Patrick Dwyer (ice hockey player)

United States Patrick Dwyer


Date of birth	June 22, 1983
place of birth	Great Falls , Montana , USA
size	180 cm
Weight	92 kg

position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2002 , 4th round, 116th position Atlanta Thrashers

Career stations

2001-2005	Western Michigan University
2005-2006	Chicago Wolves
2006-2009	Albany River Rats
2009-2015	Carolina Hurricanes
2015-2016	MODO hockey
2016-2017	Charlotte Checkers
2017-2018	SønderjyskE
since 2018	Belfast Giants

Patrick Dwyer (born June 22, 1983 in Great Falls , Montana ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Belfast Giants from the British Elite Ice Hockey League since July 2018 and plays for them in the position of right winger .

Career

Dwyer was selected as the 116th overall player by the Atlanta Thrashers during the 2002 NHL Entry Draft in the fourth round . From 2001 to 2005 the American played for the Western Michigan University ice hockey team in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association .

Towards the end of his final season at Western Michigan, he also played 14 times in the ECHL for the Gwinnett Gladiators , the farm team of the Atlanta Thrashers and the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League . This he left after a year and signed a contract with the AHL farm team of the Carolina Hurricanes , the Albany River Rats , for which he played until 2009. During the 2008–09 season , Dwyer made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Hurricanes. Dwyer has been part of the Hurricanes' NHL squad since the middle of the 2009/10 season.

After the 2014/15 season, his expiring contract was not extended, so he moved to Europe for the first time in October 2015 and joined MODO Hockey from the Svenska Hockeyligan . After a year he returned to North America and spent the 2016/17 season with the Charlotte Checkers from the AHL. He then moved again to the European continent and played the 2017/18 season at SønderjyskE from the Danish Metal Ligaen . In July 2018 he joined the Belfast Giants of the British Elite Ice Hockey League as a playing assistant coach .

			Regular season					Playoffs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000/01	Great Falls Americans	NWJHL	40	33	57	90	106	12	10	12	22nd
2001/02	Western Michigan University	CCHA	38	17th	17th	34	26th
2002/03	Western Michigan University	CCHA	33	9	10	19th	20th
2003/04	Western Michigan University	CCHA	35	13	13	26th	22nd
2004/05	Western Michigan University	CCHA	36	6th	16	22nd	56
2004/05	Gwinnett Gladiators	ECHL	14th	0	5	5	8th	-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Chicago Wolves	AHL	73	16	29	45	49	-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Albany River Rats	AHL	79	16	25th	41	39	5	0	1	1	5
2007/08	Albany River Rats	AHL	59	13	12	25th	29	7th	0	2	2	0
2008/09	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	13	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0
2008/09	Albany River Rats	AHL	62	24	16	40	29	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	58	7th	5	12	6th	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	80	8th	10	18th	12	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	73	5	7th	12	23	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	46	8th	8th	16	12	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	75	8th	14th	22nd	14th	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	71	5	7th	12	10	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	MODO hockey	SHL	33	0	7th	7th	6th	6 ¹	1	0	1	29
2016/17	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	58	14th	12	26th	20th	5	0	0	0	0
2017/18	SønderjyskE	Metal leagues	26th	10	12	22nd	8th	7th	6th	0	6th	0
NCAA overall			142	45	56	101	124
AHL total			354	94	102	196	172	17th	0	3	3	5
NHL overall			416	42	51	93	77	2	0	1	1	0

Represented the USA at:

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2012	United States	WM	7th place		8th	1	2	3	0
Men overall					8th	1	2	3	0

( 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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