Patrick Roy makes shocking revelations about his health and his departure from Montreal

"I remember sometimes I would get watery-eyed on the plane. I was missing Montreal. Usually, after a trip, my wife Michèle would pick me up. But this time, I came back with Pierre Lacroix. He was my GM, but he was also a friend and my former agent. I told him that I was afraid to disappoint. Pierre looked at me and said, "Will you stop this? Just be yourself pi everything will be fine." From that moment on, I took the pressure off myself.

"My next door neighbor in Colorado was Mike Keane. We traveled together. We became really good friends. He helped me through it all.

"It was in Colorado that I discovered I was claustrophobic. Michel Lefebvre made my masks. Once, he put plaster in my face to make my mold. I had to breathe just through a straw. That was my first episode! The second, I had injured my neck and had to have an MRI [magnetic resonance imaging]. I looked at the doctor and said, "I'm sorry, but I can't do that!"

"That's when I found out I had anxiety. In those days, we didn't know that. It was a different time. Like with concussions. The healer would tell you, "Take a shower and two tylenols and go to bed. You'll be fine tomorrow."