Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Roy akarongwa mumutambo wechitatu, 51st yose, mu1984 NHL Entry Draft
neMontreal Canadiens, chikwata chaakanga asingadi, ari muteveri womukwikwidzi Quebec Nordiques. Ambuya vake Anna Peacock vaiva mutsigiri mukuru weCanadiens, asi vakafa vasati vaona muzukuru wavo achirongwa. Roy akaramba achitamba kuGranby Bisons yeQuebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) asati adaidzwa neCanadiens. Pasinei nepfungwa dzokuti akanga asiri kuzotamba nechikwata, musi waFebruary 23, 1985, akaita NHL yake yokutanga paakatsiva muchengeti weCanadiens anotanga, Doug Soetaert, mumutambo wechitatu. Roy akatamba kwemaminitsi 20 uye akawana kukunda kwake kwokutanga muNHL asina kubvumira chinangwa. Mushure memutambo, akaendeswa kuSherbrooke Canadiens yeAHL. Pasinei nokutanga semutsigiri, Roy akatsiva Greg Moffett mushure mekunge aine matambudziko emidziyo panguva yemutambo. Akawana kukunda, akava muchengeti wemagariro anotanga kutamba uye akatungamirira chikwata kuCalder Cup championship nekukunda gumi mumitambo 13.