With that season, Roy cemented a spot pass Steve Penny and Doug Soetaert as the Montreal Canadians starting goaltender (NHL Official Guide & Record Book, 1994). .
In Patrick Roy's sophomore season, he posted a 22-16-6 record in 1986-87 as Montreal finished the season losing in the eastern conference finals. In 1987-88, Patrick won the Jennings Trophy with his back-up goalie Bryan Hayward. Patrick won 23 games himself and the Montreal won 103 points to win the Adams Division season title. That year, he participated in his 1st All-Star Game; at the end of the year, he was named a Second Team All-Star (www.ucsu.colorado.edu.).
Around this time, Patrick started being known for his Superstitious behavior. For example, right before an NHL game would start that he's playing in, Patrick skates out onto the ice, stepping over the center red line and blue line and stares at the goal posts and talks to them. Patrick explains, "The forwards talk to each other. The defence are close, but the goalie's are all alone" (The Sports Network). He dresses from left to right, he puts his left skate on before his right skate, he puts his left blocker on before his right glove. Roy says this helps him concentrate (http://uscu.colorado.edu).
The years 1988-89 was a good year for Patrick as he again co-won the Jennings Trophy with Hayward and this time led the team and the league with an impressive 2.47 .
GAA. Patrick was again an 1st Team All-Star and posted an astonishing 33-5-6 record with four shutouts. He won the Vezina Trophy, the Trico Goaltending Award (save percentage) and Canadians Molson Cup for the most three-star appearances. The Canadians won 53 games and 115 points that year and won a second-straight Adams Division season title. In the post-season, Patrick went 13-6 as the Canadians won the Prince of Wales Trophy before losing to the Calgary Flames in the Stanley Cup finals. Patrick had the lowest post-season GAA with 2.