Travis Roy

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United StatesUnited States  Travis Roy Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 17th 1975
place of birth Yarmouth , Maine , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 75 kg
position striker
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1995 Boston University

Travis Matthew Roy (* 17th April 1975 in Yarmouth , Maine ) is a former American college - hockey player . In his first game for Boston University , he injured himself so badly after eleven seconds on the ice that he has since been paraplegic from the neck down .

Career

Roy began ice skating at the age of 20 months and graduated from Taber University . He then received an ice hockey scholarship at Boston University in the summer of 1995 . On October 20, 1995, his first game for the university team, Roy was seriously injured on his first move after just eleven seconds on the ice. After an opponent dodged a body check by Roy, his head hit the edge of the field. He broke his fourth (C4) and fifth (C5) cervical vertebrae , which has left him paraplegic from the neck down . His jersey with the number 24 has not been given to other players since the accident.

As a result, Roy continued his college education just a year after his injury, which he successfully completed in 2000. In addition, despite his disability, the American worked as an assistant coach at Boston University in the 1997/98 season and in the same year founded the Travis Roy Foundation , which supports people with spinal cord injuries caused by accidents . With the support of Sports Illustrated author EM Swift , he wrote his 1998 autobiography, "Eleven Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage & Triumph" .

Today Roy gives motivational speeches and works intermittently as a co-commentator for the college ice hockey broadcasts of the TV station ESPN .

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1995/96 Boston University NCAA 1 0 0 0 0
NCAA overall 1 0 0 0 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

literature

  • Travis Roy with EM Swift: Eleven Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage & Triumph . New York, NY: Warner Books, c1998., ISBN 0446521884

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personal data
SURNAME Roy, Travis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roy, Travis Matthew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player, coach, and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 17th 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Yarmouth , Maine, USA