Ed Patterson

Edward Patterson (born November 14, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 68 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins between 1993 and 1996. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2007, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe. Patterson is currently the head coach of the Kamloops Storm of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.

Biography Patterson was born in Delta, British Columbia. As a youth, he played in the 1986 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from North Delta, British Columbia.

He played three seasons of junior hockey in the Western Hockey League and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins. He turned professional in 1992 with the Cleveland Lumberjacks. Patterson would play in the minor leagues, with a few stints with the Penguins, until 2000, when he moved to Europe. He played six seasons in Europe before ending his career in 2007.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1988–89 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 46 4 6 10 55 — — — — — 1989–90 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 18 9 2 11 19 — — — — — 1989–90 Swift Current Broncos WHL 15 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 1990–91 Swift Current Broncos WHL 7 2 7 9 0 — — — — — 1990–91 Kamloops Blazers WHL 55 14 33 47 134 5 0 0 0 7 1991–92 Kamloops Blazers WHL 38 19 25 44 120 1 0 0 0 0 1991–92 Kamloops Blazers M-Cup — — — — — 5 0 2 2 2 1992–93 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 63 4 16 20 131 3 1 1 2 2 1993–94 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 27 3 1 4 10 — — — — — 1993–94 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 55 21 32 53 73 — — — — — 1994–95 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 58 13 17 30 93 4 1 2 3 6 1995–96 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 35 0 2 2 38 — — — — — 1996–97 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 6 0 0 0 8 — — — — — 1996–97 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 40 6 12 18 75 13 2 4 6 61 1997–98 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 81 12 31 43 226 3 2 1 3 8 1998–99 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 73 8 25 33 227 3 1 0 1 4 1999–00 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 74 20 21 41 141 5 4 0 4 2 2000–01 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 70 19 23 42 90 10 1 4 5 17 2001–02 Eisbären Berlin DEL 57 10 14 24 83 4 1 1 2 2 2002–03 London Knights BISL 4 1 2 3 2 18 6 10 16 46 2003–04 Cardiff Devils EIHL 36 10 16 26 68 6 5 4 9 2 2004–05 Cardiff Devils EIHL 24 8 20 28 32 — — — — — 2005–06 Cardiff Devils EIHL 28 6 12 18 44 — — — — — 2006–07 Cardiff Devils EIHL 6 1 1 2 32 — — — — — IHL totals 514 103 177 280 1056 41 12 12 24 100 NHL totals 68 3 3 6 56 — — — — —