Pat Falloon

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CanadaCanada  Pat Falloon Ice hockey player
Date of birth 22nd September 1972
place of birth Foxwarren , Manitoba , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 91 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1991 , 1st round, 2nd position
San Jose Sharks
Career stations
1988-1991 Spokane Chiefs
1991-1995 San Jose Sharks
1995-1998 Philadelphia Flyers
1998 Ottawa Senators
1998-2000 Edmonton Oilers
2000 Pittsburgh Penguins
2000-2001 HC Davos

Patrick J. Falloon (born September 22, 1972 in Foxwarren , Manitoba ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 641 games for the San Jose Sharks , Philadelphia Flyers , Ottawa Senators , Edmonton Oilers and in the course of his active career between 1988 and 2001 Pittsburgh Penguins played in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . Falloon was selected in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft in second overall position and the first draft election in the history of the San Jose Sharks franchise .

Career

Falloon began his career with the Spokane Chiefs in the Western Hockey League (WHL). There he played a total of three years and increased his offensive production annually. Under Falloon's leadership, the team won the WHL championship, the President's Cup , and then the Memorial Cup in the 1990/91 season , where Falloon was awarded the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy for Most Valuable Player of the entire tournament. In the following NHL Entry Draft , the Canadian was selected in the first round in second position, just behind Eric Lindros , by the San Jose Sharks . Falloon was the first draft pick in the Sharks' franchise history .

Right at the beginning of the 1991/92 season, Falloon landed as a rookie a place in the squad of the newly founded team from California . With 59 points from 79 games, he easily fulfilled the expectations of the management and ended the season as the best point player of the entire team. Falloon's scoring in its first season is still a valid franchise record that Sharks rookies have had their teeth on so far. His outstanding season performance also earned him a place in the squad of the Canadian national team for the 1992 World Cup . In the following three seasons, all of which Falloon spent in San Jose, he was only able to build on his performances from the first season. After Falloon went into his fifth season with the Sharks and again underperformed, management was at the end of its patience. Since the team had improved greatly in its entirety and one was no longer dependent on Falloon's services, he was given to the Philadelphia Flyers on November 16, 1995 . In return, San Jose received Martin Špaňhel , as well as a first-round and a fourth-round pick in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft .

Falloon suffered the same fate in Philadelphia as it did with the Sharks. After an appealing first season with the Flyers, in which the Canadian often flashed his potential, he fared similarly to California in the following two seasons. After only 23 points from 52 games in the 1996/97 season and just twelve points in the first 30 games of the 1997/98 season , the Flyers sent him on January 17, 1998 along with Václav Prospal and a second-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft 1998 to the Ottawa Senators . In return, Alexandre Daigle , the first pick of the 1993 draft , moved to Philadelphia.

Falloon was also not happy in Ottawa and after only six months the contract was terminated by mutual agreement. As a free agent , he signed a contract with the Edmonton Oilers before the 1998/99 season . Since Falloon was again unable to complete two consecutive strong seasons, the Oilers put him on the waiver list for the first time in his career during the 1999/2000 season , where he was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins . As with his previous clubs, Falloon did not succeed in realizing his potential here either. In the 2000/01 season he moved to Europe to HC Davos in Switzerland for a year , where he was able to convince with his performance for the first time in a long time.

Falloon ended his career in his homeland in the Manitoba Senior League and helped the Ile-des-Chenes North Stars win the Allan Cup in 2003 .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1988/89 Spokane Chiefs WHL 72 22nd 56 78 41 - - - - -
1989/90 Spokane Chiefs WHL 71 60 64 124 48 6th 5 8th 13 4th
1990/91 Spokane Chiefs WHL 61 64 74 138 33 15th 10 14th 24 10
1991 Spokane Chiefs Memorial Cup 4th 8th 4th 12 2
1991/92 San Jose Sharks NHL 79 25th 34 59 16 - - - - -
1992/93 San Jose Sharks NHL 41 14th 14th 28 12 - - - - -
1993/94 San Jose Sharks NHL 83 22nd 31 53 18th 14th 1 2 3 6th
1994/95 San Jose Sharks NHL 46 12 7th 19th 25th 11 3 1 4th 0
1995/96 San Jose Sharks NHL 9 3 0 3 4th - - - - -
1995/96 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 62 22nd 26th 48 6th 12 3 2 5 2
1996/97 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 52 11 12 23 10 14th 3 1 4th 2
1997/98 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 30th 5 7th 12 8th - - - - -
1997/98 Ottawa Senators NHL 28 3 3 6th 8th 1 0 0 0 0
1998/99 Edmonton Oilers NHL 82 17th 23 40 20th 4th 0 1 1 4th
1999/00 Edmonton Oilers NHL 33 5 13 18th 4th - - - - -
1999/00 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 30th 4th 9 13 10 10 1 0 1 2
2000/01 HC Davos NLA 43 12 26th 38 49 4th 1 0 1 2
WHL overall 204 146 194 340 122 21st 15th 22nd 37 14th
NHL overall 575 143 179 322 141 66 11 7th 18th 16

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1991 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 3 3 6th 2
1992 Canada WM 8th place 6th 2 1 3 2
Juniors overall 7th 3 3 6th 2
Men overall 6th 2 1 3 2

( 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 Falloon, Pat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Falloon, Patrick J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd September 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Foxwarren , Manitoba , Canada