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Habs retire Roy's No. 33 10-plus years after trade to Colorado

Associated Press

Saturday, November 22, 2008

MONTREAL -- Patrick Roy heard cheers again in Montreal, more than a decade after his bitter divorce from the Canadiens. All the hard feelings were gone Saturday night, when the storied franchise retired the Hall of Fame goalie's famous No. 33. "Tonight, I am coming home," Roy said to the raucous, sold-out crowd at the Bell Centre, when his number was raised to the rafters before Montreal played Boston. Roy won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP twice with the Canadiens, both in year ...

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