Pat Price (ice hockey)

Pat Price
Born	(1955-03-24) March 24, 1955 Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Vancouver Blazers New York Islanders Edmonton Oilers Pittsburgh Penguins Quebec Nordiques New York Rangers Minnesota North Stars
NHL draft	11th overall, 1975 New York Islanders
WHA draft	1st overall, 1974 Vancouver Blazers
Playing career	1974–1988

Shaun Patrick Price (born March 24, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Vancouver Blazers and the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Quebec Nordiques, New York Rangers and Minnesota North Stars. He reached the NHL playoff semifinals four times, three times with the Islanders and once with the Nordiques.

Early life

Born in Nelson, British Columbia, Price was a highly touted junior star with the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), with 95 points, despite being a defenseman, in the 1973–74 WCHL season. He was a member of the WCHL All-Star Team in 1974.

Career

In the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft, Price was drafted first overall by the Vancouver Blazers. The WHA had trouble holding onto its draft picks, who often went to the more established NHL teams, but the Blazers landed the untested rookie with a contract offer of $1.3 million ($7.8 million today).

Price did not meet the Blazers' expectations, with 34 points in the 1974–75 WHA season, and he went to the NHL after being drafted 11th overall by the New York Islanders in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft. Price spent most of that season in the minor leagues, as he learned the professional game.

Price became an NHL regular in 1976–77, and played three seasons with the Islanders before he was claimed by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft.

Despite the original expectation that he should be a scoring defenceman with Vancouver in his rookie season, Price grew to be a balanced professional, playing 726 total NHL games over 13 seasons, scoring 43 goals and having 218 assists before retiring in 1988.

After retiring, Price returned to his hometown of Nelson, British Columbia.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1970–71	Saskatoon Blades	WCHL		66	2	16	18	56		5	0	3	3	2
1971–72	Saskatoon Blades	WCHL		66	10	48	58	85		8	0	3	3	25
1972–73	Saskatoon Blades	WCHL		67	12	56	68	134		16	4	17	21	24
1973–74	Saskatoon Blades	WCHL		68	27	68	95	147		6	3	4	7	13
1974–75	Vancouver Blazers	WHA		68	5	29	34	15		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	New York Islanders	NHL		4	0	2	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	Fort Worth Texans	CHL		72	6	44	50	119		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	New York Islanders	NHL		71	3	22	25	25		10	0	1	1	2
1977–78	New York Islanders	NHL		52	2	10	12	27		5	0	1	1	2
1977–78	Rochester Americans	AHL		5	2	1	3	9		—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	New York Islanders	NHL		55	3	11	14	50		7	0	1	1	25
1979–80	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		75	11	21	32	134		3	0	0	0	11
1980–81	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		59	8	24	32	193		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		13	0	10	10	33		5	1	1	2	21
1981–82	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		77	7	31	38	322		5	0	0	0	28
1982–83	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		38	1	11	12	104		—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		14	1	2	3	28		4	0	0	0	14
1983–84	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		72	3	25	28	188		9	1	0	1	10
1984–85	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		68	1	26	27	118		17	0	4	4	51
1985–86	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		54	3	13	16	82		3	0	1	1	4
1986–87	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		47	0	6	6	81		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Fredericton Express	AHL		7	0	0	0	14		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	New York Rangers	NHL		13	0	2	2	49		6	0	1	1	27
1987–88	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		14	0	2	2	20		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL		2	1	1	2	15		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				726	43	218	261	1456		74	2	10	12	195

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database