John Ross Roach - Born June 23, 1900 in Port Perry, Ontario – Died July 9, 1973 in Port Perry, Ontario was a Canadian ice Hockey goaltender and coach.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1922 with Toronto St. Patricks.
Stanley Cup finalist 1929, 1932.

- O'Brien Trophy Champion 1922 with Toronto St. Patricks.

- Prince of Wales Trophy Champion 1934 with Detroit Red Wings.

During his Hockey career, Roach had the nicknames of "Little Napoleon", "The Housecleaner", and "The Port Perry Woodpecker".

Roach played his junior Hockey in Toronto for the Toronto Aura Lee in 1919, then joined the senior Toronto Granites for the 1920-21 season, losing to his old team in the finals of the Sportsmen's Patriotic Association Tournament / S.P.A.

Roach was signed by the Toronto St. Patricks on December 5, 1921, making his NHL debut on December 24, 1921 vs Hamilton Tigers at Mutual Street Arena in a 4-2 Tigers win.

Roach got his 1st NHL victory on December 28, 1921 vs Hamilton Tigers at Barton Street Arena in a 4-3 Toronto win.

Roach played the final 22 games of the regular season, and then helped the St. Pats win their only Stanley Cup championship in 1922. Roach became the first rookie goaltender to record a Stanley Cup shutout on March 25, 1922, as the St. Pats won the series 3-2 vs the Vancouver Millionaires, while Roach posted a 1.80 goals-against average. All games were played at the Mutual Street Arena. This would be the only Stanley Cup champion Roach would ever play on.

Roach played in the Toronto net for seven years, playing 222 out of 226 regular-season games, along with a further nine playoff and Stanley Cup games. All told, he won 102 of these, registering 14 shutouts. In the 1924-25 season, he led the NHL in wins as the team captain - Roach was the first - not to mention the only Toronto goaltender to captain the club.

Roach was with Toronto when they became the Toronto Maple Leafs in February 1927.

Roach was traded to the New York Rangers by Toronto for Lorne Chabot and $10,000, October 18, 1928, and set still-standing team records with a 1.48 average and 13 shutouts in his first season with the Rangers. He also led New York to the Stanley Cup final in 1929. Roach led the league in games played for each of his four seasons in New York.

Roach was then traded to the Detroit Red Wings for cash, October 25, 1932, and came closest to winning the Vezina Trophy in 1932-33 season with his fine 1.93 goals against average and 10 shutouts, losing the trophy to Tiny Thompson by only a fraction of a percentage point, but beating out Thompson for the 1933 NHL First All-Star Team.

Roach played one more season for the Red Wings in 1934-35, and closed out his Hockey career with the Detroit Olympics later that season.

Roach played in 491 regular season NHL games, winning 219, losing 204, 68 ties, 58 shutouts and 1 assist. He played in 34 NHL playoff games, winning 15, losing 16, 3 ties with 8 shutouts.