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James Patrick

#3 · Defence · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jun 14, 1963 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 6'2", 198 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 9th overall in 1981 by NYR (round 1)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dennis Vaske NYI · 4 P in 17 GP Craig Rivet MTL · 4 P in 35 GP Matt Martin TOR · 4 P in 36 GP Greg De Vries EDM · 4 P in 37 GP Craig Wolanin TOR · 4 P in 38 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601983-84: 8 points883-841984-85: 36 points361985-86: 43 points4385-861986-87: 55 points551987-88: 62 points6287-881988-89: 47 points471989-90: 57 points5789-901990-91: 59 points591991-92: 71 points7191-921992-93: 26 points261993-94: 35 points3593-941994-95: 10 points101995-96: 35 points3595-961996-97: 4 points41997-98: 17 points1797-981998-99: 8 points81999-00: 13 points1399-002000-01: 13 points132001-02: 13 points1301-022002-03: 16 points162003-04: 11 points1103-04

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1983-84 NYR 12 1 7 8 5 2 15 0 0.67
1984-85 NYR 75 8 28 36 -18 71 102 0 0.48
1985-86 NYR 75 14 29 43 12 88 131 0 0.57
1986-87 NYR 78 10 45 55 13 62 145 0 0.71
1987-88 NYR 70 17 45 62 16 52 187 0 0.89
1988-89 NYR 68 11 36 47 3 41 147 0 0.69
1989-90 NYR 73 14 43 57 4 50 136 0 0.78
1990-91 NYR 74 10 49 59 -5 58 138 0 0.80
1991-92 NYR 80 14 57 71 34 54 148 0 0.89
1992-93 NYR 60 5 21 26 1 61 99 0 0.43
1993-94 NYR 6 0 3 3 1 2 6 0 0.50
1993-94 HFD 47 8 20 28 -12 32 65 0 0.60
1993-94 CGY 15 2 2 4 6 6 20 0 0.27
1994-95 CGY 43 0 10 10 -3 14 43 0 0.23
1995-96 CGY 80 3 32 35 3 30 116 0 0.44
1996-97 CGY 19 3 1 4 2 6 22 0 0.21
1997-98 CGY 60 6 11 17 -2 26 57 39 0.28
1998-99 BUF 45 1 7 8 12 16 31 23 0.18
1999-00 BUF 66 5 8 13 8 22 40 44 0.20
2000-01 BUF 54 4 9 13 9 12 48 28 0.24
2001-02 BUF 56 5 8 13 3 16 45 35 0.23
2002-03 BUF 69 4 12 16 -3 26 63 6 0.23
2003-04 BUF 55 4 7 11 11 12 44 27 0.20
21 seasons Career 1280 149 490 639 100 759 1848 202 0.50

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1983-84 NYR 5 0 3 3 1 2 4 0 0.60
1984-85 NYR 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0.00
1985-86 NYR 16 1 5 6 1 34 17 0 0.38
1986-87 NYR 6 1 2 3 -5 2 10 0 0.50
1988-89 NYR 4 0 1 1 -1 2 6 0 0.25
1989-90 NYR 10 3 8 11 -2 0 25 0 1.10
1990-91 NYR 6 0 0 0 -1 6 7 0 0.00
1991-92 NYR 13 0 7 7 -4 12 21 0 0.54
1993-94 CGY 7 0 1 1 -1 6 4 0 0.14
1994-95 CGY 5 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 0.20
1995-96 CGY 4 0 0 0 -3 2 3 0 0.00
1998-99 BUF 20 0 1 1 6 12 11 12 0.05
1999-00 BUF 5 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 0.20
2000-01 BUF 13 1 2 3 0 2 16 18 0.23
14 seasons Playoffs 117 6 32 38 -10 86 134 32 0.32

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 3 1 4 2 6 22 0 0.21 13.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Dec 3, 1996 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1996 @ PHX L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1996 vs LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1996 vs EDM L 1-10 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1996 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1996 vs NYR W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1996 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1996 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1996 @ DAL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1996 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1996 vs PIT W 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1996 vs COL W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1996 vs EDM W 6-3 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1996 @ NYR L 4-5 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1996 @ PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1996 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1996 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1996 vs BUF W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1996 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00