Roy fumed internally for a bit and then picked up the phone.
"I called Ray and said, 'Ray, give us the best pregame speech ever before Game 6, and I'm going to make the big save at the start of the game and we'll come back to Denver for Game 7,'" Roy said. "Ray was very good with that speech. I remember him saying, 'Stick with me, guys, stick with me.' He was saying it over and over, talking to the group, and I think we all got the message, it was nice to come back to win that game (4-0), then win Game 7.
"When 'Footer' (Adam Foote) scored his goal near the end of the first period in Game 6, I jumped so high that I think I almost touched the ceiling of the rink, that's how happy I was that we took a 1-0 lead.
"In the second period, Ville Nieminen and Chris Drury scored and it was, 'OK, we're back in the series.' But obviously we knew that everything was on the line in Game 7. Alex Tanguay scored two goals and Joe (Sakic) had our third (in a 3-1 win). I won't lie, it was a very special moment winning that Stanley Cup for Ray."