| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 200 |
| Played For: | Chicago Blackhawks Briançon EC Salzburg |
| Birth Date: | February 12, 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Donnacona, Quebec, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1998 |
| Career End: | 2012 |
| Draft: | 31st overall |
| Draft Year: | 1996 |
| Draft Team: | Chicago Blackhawks |
Rémi Royer (born February 12, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 18 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1998–99 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1996 to 2012, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe.
Royer was born in Donnacona, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1992 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Sainte-Foy, Quebec City.[1]
Royer was drafted 31st overall by the Blackhawks in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He played 18 games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks. He scored no points, but collected 67 penalty minutes.[2] He later played for EC Red Bull Salzburg, HDD Olimpija Ljubljana, and Rivière-du-Loup CIMT in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey.[3]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1993–94 | Ste-Foy Gouverneurs | QMAAA | 44 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Victoriaville Tigres | QMJHL | 57 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 144 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 1995–96 | Victoriaville Tigres | QMJHL | 43 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 209 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser | QMJHL | 19 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 80 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 29 | ||
| 1996–97 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 29 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 66 | 20 | 48 | 68 | 205 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1997–98 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 1998–99 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 54 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 164 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | ||
| 1999–00 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 57 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 204 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 2000–01 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 40 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 140 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Louisville Panthers | AHL | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Pensacola Ice Pilots | ECHL | 15 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Quebec Citadelles | AHL | 24 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 29 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 186 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa-2 | RUS-3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Indianapolis Ice | CHL | 27 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 136 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 2004–05 | Caron & Guay de Trois-Rivières | LNAH | 22 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Radio X de Québec | LNAH | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 40 | ||
| 2005–06 | Radio X de Québec | LNAH | 51 | 12 | 40 | 52 | 315 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 52 | ||
| 2006–07 | Briançon | FRA | 20 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 110 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 2007–08 | EC Salzburg | EBEL | 26 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||
| 2007–08 | EC Salzburg 2 | AUT-2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | EC Salzburg 2 | AUT-2 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||
| 2009–10 | Olimpija Ljubljana | EBEL | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | CIMT de Rivière-du-Loup | LNAH | 23 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | EHC Visp | NLB | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | 3L de Rivière-du-Loup | LNAH | 22 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | VEU Feldkirch | AUT-2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 26 | ||
| 2011–12 | Cool FM 103,5 de Saint-Georges | LNAH | 35 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 151 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| LNAH totals | 165 | 37 | 99 | 136 | 725 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 92 | ||||
| NHL totals | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||