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| 1982 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Darcy Roy
Selected in fifth round
No.
90 overall by Los Angeles Kings
Born May 10, 1964
 | Position:
Left Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Ottawa (OHL)
Birthplace: Haileybury, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Haileybury, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM |
| 1980-81 |
North York | MTJHL |
40 |
6 | 13 |
19 | 74 | | 1981-82 |
Ottawa | OHL |
65 | 22 |
20 | 42 |
79 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
the No. 7 OHL prospect for the 1981 NHL draft. ... Was Ottawa's fifth-round
pick, No. 69 overall, in 1981 OHL priority selection. |
| NHL CAREER |
| Never played in NHL. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Ottawa (OHL); Toledo (IHL);
New Haven (AHL); Kalamazoo (IHL); Grefath (Germany); Cambridge (OHA Sr.)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1984 (Ottawa)
Miscellaneous: Moved to Barrie, Ontario, after his retirement.
Roy on Trial: Years after his retirement, Roy found himself at the
center of a major criminal case as he was one of two defendants in the
single biggest cocaine bust in Ontario history. Roy and Lyle Niemi were
charged with smuggling eight hockey bags containing a total of 269 kilos of
cocaine, worth more than $100 million, from Jamaica into Canada. Police found the cocaine Nov. 7, 2001, on
a small passenger plane at the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport north of Barrie,
Ontario, where Roy and Niemi both lived. Niemi worked out of that airport as
a private pilot, flying his own plane under the company name Executive Edge, and Roy worked as his sales
representative. The case against them hinged on phone conversations which
had been wiretapped. The phone conversations took place between Niemi in
Jamaica and Roy in Barrie. Niemi was heard telling Roy to wait for him on
the airport runway when he landed in order to pick up the hockey bags. Niemi
also told Roy to wear a Toronto Maple Leafs cap so he would be able to
identify him. Prosecutors argued that Roy had responded to Niemi in code
over the phone, even though the wiretaps themselves did not implicate him.
Roy had been arrested at his car near the airport, close to where the bags
were being unloaded. Police had been led to Roy and Niemi through
their investigation of a Montreal-based drug ring. Niemi had allegedly been
paid $40,000 by the drug ring to fly to Jamaica in order to pick up two men
and some hockey bags. Niemi and Roy claimed they did not know the people
hiring their company were drug smugglers. Over the next two years, others involved in the bust,
including the head of the drug ring, received 12 to 19 years
in prison. Roy and Niemi finally went to trial in January 2004, with their
case wrapping up on Feb. 1, 2004. On Feb. 25, 2004, both men were acquitted
of the charges after the judge determined they men had been unwittingly
duped by drug lords trying to double-cross each other. |
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SNAPSHOT '82 | | Total Selected: |
252 | | Forwards: |
152 | | Defense: |
82 | | Goaltenders: |
18 | | Major Junior: |
129 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
27/4 | | College Players: |
20 | | High School: |
37 |
| Canadian: |
152 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
62 |
| European: |
35 |
| Reached NHL: |
109 |
| Stanley Cup: |
18 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
37 |
| Picks Traded: |
50 |
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