Phil Roy returns for his second season as an assistant coach
with the Merrimack hockey program.
Roy worked mainly with the forwards and the power play unit in his
first season at Merrimack, while recruiting primarily in eastern
Canada.
Roy comes to Merrimack after spending the 2007-08 season as the
head coach for Neumann College Knights. Roy guided the Division III
Knights to a 17-9 record and a fourth place finish in the ECAC West
Division.
Roy debuted in the coaching world as an assistant at Hobart
College prior to the 2005-06 season. During his tenure there, the
Statesman set the school record for most wins in a season and
appeared in the Division III Frozen Four for the first time ever.
He mentored the program's first All-American defenseman and was a
member of the coaching staff that garnered 6 All-ECAC West
selections, 14 All-ECAC West Academic Honorees and 1 ESPN
All-Academic First Team award winner. He was also a member of the
2006 coaching staff which received Coach of the Year honors by the
ECAC West organization.
He spent five years playing professional hockey in North America
and Europe. He served as an assistant captain and assistant coach
for the Diables Noirs de Tours in the France Elite League, where he
led the league in scoring by a defenseman. He was also an assistant
coach and a captain in the United Kingdom Elite League with the
Basingstoke Bison. Prior to his European career, Roy played for the
Johnstown Chiefs and Augusta Lynx of the East Coast Hockey League
and for the St. John Flames and Cleveland Barons of the American
Hockey League. He was named team Rookie of the Year by the Muskegon
Fury and was selected to the UHL All-Rookie Team in 2000-01.
Roy skated as a defenseman for Clarkson University from 1996 to
2000 where he recorded 77 career points, on 24 goals and 53 assists
in 144 games. He played an integral role in the team's two
first-place finishes, three NCAA tournament appearances and two
ECAC tournament championships, while earning his undergraduate
degree in technical communications.
A St. Leonard, Quebec native, Roy and his wife Sonia gave birth to
their first daughter Mackaelie in October of 2007. They currently
reside in Andover.
