 Conroy was selected in the sixth round , 123rd overall , at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens . He turned professional in 1994 upon completing his college career in Clarkson . At his first day of his first training camp with Montreal , he got into a fight with the team 's star goaltender , Patrick Roy , after striking the latter with a slap shot in practice . He spent the majority of the 1994 – 95 season in the American Hockey League ( AHL ) with the Fredericton Canadiens , scoring 26 goals and 44 points in 55 games . He appeared in six games for Montreal that year . He played his first NHL game on February 15 , 1995 , against the Hartford Whalers , and scored his first goal one night later against the New York Rangers . Though he was an offensive star at Clarkson and Fredericton , the Canadiens sought to convert him to a defensive specialist in the NHL . 
