Lester Patrick
Born: December 31, 1883
Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
Died: June 1, 1960 (aged 76)
Height: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight: 180 lbs (82 kg)
Position: Defence
Shot: Left
| Year | League | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903–04 | MNWHA | Brandon HC | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1904–05 | CAHL | Montreal Westmount | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1905–06 | ECAHA | Montreal Wanderers | 9 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 26 |
| 1906–07 | ECAHA | Montreal Wanderers | 9 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 1907–08 | BCHL | Nelson Seniors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908–09 | Exhib | Edmonton HC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1908–09 | Exhib | Nelson Pros | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1909–10 | NHA | Renfrew Creamery Kings | 12 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 25 |
| 1911–12 | PCHA | Victoria Senators | 16 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 1912–13 | PCHA | Victoria Senators | 15 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 12 |
| 1913–14 | PCHA | Victoria Aristocrats | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 1914–15 | PCHA | Victoria Aristocrats | 17 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 15 |
| 1915–16 | PCHA | Victoria Aristocrats | 18 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 27 |
| 1916–17 | PCHA | Spokane Canaries | 23 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 15 |
| 1917–18 | PCHA | Seattle Metropolitans | 17 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 |
| 1918–19 | PCHA | Victoria Aristocrats | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 1919–20 | PCHA | Victoria Aristocrats | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 1920–21 | PCHA | Victoria Aristocrats | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 1921–22 | PCHA | Victoria Aristocrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925–26 | WHL | Victoria Cougars | 23 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 |
| 1926–27 | NHL | New York Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1927–28 | NHL | New York Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECAHA totals | 18 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 37 | ||
| PCHA totals | 142 | 72 | 55 | 127 | 109 | ||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Playoff/Stanley Cup Challenges
| Year | League | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903–04 | Stanley Cup | Brandon HC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905–06 | ECAHA | Montreal Wanderers | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1906–07 | Stanley Cup | Montreal Wanderers | 6 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 32 |
| 1907–08 | BCHL | Nelson Seniors | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1908–09 | Stanley Cup | Edmonton HC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1913–14 | Stanley Cup | Victoria Aristocrats | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1917–18 | PCHA | Seattle Metropolitans | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1925–26 | WHL | Victoria Cougars | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1927–28 | NHL | New York Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PCHA totals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Cup totals | 13 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
Curtis Lester Patrick was a towering figure in hockey history, achieving success as a player, executive, and innovator. Early in his career, he won the Stanley Cup twice with the Montreal Wanderers (1906, 1907). In 1911, along with his brother Frank, he founded the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), serving as an owner, manager, coach, and player for the Victoria team, with whom he won another Stanley Cup in 1925—the last time a team outside the NHL won the Cup.
The Patrick brothers are credited with numerous fundamental innovations in hockey that remain today, including the blue line, the penalty shot, and the system for tracking assists. After the PCHA folded, Patrick was hired by the expansion New York Rangers in 1926, leading them to Stanley Cup victories in 1928 (as coach/manager) and 1933, and another in 1940 (as manager). Patrick’s contributions were recognized with his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947, and he is the namesake of the NHL’s Lester Patrick Trophy.