Pat Jablonski

Patrick David "Pat" Jablonski (born June 20, 1967) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. Between 1989 and 1998, he played for five teams in the National Hockey League: the St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens, Phoenix Coyotes, and Carolina Hurricanes.

St. Louis Blues Jablonski, who played junior hockey with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League, was drafted by St. Louis 139th overall in the 1985 NHL entry draft. After three years with the Blues' farm team, the Peoria Rivermen, Jablonski was called up to the NHL at the start of the 1989–90 season and played four games with the Blues, losing all four.

He returned to Peoria until February 1991, when he replaced an injured Curtis Joseph. Jablonski shared goaltending duties with Vincent Riendeau for the remainder of the regular season, as well as for three games in a playoff series with the Minnesota North Stars. He continued as a backup for St. Louis in the 1991–92 season.

Other teams Jablonski was traded to the expansion Tampa Bay Lightning in June 1992, and was named the starting goaltender for their inaugural season of 1992–93. Jablonski played 42 games that season, including his only career NHL shutout; against the Ottawa Senators in November. He played 15 games for the Lightning in 1993–94 before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in February 1994.

Jablonski never played in the NHL for Toronto, spending his time in the lockout-shortened 1994–95 season between their farm team in St. John's and the Chicago Wolves and Houston Aeros of the International Hockey League. He returned to the Blues as a free agent in the summer of 1995, but only played one game for St. Louis before being traded to the Montreal Canadiens in November.

After Patrick Roy was traded to the Colorado Avalanche that December, Jablonski shared goaltending duties with Jocelyn Thibault for the remainder of 1995–96 and into the beginning of the 1996–97 season.

Later career Jablonski was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes in January 1997. In Phoenix, he saw little playing time, only playing two games as a replacement for Nikolai Khabibulin. He signed as a free agent with Carolina in August 1997, and played five games in the 1997–98 season for the Hurricanes, with most of the rest of the season spent with the IHL's Cleveland Lumberjacks.

Jablonski never played in the NHL again. He played the 1998–99 season with the Chicago Wolves of the IHL, followed by two seasons for Västra Frölunda HC in Sweden.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1984–85 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors NAHL 29 — — — 1483 95 0 3.84 — — — — — — — — — 1985–86 Windsor Compuware Spitfires OHL 29 6 16 4 1600 119 1 4.46 .865 6 0 3 263 20 0 4.56 — 1986–87 Windsor Compuware Spitfires OHL 41 22 14 2 2328 128 3 3.30 — 12 8 4 710 38 0 3.21 — 1987–88 Windsor Compuware Spitfires OHL 18 14 3 0 994 48 2 2.90 .890 9 8 0 537 28 0 3.13 — 1987–88 Peoria Rivermen IHL 5 2 2 1 285 17 0 3.58 — — — — — — — — — 1987–88 Windsor Compuware Spitfires M-Cup — — — — — — — — — 4 3 1 240 16 0 4.00 — 1988–89 Peoria Rivermen IHL 35 11 20 3 2051 163 1 4.77 — 3 0 2 130 13 0 6.00 — 1989–90 St. Louis Blues NHL 4 0 3 0 208 17 0 4.89 .827 — — — — — — — — 1989–90 Peoria Rivermen IHL 36 14 17 4 2023 165 0 4.89 .867 4 1 3 223 19 0 5.11 — 1990–91 St. Louis Blues NHL 8 2 3 3 492 25 0 3.05 .890 3 0 0 90 5 0 3.35 .857 1990–91 Peoria Rivermen IHL 29 23 3 2 1738 87 0 3.00 .882 10 7 2 532 23 0 2.59 — 1991–92 St. Louis Blues NHL 10 3 6 0 468 38 0 4.87 .853 — — — — — — — — 1991–92 Peoria Rivermen IHL 8 6 1 1 493 29 1 3.53 .929 — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 43 8 24 4 2268 150 1 3.97 .874 — — — — — — — — 1993–94 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 15 5 6 3 834 54 0 3.89 .856 — — — — — — — — 1993–94 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 16 12 3 1 962 49 1 3.05 .905 11 6 5 676 36 0 3.19 .893 1994–95 Chicago Wolves IHL 4 0 4 0 216 17 0 4.71 .862 — — — — — — — — 1994–95 Houston Aeros IHL 3 1 1 1 179 9 0 3.01 .890 — — — — — — — — 1995–96 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 0 0 0 8 1 0 7.83 .800 — — — — — — — — 1995–96 Montreal Canadiens NHL 23 5 9 6 1264 62 0 2.94 .908 1 0 0 49 1 0 1.24 .941 1996–97 Montreal Canadiens NHL 17 4 6 2 754 50 0 3.98 .886 — — — — — — — — 1996–97 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 2 0 1 0 59 2 0 2.04 .917 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 5 1 4 0 279 14 0 3.01 .878 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 34 13 13 6 1950 98 0 3.01 .909 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 Quebec Rafales IHL 7 3 3 0 368 21 0 3.42 .906 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 Chicago Wolves IHL 36 22 7 7 2119 106 1 3.00 .900 3 2 1 185 11 0 3.57 .869 1999–00 Västra Frölunda SWE 27 — — — 1624 65 4 2.40 .926 5 — — 298 18 0 3.62 .853 2000–01 Västra Frölunda SWE 22 — — — 1328 64 1 2.89 .896 1 — — 40 3 0 4.50 .833 NHL totals 128 28 62 18 6634 413 1 3.74 .879 4 0 0 138 6 0 2.60 .885

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1987 United States WJC 4 1 2 0 200 13 0 3.90 — 1993 United States WC 2 — — — 62 1 0 0.96 .952 1995 United States WC 6 — — — 360 15 0 2.50 .923 Junior totals 4 1 2 0 200 13 0 3.90 — Senior totals 8 — — — 422 16 0 2.27 —