Pat Hickey

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CanadaCanada  Pat Hickey Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 15, 1953
place of birth Brantford , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1973 , 2nd lap, 30th position
New York Rangers
WHA Amateur Draft 1973 , 2nd round, 18th position
Toronto Toros
Career stations
1970-1973 Hamilton Red Wings
1973-1975 Toronto Toros
1975-1979 New York Rangers
1979 Colorado Rockies
1979-1981 Toronto Maple Leafs
1981-1982 New York Rangers
1982 Nordiques de Québec
1982-1985 St. Louis Blues

Patrick Joseph "Pat" Hickey (* 15. May 1953 in Brantford , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and - functionary . The left winger began his professional career with the Toronto Toros in the World Hockey Association before playing over 600 games for five teams in the National Hockey League between 1975 and 1985 . He played most of it for the New York Rangers , who had selected him in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft in 30th position and with whom he reached the Stanley Cup finals in the 1979 playoffs , but lost to the Canadiens de Montréal .

Career

As a player

Beginnings

Pat Hickey was born in Brantford and played in his youth for the Hamilton Red Wings from nearby Hamilton in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). In this highest junior league in his home province, he increased his personal statistics from year to year until he reached his top score in the junior division in the 1972/73 season with 79 points from 61 games. Then the winger was selected in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft in 30th position by the New York Rangers , as well as in the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft in 18th position by the Toronto Toros . Since the Rangers initially only offered him a job in their farm team , he switched to the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the 1973/74 season . In the Toros jersey, the Canadian also established himself as a regular scorer, recording 55 and 69 points in the following two years, while at the same time improving his defensive game. As a result, he left his Canadian homeland in 1976 to join the Rangers from the National Hockey League (NHL).

NHL

At the beginning of his time with the Broadway Blueshirts , Hickey formed an attack line with Walt Tkaczuk and Bill Fairbairn , before he was later preferred with Rick Middleton and Derek Sanderson . His breakthrough in the NHL came in the 1977/78 season, when he hit the 40 mark for the first and only time in his career and thus led the Rangers within the team. His career best as a scorer he recorded with 75 points in the following year, in which he reached the final of the Stanley Cup in the 1979 playoffs with the team and lost there, however, to the Canadiens de Montréal with 1: 4. At the beginning of the following season 1979/80 he was finally given together with Lucien DeBlois , Mike McEwen and Dean Turner to the Colorado Rockies , while in return Barry Beck moved to New York.

In Colorado, Hickey was less than two months active, since he was transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs together with Wilf Paiement in December 1979 , while Lanny McDonald and Joel Quenneville moved to Denver. At his previous place of work he succeeded at least partially in a series of attacks with Bill Derlago and Rick Vaive to build on his achievements from New York times. It was there that the attacker returned in October 1981, when the Rangers signed him in exchange for a five-round vote in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft . However, his second engagement on Broadway only lasted until March 1982, when he was sent to the Nordiques de Québec by arbitration . This completed an earlier swap from the beginning of the year, with which Robbie Ftorek was brought to New York in exchange for Jere Gillis and Dean Talafous . Since Talafous refused the transfer, the Nordiques were later awarded Hickey.

In Québec, Hickey ended the 1981/82 season and then moved to the St. Louis Blues in August 1982 in exchange for Rick Lapointe . They used him in the following year mainly with their farm team, the Salt Lake Golden Eagles , in the Central Hockey League , before he was regularly on the ice again between 1983 and 1985 in the NHL. Then the left winger ended his active career, in which he had played a total of 699 NHL games and recorded 420 points scorer.

International

After his 40-goal season in the jersey of the Rangers, Hickey was appointed to the squad of the Canadian national team for the 1978 World Cup . There the team won the bronze medal, while he himself contributed five goals in ten games.

As a functionary

After a long hiatus, Hickey took over the position of general manager for the New Haven Nighthawks from the American Hockey League in the 1988/89 season . He managed the team's fortunes for four years before moving to the Hamilton Canucks within the league in 1992 , where he also served as GM and president. After two more years he did not pursue this career path any further. Parallel to his comparatively short functionary activity, Hickey was active in the financial sector and was involved in charitable youth programs related to ice hockey.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1970/71 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 55 15th 17th 32 46 7th 0 1 1 2
1971/72 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 58 21st 39 60 78 - - - - - -
1972/73 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 61 32 47 79 80 - - - - - -
1973/74 Toronto Toros WHA 78 26th 29 55 52 12 3 3 6th 12
1974/75 Toronto Toros WHA 74 35 34 69 50 5 0 1 1 4th
1975/76 New York Rangers NHL 70 14th 22nd 36 -29 36 - - - - - -
1976/77 New York Rangers NHL 80 23 17th 40 –11 35 - - - - - -
1977/78 New York Rangers NHL 80 40 33 73 -19 47 3 2 0 2 -2 0
1978/79 New York Rangers NHL 80 34 41 75 +8 56 18th 1 7th 8th +1 6th
1979/80 New York Rangers NHL 7th 2 2 4th -1 10 - - - - - -
1979/80 Colorado Rockies NHL 24 7th 9 16 -2 10 - - - - - -
1979/80 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 45 22nd 16 38 +1 16 3 0 0 0 -4 2
1980/81 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 72 16 33 49 -16 49 2 0 0 0 -2 0
1981/82 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
1981/82 New York Rangers NHL 53 15th 14th 29 -14 32 - - - - - -
1981/82 Nordiques de Québec NHL 7th 0 1 1 -1 4th 15th 1 3 4th -2 21st
1982/83 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 36 13 12 25th 28 6th 1 0 1 2
1982/83 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
1983/84 St. Louis Blues NHL 67 9 11 20th -3 24 11 1 1 2 -2 6th
1984/85 St. Louis Blues NHL 57 10 13 23 -4 32 3 0 0 0 -2 2
OHA total 174 68 103 171 204 7th 0 1 1 2
WHA total 152 61 63 124 102 17th 3 4th 7th 16
NHL overall 644 192 212 404 -91 351 55 5 11 16 -13 37

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1978 Canada WM Bronze medal 10 5 1 6th 4th
Men overall 10 5 1 6th 4th

( 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 )

Personal

His younger brother Greg Hickey was also a hockey player and played (together with Pat) a single NHL game for the New York Rangers. His other career he spent in minor leagues .

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personal data
SURNAME Hickey, Pat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hickey, Patrick Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Brantford , Ontario , Canada