Lance Pitlick

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United StatesUnited States  Lance Pitlick Ice hockey player
Date of birth 5th November 1967
place of birth Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 92 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1986 , 9th round, 180th position
Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
1986-1990 University of Minnesota
1990-1991 Hershey Bears
1991-1992 Team USA
1992-1994 Hershey Bears
1994-1999 Ottawa Senators
1999-2002 Florida panthers

Lance Eric Pitlick (* 5. November 1967 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is a retired American ice hockey player , who during his playing career between 1990 and 2002 among other 417 games for the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League in position of the defense attorney has denied. His son Rem Pitlick and nephew Tyler Pitlick are also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Pitlick was selected after his high school graduation in the NHL Entry Draft 1986 in the ninth round in 180th place by the Minnesota North Stars from the National Hockey League . Initially, however, the defender moved to the University of Minnesota , where he finally graduated in 1990.

As a free agent , the Philadelphia Flyers secured the services of Pitlick in September 1990 and put him in their farm team , the Hershey Bears , in the American Hockey League until 1994 . The defender spent a large part of the 1991/92 season with the US ice hockey association USA Hockey . Participation in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville failed. In June 1994, Pitlick joined the Ottawa Senators as a free agent . Also due to the lockout and late start of the 1994/95 NHL season , he was initially only used in the AHL with the Prince Edward Island Senators . It was not until the 1996/97 season that the defensive specialist earned a regular place in Ottawa's NHL squad. When his contract expired in the summer of 1999, Pitlick joined the Florida Panthers . He stayed there until the summer of 2002. After spending much of the 2001/02 season as the seventh defender in the Panthers' squad in the stands, he ended his playing career at the age of 34 after the season.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1986/87 University of Minnesota WCHA 45 0 9 9 88
1987/88 University of Minnesota WCHA 38 3 9 12 76
1988/89 University of Minnesota WCHA 47 4th 9 13 95
1989/90 University of Minnesota WCHA 14th 3 2 5 26th
1990/91 Hershey Bears AHL 64 6th 15th 21st 75 3 0 0 0 9
1991/92 Hershey Bears AHL 4th 0 0 0 6th 3 0 0 0 4th
1992/93 Hershey Bears AHL 53 5 10 15th 77 - - - - -
1993/94 Hershey Bears AHL 58 4th 13 17th 93 11 1 0 1 11
1994/95 Ottawa Senators NHL 15th 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
1994/95 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 61 8th 19th 27 55 11 1 4th 5 10
1995/96 Ottawa Senators NHL 28 1 6th 7th 20th - - - - -
1995/96 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 29 4th 10 14th 39 5 0 0 0 0
1996/97 Ottawa Senators NHL 66 5 5 10 91 7th 0 0 0 4th
1997/98 Ottawa Senators NHL 69 2 7th 9 50 11 0 1 1 17th
1998/99 Ottawa Senators NHL 50 3 6th 9 33 2 0 0 0 0
1999/00 Florida panthers NHL 62 3 5 8th 44 4th 0 1 1 0
2000/01 Florida panthers NHL 68 1 2 3 42 - - - - -
2001/02 Florida panthers NHL 35 1 1 2 12 - - - - -
NCAA overall 144 10 29 39 285
AHL total 269 27 67 94 345 33 2 4th 6th 34
NHL overall 393 16 33 49 298 24 0 2 2 21st

( 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 Pitlick, Lance
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pitlick, Lance Eric (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Minneapolis , Minnesota