Roy wins Wayne Gretzky 99 Award
Kitchener Rangers captain Derek Roy won the Wayne Gretzky "99" Award as the most valuable player in the OHL playoffs after scoring nine goals and 23 assists for 32 points in 21 games.
Roy, a 20-year-old native of Rockland, scored the winning goal in Kitchener's 4-1 win over the Ottawa 67's in the deciding game of the 2003 OHL Championship Series on Saturday. Kitchener won their first J. Ross Robertson Cup since 1982 with a 4-1 series win over Ottawa.
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The Wayne Gretzky "99" Award was first presented in 1999 in recognition of the league's most famous graduate, who played for the Peterborough Petes and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the late 1970's.
Justin Papineau of the Belleville Bulls was the first winner, followed by Brian Finley of the Barrie Colts in 2000, Seamus Kotyk of the Ottawa 67's in 2001 and Brad Boyes of the Erie Otters last year.