Born	June 14, 1963 (1963-06-14) (age 46), Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Right
Pro clubs	New York Rangers Hartford Whalers Calgary Flames Buffalo Sabres
Ntl. team	Canada
NHL Draft	9th overall, 1981 New York Rangers
Pro career	1983 – 2004 2005 – 2006

James Patrick (born June 14, 1963, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a former professional ice hockey defenceman, and is now a coach with the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. He is half Ukrainian (father Stepan Patrick (Ukrainian Patrebka, later changed to Patrick) played for Winnipeg Blue Bombers, was born into a prominent family from Lviv region in Ukraine) and half English.

After a successful collegiate career at the University of North Dakota, Patrick represented Canada at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. After the Olympics, Patrick signed his first professional contract on March 5, 1984, and made his NHL debut two days later in Minnesota. Patrick scored his first NHL goal on March 17, 1984, in Philadelphia. Patrick enjoyed ten productive seasons in New York before being traded to the Hartford Whalers and then to the Calgary Flames during the 1993–94 season.

After several years in Calgary, Patrick signed with the Buffalo Sabres as a free agent after the 1997–98 season. Though he was chosen to play in the 1987 Canada Cup and many other international events, Patrick was never selected to the NHL All Star game. He ranks high among defenceman in both all times game played (1280) and total points (639). Patrick set a record (since broken) for career games played by a Team Canada player with 40 career games, breaking previous record of 37 games in 2002. On September 8, 2005, Patrick announced his retirement from the NHL at the age of 42. He was immediately named to the Sabres' staff as a skill development coach. However, he left the team before the season to play in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga with the Frankfurt Lions.

On September 12, 2006, Patrick was re-signed as an assistant coach with Buffalo. He now lives in East Amherst with his wife and two daughters.

[edit] Awards and achievements

• Canadian Tier II Player of Year (1981)
• SJHL All-Star First Team (1981)
• SJHL Championship (1981)
• Centennial Cup First Team All-Star (1981)
• Centennial Cup Championship (1981)
• WCHA Second All-Star Team (1982)
• WCHA Freshman of the Year (1982)
• NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team (1982)
• NCAA Championship (1982)
• WCHA First All-Star Team (1983)
• NCAA West All American Team (1983)
• Played in the World Junior Championships for Team Canada (1983)
• Played in the World Championships for Team Canada (1983, 1987, 1989, 1998, & 2002)
• Played in the Sarajevo Olympics for Team Canada (1984)
• Played in the Canada Cup Tournament for Team Canada (1987)
• “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

[edit] External links

• Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
• James Patrick's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• James Patrick's biography at Legends of Hockey
• James Patrick's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame