Rory Fitzpatrick

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Rory Fitzpatrick
Date of birth January 11, 1975
place of birth Rochester , New York , USA
size 188 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1993 , 2nd lap, 47th position
Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
1992-1995 Sudbury Wolves
1995-1996 Fredericton Canadiens
1996-2000 Worcester IceCats
1998 St. Louis Blues
2000-2001 Milwaukee Admirals
2001 Hamilton Bulldogs
2001-2006 Buffalo Sabers
2006-2007 Vancouver Canucks
2007-2008 Philadelphia Flyers
2008-2010 Rochester Americans

Rory Brian Fitzpatrick (born January 11, 1975 in Rochester , New York ) is a former American ice hockey player who played 307 games for the Canadiens de Montréal , St. Louis Blues , Nashville Predators between 1992 and 2010, among others , Buffalo Sabers , Vancouver Canucks and Philadelphia Flyers has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Fitzpatrick received special attention around the campaign for his election to the 2007 NHL All-Star Game .

Career

Rory Fitzpatrick began his career in 1990 in his home town of Rochester, before joining the Sudbury Wolves in 1992 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . After his first season, in which he presented himself as a defender who dominated both the physical game and could set accents on the offensive, he was selected by the Canadiens de Montréal in the second round of the NHL Entry Draft in 1993 at position 47.

After two more seasons in the OHL, he moved to the Canadiens in the National Hockey League in 1995 , where he played 42 games in his first year. He also came for the Fredericton Canadiens , the AHL - farm team of Montreal, used. After he had completed eight games in the 1996/97 season for Montréal, he was transferred to the St. Louis Blues . There he only played twice in the season in the NHL and spent the rest of the season with the Worcester IceCats in the AHL. The following years he played almost exclusively with the farm team of St. Louis and received only one use in the NHL. In October 1998 he was signed by the Boston Bruins in the NHL Waiver Draft , but returned to the Blues only two days later. In February 2000, he was from the Blues to the Nashville Predators transferred, where he also did not make it in the NHL roster and only two NHL appearances in the 2000/01 season was before it at the January 2001 Edmonton Oilers made has been.

In the summer of 2001, Fitzpatrick was a free agent and received a contract with the Buffalo Sabers . In his first year with the Sabers, he played mostly with the farm team, the Rochester Americans , who are based in Fitzpatrick's hometown. In the 2002/03 season he was allowed to go on ice 36 times for the Sabers in the NHL and also scored his first NHL goal before becoming a regular in the 2003/04 season . Since the 2004/05 NHL season was canceled because of the lockout , Fitzpatrick took odd jobs, but was contracted towards the end of the season with the Rochester Americans, where he completed the remaining 20 games of the season. In the 2005/06 season he retained the status of regular player with the Sabers, but he was missing 26 games due to illness and injuries.

In August 2006, he signed a contract with the Vancouver Canucks . There he played a solid season and reached the second round of the playoffs with the team. After the season, however, his contract was not extended. One month before the start of the 2007/08 season , he received a trial contract for the Philadelphia Flyers training camp , which was not converted into a permanent contract with the start of the season. On October 9th, however, the Flyers still signed him. After a year there, he returned to his hometown for another two seasons with the Rochester Americans. After the 2009-10 season , the defender retired at the age of 35.

NHL All-Star Game 2007

Election result defenders - Western Conference
Surname team be right
Scott Niedermayer Anaheim Ducks 591,657
Nicklas Lidström Detroit Red Wings 573.069
Rory Fitzpatrick Vancouver Canucks 550.177
Chris Pronger Anaheim Ducks 433,972
Dion Phaneuf Calgary Flames 395.168

In the fall of 2006, the NHL introduced a new voting system for the 2007 NHL All-Star Game , according to which anyone could vote as often as they wanted. Some fans, who did not believe in this new system, came together in internet forums to reveal the disadvantages of the new voting system. While many fans chose players who showed particularly strong performances as scorer or attacking defender, the group of opponents decided to choose exactly the opposite type of player in the all-star game and opted for Rory Fitzpatrick, who to Had no scorer point in his account at the beginning of the election. The idea quickly spread through other Internet forums and found more and more supporters who voted for Fitzpatrick. Over time, there were even election ads on the Internet portal YouTube and a homepage was even put on the Internet promoting Rory Fitzpatrick as an All-Star.

While the campaign was initially intended as a fun act against the new electoral system, over time it evolved into a symbolic gesture. Many fans now voted for Fitzpatrick because they were of the opinion that a defender who doesn't excel through high scores, but works hard for his team and is therefore not in the limelight, also deserves to be voted into the Allstar Game, like attacking defenders.

The action was also supported by members of his NHL team, the Vancouver Canucks. His teammates wore T-shirts with the words "Vote for Rory" on them during a training session . A week before the end of the election, Fitzpatrick had already received 486,842 votes in the Western Conference and was in third place with the defenders, 36,000 votes behind, second place, which he had to reach to be safe on the Western Conference All-Star team to stand. Because it was not to be expected that the coaches of the Western Conference would appoint him to the squad.

The election ended on January 2, 2007, and the result was announced a week later. Fitzpatrick hadn't made it to second place and was almost 23,000 votes behind.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1992/93 Sudbury Wolves OHL 58 4th 20th 24 68 14th 0 0 0 17th
1993/94 Sudbury Wolves OHL 65 12 34 46 112 10 2 5 7th 10
1994/95 Sudbury Wolves OHL 56 12 36 48 72 18th 3 5 18th 21st
1994/95 Fredericton Canadiens AHL - - - - - 10 1 2 3 5
1995/96 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 18th 4th 6th 10 36 - - - - -
1995/96 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 42 0 2 2 18th 6th 1 1 2 0
1996/97 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 6th 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
1996/97 Worcester IceCats AHL 49 4th 13 17th 78 5 1 2 3 0
1996/97 St. Louis Blues NHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1997/98 Worcester IceCats AHL 62 8th 22nd 30th 111 11 0 3 3 26th
1998/99 Worcester IceCats AHL 53 5 16 21st 82 4th 0 1 1 17th
1998/99 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1999/00 Worcester IceCats AHL 28 0 5 5 48 - - - - -
1999/00 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 27 2 1 3 27 - - - - -
2000/01 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 22nd 0 2 2 32 - - - - -
2000/01 Nashville Predators NHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2000/01 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 34 3 17th 20th 29 - - - - -
2001/02 Rochester Americans AHL 60 4th 8th 12 83 2 0 1 1 0
2001/02 Buffalo Sabers NHL 5 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2002/03 Rochester Americans AHL 41 5 11 16 65 - - - - -
2002/03 Buffalo Sabers NHL 36 1 3 4th 16 - - - - -
2003/04 Buffalo Sabers NHL 60 4th 7th 11 44 - - - - -
2004/05 Rochester Americans AHL 20th 1 1 2 18th 9 0 1 1 12
2005/06 Buffalo Sabers NHL 56 4th 5 9 50 11 0 4th 4th 16
2006/07 Vancouver Canucks NHL 58 1 6th 7th 46 3 0 0 0 6th
2007/08 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 19th 0 1 1 11 - - - - -
2007/08 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 19th 1 4th 5 24 12 0 2 2 11
2008/09 Rochester Americans AHL 46 4th 10 14th 37 - - - - -
2009/10 Rochester Americans AHL 44 0 6th 6th 37 2 0 0 0 0
OHL total 179 28 90 118 252 42 5 20th 25th 48
IHL total 49 2 3 5 59 3 0 2 2 2
AHL total 474 39 119 158 648 55 2 12 14th 71
NHL overall 287 10 25th 35 201 20th 1 5 6th 22nd

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1995 United States June World Cup 5th place 7th 0 2 2 8th
Juniors overall 7th 0 2 2 8th

( 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 Fitzpatrick, Rory
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fitzpatrick, Rory Brian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochester , New York