. He was moved to the Everblades for the 2008–09 season, and he primarily remained with the team, aside from two one-game call-ups to the AHL, where he played for the Albany River Rats and the Rochester Americans.

In his first season as captain of the Florida Everblades in 2011–12, Roy scored 46 points in 65 games and 10 points in the playoffs to help guide Florida to its first Kelly Cup championship. In re-signing to a one-year contract with the Everblades on July 24, 2012, it marked his fifth professional season with the club.

In the opening game of the 2012–13 season, Roy helped raised a special championship banner in a pre-game ceremony, before scoring the first goal of the season in a 5–4 overtime victory against the Orlando Solar Bears on October 13, 2012. Roy returned to the AHL for the first time since 2009, after he was loaned to the Lake Erie Monsters, and registered an assist, in a 7–6 overtime defeat to the Rochester Americans on December 26, 2012. Roy appeared in 3 games before he was returned to the ECHL for the remainder of the season. Roy recorded career highs with 89 points in 69 games with the Everblades, finishing as the league's top goal and points scorer, the first to do so since 2009, and earning two consecutive player of the month awards (February, March), a first since 2008.

After six seasons in the ECHL with the Everblades, Roy opted to pursue a European career, signing a one-year deal with Norwegian club, Tønsberg Vikings who were then with GET-ligaen on May 21, 2014. After Tønsberg suffered some internal problems, the team stepped down to a lower league and Roy decided to end his contract and then agreed to a contract with English club, the Sheffield Steelers of the Elite Ice Hockey League on July 24, 2014.

In July 2019, Roy returned to hockey and the UK by signing with Glasgow Clan of the EIHL, a team coached by his former Sheffield teammate Zack Fitzgerald.

On August 27, 2020, Roy returned to North America to continue his career in the ECHL, agreeing to a contract with the Kalamazoo Wings.

With Kalamazoo not taking part in the 2020–21 ECHL season, Roy signed for SPHL side Knoxville Ice Bears in February 2021.

In July 2021, Roy returned to the Glasgow Clan of the EIHL ahead of the 2021–22 Elite League season. He was then named captain for the 2022-23 season, but left Glasgow in December 2022 to pursue a 'long-term opportunity' back in North America.

Roy then signed a deal to return to the ECHL with Norfolk Admirals. He played until the end of the 2024 season.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2001–02 Amos Forestiers QAAA 41 14 30 44 40 — — — — — 2002–03 Amos Forestiers QAAA 40 22 50 72 44 — — — — — 2003–04 Acadie-Bathurst Titan QMJHL 70 19 21 40 54 — — — — — 2004–05 Acadie-Bathurst Titan QMJHL 70 33 25 58 85 — — — — — 2005–06 Acadie-Bathurst Titan QMJHL 65 50 54 104 101 17 7 12 19 26 2006–07 Val-d'Or Foreurs QMJHL 63 42 45 87 70 20 10 14 24 20 2007–08 Pensacola Ice Pilots ECHL 72 16 29 45 50 — — — — — 2008–09 Florida Everblades ECHL 69 22 24 46 119 9 2 3 5 6 2008–09 Rochester Americans AHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Albany River Rats AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2009–10 Florida Everblades ECHL 51 13 13 26 83 — — — — — 2010–11 Florida Everblades ECHL 67 16 13 29 107 4 2 0 2 4 2011–12 Florida Everblades ECHL 65 18 28 46 108 18 5 5 10 16 2012–13 Florida Everblades ECHL 69 38 51 89 97 13 8 5 13 38 2012–13 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2013–14 Florida Everblades ECHL 53 26 30 56 46 — — — — — 2014–15 Sheffield Steelers EIHL 52 36 43 79 42 4 4 2 6 0 2015–16 Sheffield Steelers EIHL 48 25 16 41 54 2 1 1 2 4 2016–17 Sheffield Steelers EIHL 52 28 29 57 28 4 0 2 2 2 2017–18 Sheffield Steelers EIHL 51 22 26 48 36 4 1 1 2 0 2019–20 Glasgow Clan EIHL 35 14 10 24 16 — — — — — 2020–21 Knoxville Ice Bears SPHL 25 11 9 20 16 2 0 1 1 0 2021–22 Glasgow Clan EIHL 53 33 25 58 46 2 0 1 1 0 2022–23 Glasgow Clan EIHL 21 9 10 19 12 — — — — — 2022–23 Norfolk Admirals ECHL 48 14 16 30 22 — — — — — 2023–24 Norfolk Admirals ECHL 59 14 17 31 20 11 3 5 8 8AHL totals 5 0 2 2 0 — — — — —

Awards and honours Award Year ECHL First All-Star Team 2013 Most Points (89) 2013 Most Goals (38) 2013 ECHL Player of the Month (February) 2013 ECHL Player of the Month (March) 2013 ECHL Player of the Week (3/25-3/30) 2013