Ed Patenaude

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CanadaCanada  Ed Patenaude Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 17, 1949
place of birth Williams Lake , British Columbia , Canada
Nickname Rusty
size 173 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1969 , 5th lap, 50th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1966-1968 Moose Jaw Canucks
1968-1970 Calgary Centennials
1970-1971 Amarillo Wranglers
1971-1972 Fort Wayne Comet
1972-1977 Alberta / Edmonton Oilers
1977-1988 Indianapolis Racers

Edgar Arnold "Ed" Patenaude (born October 17, 1949 in Williams Lake , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 442 games for the Alberta or Edmonton Oilers and Indianapolis Racers in the course of his active career between 1966 and 1978 of the World Hockey Association (WHA) on the position of right winger . In 1976 and 1978 Patenaude took part in the WHA All-Star Game .

Career

Patenaude spent his junior years between 1966 and 1970 in the previous leagues of the Western Hockey League (WHL). There the winger was initially two seasons in the service of the Moose Jaw Canucks , with whom he won the President's Cup in 1967 , before moving to the Calgary Centennials in the league for the 1968/69 season, as Moose Jaw had left the league. He also spent two years playing in Calgary, although the talent had already been selected in the fifth round of the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft in 50th place by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). At the end of the 1969/70 season, Patenaude made his professional debut when he made his professional debut for Pittsburgh's farm team , the Baltimore Clippers from the American Hockey League (AHL).

At the beginning of the 1970/71 season , the attacker ran for the Amarillo Wranglers in the Central Hockey League (CHL). The following year he played for the Fort Wayne Komets in the International Hockey League (IHL). Both franchises were also in cooperation with the Penguins at that time. Although the Canadian had collected 76 scorer points in 70 games in the 1971/72 season , the pens showed no interest in calling him to the NHL squad.

Then Patenaude signed for the 1972/73 season as a free agent a contract with the Alberta Oilers from the World Hockey Association (WHA), which was built as a competitive league to the NHL and going into its first season . In the franchise, which traded under the name Edmonton Oilers from the following game year , the Canadian spent a total of five seasons in the WHA. With the exception of the season 1974/75 , in which he completed only 56 missions due to injury, he always scored over 40 scorer points per season. He had his best year in the 1975/76 season , in which he scored 72 times. His 42 goals were also a career record. He was also invited to the WHA All-Star Game for the first time . Shortly before the beginning of the 1977/78 season , in which he took part in the All-Star Game for a second time, Patenaude was transferred to the Indianapolis Racers within the league together with Kevin Devine , Barry Wilkins and Claude St. Sauveur . These gave in exchange to Blair MacDonald , Mike Zuke , Dave Inkpen , the WHA transfer rights to Paul Shmyr and a third-round suffrage, which was no longer held in the 1978 WHA Amateur Draft to Edmonton. After the end of the season, the striker ended his active career at the age of 29.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1966/67 Moose Jaw Canucks CMJHL 55 11 13 24 21st - - - - -
1967/68 Moose Jaw Canucks WCHL 59 46 31 77 103 - - - - -
1968/69 Calgary Centennials WCHL 53 21st 41 62 74 - - - - -
1969/70 Calgary Centennials WCHL 51 37 36 73 72 - - - - -
1969/70 Baltimore Clippers AHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1970/71 Amarillo Wranglers CHL 72 13 24 37 39 - - - - -
1971/72 Fort Wayne Comet IHL 70 35 41 76 109 8th 3 2 5 8th
1972/73 Alberta Oilers WHA 78 29 27 56 59 1 0 1 1 4th
1973/74 Edmonton Oilers WHA 71 20th 23 43 55 4th 0 2 2 2
1974/75 Edmonton Oilers WHA 56 20th 16 36 38 - - - - -
1975/76 Edmonton Oilers WHA 77 42 30th 72 88 4th 1 4th 5 12
1976/77 Edmonton Oilers WHA 73 25th 16 41 57 2 0 0 0 8th
1977/78 Indianapolis Racers WHA 76 23 19th 42 71 - - - - -
CMJHL / WCHL total 218 115 121 236 270 - - - - -
WHA total 431 159 131 290 368 11 1 7th 8th 26th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Patenaude, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Patenaude, Edgar Arnold (full name); Godfather, Rusty (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Williams Lake , British Columbia , Canada