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Statue to honor Patrick Roy to be erected in Quebec City

Originally posted on Dose.ca | Last updated Jun 11, 2025 8:58 PM ET

Patrick Roy was an important part of hockey in Quebec City

Not at the NHL level, but at the junior level.

If anyone deserves a statue next to the Centre Vidéotron, it’s him. Well, now it’s been confirmed by TVA Québec journalist Stéphane Turcot. He announced this wonderful news on the JiC show .

Wow! https://t.co/XpFwQvjc2b

– TVA Sports (@TVASports) June 11, 2025

When I say Roy has been an important part of junior hockey in Quebec, I’m not lying. He became owner of the Remparts in 1997 along with Jacques Tanguay and Marcel Cadrin.

Tanguay said nearly two years ago that he hoped Quebec City would build a statue in tribute to the former Canadiens goaltender.

The Québécois, a native of Quebec City, coached the team from 2005-2013 and from 2018-2023. In the meantime, he was the pilot of the Colorado Avalanche, where he won a Jack-Adams Trophy.

In the provincial capital, he won two Memorial Cups (2006 and 2023).

It is this pose, with the trophy at arm’s length, that will be used for the statue.

As for the project, the bronze statue will be built on Place Jean-Béliveau over the next two years. According to Turcot’s interview, the budget is $400,000, with funding coming directly from the city and private-sector business people.

Let’s hope the statue will be more beautiful than that of Christiano Ronaldo.

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Overtime

– I can imagine.

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– Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) June 11, 2025

– To be continued.

success of the @FlaPanthers and @TBLightning – is there a new Southern @NHL team on the horizon? Forsyth county just signed off on definitive documents for the Gathering at S Forsyth. Vernon Krause plans to sit down w Commissioner Bettman. Big step in process here. #HockeyX pic.twitter.com/MygNO27ROL

– Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) June 11, 2025

– The end.

Tom Wilson on TJ Oshie’s retirement: “I guess all great things must come to an end ” https://t.co/UaOAqAzkBk

– RMNB (@rmnb) June 11, 2025

– Really?

Shaquille O’Neal has agreed to pay $1.8M to settle claims against him in a suit over the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.

Remaining athletes and celebrities in the litigation-including Tom Brady, Steph Curry, and David Ortiz-could still be on the hook for billions in damages.

– Front Office Sports (@FOS) June 11, 2025

– Yes.

The Toronto Blue Jays keep winning and soon we’ll have to start believing they could be in it https://t.co/QwU7hgoBsj

– TVA Sports (@TVASports) June 11, 2025

This article first appeared on Dose.ca and was syndicated with permission.

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