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Article: Patrick Roy changes his personality but not his game.(The Gazette)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- June 1, 2001
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. _ The memory brings a smile to Patrick Roy's face, the sheer audacity of a gesture from another time. It was Game 4 of the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, Roy playing for Montreal, when he made a save and made it unforgettable by winking at the shooter, Los Angeles' Tomas Sandstrom.
It became Roy's signature for a time, the cockiness so loved by his teammates and detested by his opponents. His reputation lived for years on that one wink.
"Why I did that, I don't know," Roy said. "I felt like that day there was nothing that would go by me. At the time, I guess I was not afraid to express the way I felt."
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