Amid a slow start to the season, the New York Islanders made a shocking move with their bench Saturday afternoon.

The team announced that they had fired head coach Lane Lambert, but the big surprise was that they named legendary goalie Patrick Roy as his replacement.

The Islanders were widely regarded as an up-and-coming team when they made the Eastern Conference Final in both 2020 and 2021, being just one win away from reaching the Stanley Cup Final in the latter season. They lost both times to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Roy’s NHL head-coaching record stands at 130-92-24. He was named the NHL’s Coach of the Year in 2013-14, his first season as a coach. 

Roy had previously been the head coach of the Quebec Remperts of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey Leeague (QMJHL) since 2018. It was his second stint with the team, and in 13 combined seasons with them, he owned a record of 524-255-66.

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