summer of 2006, and after a strong training camp for head coach Wayne Gretzky, and with 17 games played, one goal and nine assists for the team's AHL affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage, Roche was called up by the Coyotes for the remainder of the 2006–2007 NHL season. Roche established NHL career highs for games played (50), goals (6), assists (13), points (19) and PIM (22) and also led the team in plus/minus ratio (+2). His first NHL goal was scored on Miikka Kiprusoff of the Calgary Flames on December 16, 2006. He had a multiple point game two weeks later, and he had a game-winning goal against the Los Angeles Kings on January 20, 2007. Roche represented Canada at the Spengler Cup in 2009, 2010 and 2012, and was also named to the 2013 roster. He was also named to Team Canada for the 2011 tournament, but did not play due to injury. At the 2010 tournament, he was named one of the tournament's best defencemen after Team Canada won silver. He won gold with Team Canada at the 2012 tournament. Roche appeared in 60 games over four NHL seasons between 2000–01 and 2006–07, where he collected 6 goals and 14 assists for 20 points and was assessed 24 PIM. On August 11, 2014, after six seasons with SC Bern in the Swiss National League A, Roche left as a free agent to sign in the Swedish Hockey League on a one-year contract with Modo Hockey. Personal life He and his wife, Darcie live in the St. Paul, Minnesota area in the off-season. He is from Grande Cache, Alberta and was raised in Whitecourt, Alberta Career statistics Awards and honors Transactions April 8, 2001 - Minnesota Wild: signed as a free agent July 14, 2004 - Atlanta Thrashers: signed as a free agent July 20, 2006 - Phoenix Coyotes: signed as a free agent References External links 1978 births Canadian ice hockey defencemen Chicago Wolves players EHC Black Wings Linz players Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Ice hockey people from Alberta Living people Minnesota Wild players Modo Hockey players North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey players People from Whitecourt Phoenix Coyotes players San Antonio Rampage players SC Bern players Undrafted National Hockey League players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden AHCA Division I men's