Derek Roy Derek Roy ( born May 4 , 1983 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . Playing career . Junior career . Roy led the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL with 87 points during the 1999 – 00 season , and won the OHL Rookie of the Year trophy . The next season , he scored 42 goals and 81 points . He was drafted 32nd overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft . The next season , Roy set OHL career highs in goals and points and continued to be the Rangers ' leading scorer . In the Fall of 2002 , Roy played for the Sabres during their preseason games . Despite his strong showing , he returned to the Rangers for the 2002 – 03 season , his last in the OHL . Roy captained the Rangers to an OHL championship , amassing 32 points in 21 playoff games en route to capturing the 2003 Memorial Cup . Roy won the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as Memorial Cup MVP . Buffalo Sabres . Roy began the 2003 – 04 season with the Sabres ' minor league affiliate , the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League . However , after scoring at point - per - game pace after 26 games with the Americans , he was called up and played the majority of the season in Buffalo , tallying 19 points in his 49 - game rookie season . Roy was back with the Americans the next season due to the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout . He failed to make the Sabres out of training camp when NHL play resumed in 2005 – 06 . However , after scoring 20 points in 8 games with the Americans ( including a few 5 - point performances ) , he was called up to the Sabres once again . He finished the season with his first two NHL hat trick s on March 3 , 2006 , against the Toronto Maple Leafs and March 9 against the Tampa Bay Lightning . Roy then complemented a 46 - point second - year season with 15 points in the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs as the Sabres advanced to the semi - finals against the eventual Stanley Cup champions , the Carolina Hurricanes . In 2006 – 07 , Roy improved to 63 points as the Sabres captured the Presidents ' Trophy with the league ' s best regular season record . Meeting the Ottawa Senators in the Sabres ' second consecutive semi - finals appearance , Roy scored the fastest goal to start a playoff game in franchise history nine seconds into game four . He was three seconds off from the league record of six seconds . After the Sabres were eliminated by the Senators , Roy agreed to a 6 - year , $ 24 million deal with the Buffalo Sabres in the off - season , on July 27 , 2007 . In his first season under the new contract , Roy led the Sabres in points with 81 and was second in goals with 32 and assists with 49 . However , with the departures of co - captains Chris Drury and Danny Briere , the Sabres failed to make the playoffs . International play . In Roy ' s last year of major junior , he was selected to play for Team Canada in the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships . He brought home a silver medal and received player of the game honours with a crystal puck . He made his next international appearance at the World Championships with Team Canada . In the quarter - finals , he scored a hat trick against Norway in an 8 - 2 win . Roy earned another silver medal with Canada as they were defeated in overtime of the gold medal game by Russia .