{"id":1119360,"date":"2020-03-17T18:39:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T22:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1119360"},"modified":"2020-03-17T18:39:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T22:39:51","slug":"long-before-patrick-roy-the-nhl-had-its-very-own-st-pats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/long-before-patrick-roy-the-nhl-had-its-very-own-st-pats\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Before Patrick Roy, the NHL Had Its Very Own St. Pats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During his playing career, Patrick Roy established himself as “St. Patrick” due to his heroics in net. While he was an iconic goalie<\/a>\u2014Roy won the Conn Smythe Trophy as postseason MVP<\/a> three times, among his other accomplishments\u2014he wasn't the first one in hockey history to sport a holy, Irish nickname<\/a>. Decades before the goaltender took the ice, the Toronto St. Pats were plying their trade in Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the team eventually became the iconic Toronto Maple Leafs, the St. Pats been consigned to the history books. During their brief existence, however, they did find some success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toronto hockey before the St. Patricks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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