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James Patrick

D | 6'2", 202 lbs. |

Birth Date:June 14, 1963 (49 years old)
Place of Birth:Winnipeg, Man.
Shoots:R

Experience:21 years
Drafted:Drafted by NY Rangers in 1981 (1/9).

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
NCAA	West All-American Team	1982-83
WCHA	First All-Star Team	1982-83
NCAA	Championship All-Tournament Team	1981-82
WCHA	Second All-Star Team	1981-82

Movements & Injuries

2005
10/02/2005	Signed with the Frankfurt Lions of the Deutsche Liga (Germany).
9/08/2005	Announced his retirement and named assistant coach by the Buffalo Sabres.
2004
3/03/2004	Missed 15 games (shoulder injury).
1/25/2004	Shoulder injury, sidelined indefinitely.
1/24/2004	Shoulder injury, left Saturday's game.
1/13/2004	Missed 4 games (facial injury).
1/06/2004	Facial injury, day-to-day.
1/03/2004	Missed 2 games (groin).
2003
12/30/2003	Groin, day-to-day.
3/12/2003	Missed 6 games (back injury).
2/28/2003	Back injury, day-to-day.
2002
12/21/2002	Missed 4 games (back spasms).
12/12/2002	Back spasms, day-to-day.
7/25/2002	Re-signed by the Buffalo Sabres to a two-year contract.
2001
6/26/2001	Re-signed by the Buffalo Sabres.
2000
10/20/2000	Missed 5 games (separated right shoulder).
10/05/2000	Separated right shoulder, day-to-day.

Career Transactions

1998
10/07/1998	Signed as a free agent by the Buffalo Sabres.
1994
3/10/1994	Hartford Whalers traded Michael Nylander, James Patrick and Zarley Zalapski to the Calgary Flames for Gary Suter, Paul Ranheim and Ted Drury.
1993
11/02/1993	New York Rangers traded James Patrick and Darren Turcotte to the Hartford Whalers for Steve Larmer, Nick Kypreos, Barry Richter and 6th round selection (Yuri Litvinov) in 1994.
1981
6/10/1981	Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1st round (9th overall) in 1981.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2005-06	Frankfurt	Ger	42	1	6	7	1	73	1	0	0	-	43	0.17
2004-05	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2003-04	Buffalo	NHL	55	4	7	11	11	12	0	0	1	18:58	44	0.20
2002-03	Buffalo	NHL	69	4	12	16	-3	26	2	0	1	18:55	63	0.23
2001-02	Buffalo	NHL	56	5	8	13	3	16	1	0	0	16:27	45	0.23
	Canada	WC	7	0	2	2	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.29
2000-01	Buffalo	NHL	54	4	9	13	9	12	1	0	0	17:16	48	0.24
1999-00	Buffalo	NHL	66	5	8	13	8	22	0	0	3	15:59	40	0.20
1998-99	Buffalo	NHL	45	1	7	8	12	16	0	0	0	14:45	31	0.18
1997-98	Calgary	NHL	60	6	11	17	-2	26	1	0	1	-	57	0.28
	Canada	WC	6	0	1	1	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.17
1996-97	Calgary	NHL	19	3	1	4	2	6	1	0	0	-	22	0.21
1995-96	Calgary	NHL	80	3	32	35	3	30	1	0	0	-	116	0.44
1994-95	Calgary	NHL	43	0	10	10	-3	14	0	0	0	-	43	0.23
1993-94	Calgary	NHL	15	2	2	4	6	6	1	0	0	-	20	0.27
	Hartford	NHL	47	8	20	28	-12	32	4	1	2	-	65	0.60
	NY Rangers	NHL	6	0	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	-	6	0.50
	Total NYR/Hfd/Cgy	NHL	68	10	25	35	-5	40	5	1	2	-	91	0.51
1992-93	NY Rangers	NHL	60	5	21	26	1	61	3	0	0	-	99	0.43
1991-92	NY Rangers	NHL	80	14	57	71	34	54	6	0	1	-	148	0.89
1990-91	NY Rangers	NHL	74	10	49	59	-5	58	6	0	2	-	138	0.80
1989-90	NY Rangers	NHL	73	14	43	57	4	50	9	0	0	-	136	0.78
1988-89	NY Rangers	NHL	68	11	36	47	3	41	6	0	2	-	147	0.69
	Canada	WEC	10	2	2	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	0.40
1987-88	NY Rangers	NHL	70	17	45	62	16	52	9	0	1	-	187	0.89
	Canada	Can-Cup	6	0	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.17
1986-87	NY Rangers	NHL	78	10	45	55	13	62	5	0	0	-	143	0.71
	Canada	WEC	8	0	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.13
1985-86	NY Rangers	NHL	75	14	29	43	14	88	2	1	1	-	131	0.57
1984-85	NY Rangers	NHL	75	8	28	36	-17	71	4	1	1	-	101	0.48
1983-84	NY Rangers	NHL	12	1	7	8	6	2	0	0	0	-	15	0.67
	National Team	CAN	63	7	24	31	-	52	-	-	-	-	-	0.49
	Canada	Olympic	7	0	3	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.43
1982-83	North Dakota	WCHA	36	12	36	48	-	29	-	-	-	-	-	1.33
	Canada	WJC	7	0	2	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.29
	Canada	WEC	9	1	1	2	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	0.22
1981-82	North Dakota	WCHA	42	5	24	29	-	26	-	-	-	-	-	0.69
	Canada	WJC	7	0	2	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	0.29
1980-81	Prince Albert	SJHL	59	21	61	82	-	162	-	-	-	-	-	1.39
NHL	Total	NHL	1280	149	490	639	104	759	62	3	16	-	1845	0.50
WCHA	Total	WCHA	78	17	60	77	-	55	-	-	-	-	-	0.99
Ger	Total	Ger	42	1	6	7	1	73	1	0	0	-	43	0.17
CAN	Total	CAN	63	7	24	31	-	52	-	-	-	-	-	0.49
Can-Cup	Total	Can-Cup	6	0	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.17
Olympic	Total	Olympic	7	0	3	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	0.43
SJHL	Total	SJHL	59	21	61	82	-	162	-	-	-	-	-	1.39
WC	Total	WC	13	0	3	3	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0.23
WEC	Total	WEC	27	3	4	7	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	0.26
WJC	Total	WJC	14	0	4	4	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	0.29

