Lance Pitlick

Lance Eric Pitlick (born November 5, 1967) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played in the NHL with the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers.

Playing career Pitlick graduated from Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope, Minnesota in 1986. He was drafted by his hometown Minnesota North Stars in the 9th round, 180th overall in the 1986 NHL entry draft. After being drafted, he played for the University of Minnesota for four years, providing a strong defensive presence for the Golden Gophers. Pitlick was the University of Minnesota team Captain during the 1989–90 season.

After college, Pitlick was signed by the Philadelphia Flyers and played with their minor league affiliate Hershey Bears of the AHL for four years. Prior to the 1994–95 season Pitlick signed with the Ottawa Senators and played the majority of the season with the Prince Edward Island Senators along with also making his NHL debut with the Senators, playing in 15 games. After splitting the 1995–96 season between the Senators and the minors Pitlick was able to stay in the NHL permanently and played another 3 years with the Senators, scoring a career high 10 points and 91 penalty minutes during the 1996–97 season. Prior to the 1999–00 season Pitlick signed with the Florida Panthers. He played 3 years with the Panthers before retiring after the 2001–02 season.

Personal Pitlick is not the only hockey player in his family; his nephew, Tyler Pitlick, who was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round (31st overall) of the 2010 NHL entry draft, is currently playing in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues. His elder son Rem played collegiate hockey for the University of Minnesota and is currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL. His younger son, Rhett, plays NCAA hockey at the University of Minnesota and was drafted 131st by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2019 NHL entry draft.

His wife Lisa is also a former athlete. She attended the University of Minnesota and competed on Team USA's gymnastics team.

After retiring from professional hockey in 2002, Pitlick became the founder of a hockey training products business called Sweet Hockey, Pitlick and his business partner sold Sniper's Edge in 2019, but Pitlick remains an advisor to its current owner. Today operates as a hockey training professional and co-founder of onlinehockeytraining.com, and recently launched "The Hockey Journey" podcast series where he interviews influencers throughout the game of hockey. Pitlick recently interviewed CEO David Shuler of Snipers Edge Hockey as part of the podcast series.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1985–86 Robbinsdale Cooper High School HS-MN 21 7 18 25 247 — — — — — 1986–87 University of Minnesota WCHA 45 0 9 9 88 — — — — — 1987–88 University of Minnesota WCHA 38 3 9 12 76 — — — — — 1988–89 University of Minnesota WCHA 47 4 9 13 95 — — — — — 1989–90 University of Minnesota WCHA 14 3 2 5 26 — — — — — 1990–91 Hershey Bears AHL 64 6 15 21 75 3 0 0 0 9 1991–92 Hershey Bears AHL 4 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 4 1992–93 Hershey Bears AHL 53 5 10 15 77 — — — — — 1993–94 Hershey Bears AHL 58 4 13 17 93 11 1 0 1 11 1994–95 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 61 8 19 27 55 11 1 4 5 10 1994–95 Ottawa Senators NHL 15 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 1995–96 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 29 4 10 14 39 5 0 0 0 0 1995–96 Ottawa Senators NHL 28 1 6 7 20 — — — — — 1996–97 Ottawa Senators NHL 66 5 5 10 91 7 0 0 0 4 1997–98 Ottawa Senators NHL 69 2 7 9 50 11 0 1 1 17 1998–99 Ottawa Senators NHL 50 3 6 9 33 2 0 0 0 0 1999–2000 Florida Panthers NHL 62 3 5 8 44 4 0 1 1 0 2000–01 Florida Panthers NHL 68 1 2 3 42 — — — — — 2001–02 Florida Panthers NHL 35 1 1 2 12 — — — — — AHL totals 269 27 67 94 345 33 2 4 6 34 NHL totals 393 16 33 49 298 24 0 2 2 21

Awards and honours Award Year AHL All-Star Game 1995