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Colin Patterson

#17 · Right wing · Buffalo Sabres

Born May 11, 1960 in Rexdale, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 195 lb · Shoots right

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1988-89

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jan Erixon NYR · 26 P in 68 GP Lindsay Carson PHI · 26 P in 71 GP Tim Higgins DET · 26 P in 77 GP Lanny McDonald CGY · 26 P in 58 GP Mark Reeds STL · 25 P in 68 GP

Career

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

0102030401983-84: 27 points2783-841984-85: 43 points4384-851985-86: 27 points2785-861986-87: 26 points2686-871987-88: 18 points1887-881988-89: 38 points3888-891989-90: 8 points889-901991-92: 12 points1291-921992-93: 6 points692-93

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1983-84 CGY 56 13 14 27 17 17 87 0 0.48
1984-85 CGY 57 22 21 43 20 5 104 0 0.75
1985-86 CGY 61 14 13 27 8 22 84 0 0.44
1986-87 CGY 68 13 13 26 6 41 78 0 0.38
1987-88 CGY 39 7 11 18 7 28 37 0 0.46
1988-89 CGY 74 14 24 38 44 56 103 0 0.51
1989-90 CGY 61 5 3 8 -4 20 56 0 0.13
1991-92 BUF 52 4 8 12 -4 30 33 0 0.23
1992-93 BUF 36 4 2 6 -2 22 30 0 0.17
9 seasons Career 504 96 109 205 92 241 612 0 0.41

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 CGY 11 1 1 2 -6 6 25 0 0.18
1984-85 CGY 4 0 0 0 -4 5 3 0 0.00
1985-86 CGY 19 6 3 9 0 10 36 0 0.47
1986-87 CGY 6 0 2 2 -2 2 8 0 0.33
1987-88 CGY 9 1 0 1 -1 8 8 0 0.11
1988-89 CGY 22 3 10 13 10 24 24 0 0.59
1990-91 CGY 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00
1991-92 BUF 5 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 0.20
1992-93 BUF 8 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0.13
9 seasons Playoffs 85 12 17 29 -6 57 108 0 0.34

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 13 13 26 6 41 78 0 0.38 16.7 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1987 vs WIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1987 @ EDM T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1987 @ LAK L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1987 @ LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1987 @ WIN L 1-10 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1987 @ EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1987 vs EDM W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1987 vs BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1987 @ TOR L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1987 @ HFD W 6-1 2 0 2 3 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1987 @ WSH W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1987 @ NYR W 7-4 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1987 vs LAK W 7-2 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1987 vs MTL L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1987 @ WIN L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1987 vs WIN W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1987 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1987 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1987 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1987 vs TOR W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1987 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1987 @ PHI W 5-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1987 @ MNS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1987 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1987 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1987 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1987 vs NJD W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1987 vs MNS T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1987 @ TOR W 6-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1987 @ BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1987 @ NJD L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1987 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1987 @ VAN L 5-9 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1986 vs LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1986 @ VAN W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1986 vs QUE W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1986 vs DET W 8-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1986 @ LAK W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1986 @ PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1986 @ PIT W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1986 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1986 @ QUE W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1986 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1986 vs NYI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1986 vs CHI W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1986 vs WIN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1986 vs EDM W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1986 vs NYR W 8-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1986 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1986 @ VAN L 0-5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1986 @ LAK L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1986 vs HFD W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1986 vs VAN W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1986 vs MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1986 vs EDM W 6-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1986 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1986 vs LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1986 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1986 @ WIN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1986 @ MNS L 4-7 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1986 vs BOS L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1986 @ WIN L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1986 vs EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1986 vs DET L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1986 vs QUE L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1986 @ BUF W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1986 @ HFD L 5-6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1986 @ BOS W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00