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2005-06	Frankfurt	Ger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2004-05	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2003-04	Buffalo	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2002-03	Buffalo	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2001-02	Buffalo	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2000-01	Buffalo	NHL	13	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	-	16	0.23
1999-00	Buffalo	NHL	5	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	-	3	0.20
1998-99	Buffalo	NHL	20	0	1	1	6	12	0	0	0	-	11	0.05
1997-98	Calgary	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1996-97	Calgary	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1995-96	Calgary	NHL	4	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	-	3	0.00
1994-95	Calgary	NHL	5	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	-	4	0.20
1993-94	Calgary	NHL	7	0	1	1	-1	6	0	0	0	-	4	0.14
	Hartford	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1992-93	NY Rangers	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1991-92	NY Rangers	NHL	13	0	7	7	-4	12	0	0	0	-	21	0.54
1990-91	NY Rangers	NHL	6	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	-	7	0.00
1989-90	NY Rangers	NHL	10	3	8	11	-2	0	2	0	1	-	25	1.10
1988-89	NY Rangers	NHL	4	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	-	6	0.25
1987-88	NY Rangers	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1986-87	NY Rangers	NHL	6	1	2	3	-	2	1	0	1	-	-	0.50
1985-86	NY Rangers	NHL	16	1	5	6	-	34	0	0	0	-	-	0.38
1984-85	NY Rangers	NHL	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	-	3	0.00
1983-84	NY Rangers	NHL	5	0	3	3	-	2	0	0	0	-	-	0.60
1982-83	North Dakota	WCHA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1981-82	North Dakota	WCHA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1980-81	Prince Albert	SJHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
NHL	Total	NHL	117	6	32	38	-	82	3	0	2	-	-	0.32

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	80	2 times-last: 1995-96 (Cgy)
Goals	17	1987-88 (NYR)
Assists	57	1991-92 (NYR)
Points	71	1991-92 (NYR)
Penalty Minutes	88	1985-86 (NYR)
Plus/Minus	+34	1991-92 (NYR)
Power Play Goals	9	2 times-last: 1989-90 (NYR)
Shorthanded Goals	1	3 times-last: 1993-94 (NYR/Hfd/Cgy)
Shots	187	1987-88 (NYR)

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