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One coach who had to appreciate a particular Roy prank was John Tortorella.

In the 2004 Eastern Conference final against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Lightning blew a lead in Game 6, then lost in overtime. Roy remembered the gloomy mood on the charter home.

“It was so dead and silent on the plane. Everybody had their tails between their legs,” Roy said. “(Lightning winger Martin) St. Louis came and sat beside me and said, ‘André, we’ve got to do something. We’ve got to forget about this game and think about Game 7. Change the mood.’ I said, “Yeah, well … I don’t know Marty, I have nothing in mind right now.'”

A couple of minutes later, according to Roy, one of the flight attendants collapsed at the back of the plane. While she was taking catching her breath, a light bulb went on.

“I decided I was going to grab an apron and serve the food,” Roy said. “I got to the back of the plane and saw a tray with a bunch of cookies. I got butt naked, put on the apron, and went to the front of the plane. I put a cookie in my butt crack and walked down the aisle, saying (in high pitch), ‘Would you like a cookie? Would anybody like a cookie? Who wants a cookie?’ and then turned around to show them where the cookie was.

“You had to be there. It was pretty funny. The guys all started laughing. Torts was watching the game on his laptop and turned around, saying, ‘What’s going on?’ And then he was like, “Is that André again?’ and somebody said, ‘Yeah, André did something.’

“So yeah, serving cookies naked, with a chocolate chip cookie in my ass … that was basically it. It was a good moment. We had some giggles. And we won Game 7 … because I had a cookie in my butt crack.”