Pat Nagle

Patrick Nagle (born September 21, 1987) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender.

Playing career On March 22, 2011, the Tampa Bay Lightning signed the undrafted free agent to a two-year entry-level contract. He played NCAA hockey at Ferris State University prior to turning professional.

In his first professional season in 2011–12, with the Florida Everblades, Nagle shared primary goaltending duties with John Muse, playing 39 games. During the playoffs, Nagle recorded the best goals against average and tied for first in save percentage, at 1.42 and .941, respectively. After winning the Kelly Cup, Nagle was called up to the AHL for the Lightning organization's affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, during their Calder Cup championship series against the Toronto Marlies.

On August 27, 2013, Nagle agreed as a free agent to a one-year AHL contract with the Texas Stars, the affiliate of the Dallas Stars. After training camp with the Stars, Nagle did not make the club and was assigned to their ECHL affiliate, the Idaho Steelheads for the duration of the 2013-14 season, winning a career-high 23 of 43 games.

On July 21, 2014, Nagle opted to remain in the ECHL, signing a one-year deal with the Fort Wayne Komets. On January 12, 2015, the Grand Rapids Griffins signed Nagle to a professional try out. Before signing a professional tryout with the Griffins, he recorded a 17–4–1 record, a 2.42 GGA, and a .910 save percentage in 22 games with the Fort Wayne Komets this season. On February 5, 2015, Nagle was released from his professional tryout, and returned to the Fort Wayne Komets. Nagle made his first start for the Griffins on January 23, in a game against the Utica Comets, earning his first career AHL win. In three AHL games this season, Nagle recorded a 1–1–0 record, 1.76 goals against average, and a 0.948 save percentage. During the 2014–15 season, Nagle posted a 23–7–2 record, 2.48 GAA and a .907 save percentage with the Fort Wayne Komets. He also made two appearances with the Rochester Americans and one with the Utica Comets.

On July 22, 2015, the Fort Wayne Komets re-signed Nagle. On December 9, 2015; the Grand Rapids Griffins signed Nagle to a professional try out. Before signing a professional tryout with the Griffins, he recorded a 5–4–0 record, with a 2.51 GAA and a .910 save percentage in 10 games with the Fort Wayne Komets this season.

Nagle played two further seasons with the Komets before signing a one-year AHL contract to return to the Grand Rapids Griffins on July 27, 2017. Nagle was named the Warrior Hockey/ECHL Goaltender of the Month for November 2017. He recorded a 7–1–1 record, with a 2.66 GAA and a .907 save percentage in nine games during the month. He was also named ECHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending November 6 after going 3–0–0 with a 2.03 GAA and a .933 save percentage in three appearances.

After three seasons in the Griffins organization, Nagle continued his career in the AHL as a free agent, agreeing to a one-year deal with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, affiliate to the Philadelphia Flyers, on September 17, 2021.

International play In January 2022, he was named to the United States men's national ice hockey team for the 2022 Winter Olympics. He served as the team's third choice goaltender and did not feature in the tournament.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2006–07 St. Louis Bandits NAHL 36 24 8 4 2136 81 1 2.28 .920 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Ferris State CCHA 16 8 7 0 867 38 1 2.63 .900 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Ferris State CCHA 22 7 11 3 1246 59 0 2.84 .909 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Ferris State CCHA 26 12 10 3 1496 53 1 2.13 .923 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Ferris State CCHA 37 18 14 5 2192 74 3 2.02 .923 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Florida Everblades ECHL 39 20 14 3 2234 107 1 2.87 .905 6 4 1 338 8 2 1.42 .941 2012–13 Florida Everblades ECHL 31 14 9 3 1688 85 0 3.02 .904 — — — — — — — — 2012–13 Syracuse Crunch AHL 2 0 1 0 97 6 0 3.70 .875 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 43 23 14 4 2530 115 1 2.73 .918 3 1 1 159 9 0 3.40 .906 2014–15 Fort Wayne Komets ECHL 33 23 7 2 1938 80 1 2.48 .907 5 3 2 334 12 0 2.15 .913 2014–15 Rochester Americans AHL 2 0 2 0 119 9 0 4.53 .886 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 2 1 0 0 77 1 0 0.78 .971 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Utica Comets AHL 1 0 1 0 59 3 0 3.07 .893 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 Fort Wayne Komets ECHL 51 28 12 8 2969 117 5 2.36 .915 16 9 6 986 39 2 2.37 .906 2016–17 Fort Wayne Komets ECHL 25 15 3 4 1267 47 2 2.23 .916 9 5 2 557 24 0 2.58 .906 2017–18 Toledo Walleye ECHL 50 37 6 3 2907 108 3 2.23 .924 10 6 4 656 28 0 2.56 .919 2018–19 Toledo Walleye ECHL 41 22 14 2 2411 113 3 2.81 .910 24 14 10 1481 50 1 2.03 .931 2018–19 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 1 0 0 1 62 5 0 4.81 .800 — — — — — — — — 2019–20 Toledo Walleye ECHL 15 9 4 2 910 42 0 2.77 .910 — — — — — — — — 2019–20 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 20 9 8 1 1136 44 0 2.32 .920 — — — — — — — — 2020–21 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 12 6 6 0 669 31 0 2.78 .892 — — — — — — — — 2021–22 Reading Royals ECHL 17 11 3 3 1021 41 1 2.41 .925 7 3 4 413 20 0 2.90 .908 2021–22 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 22 10 6 6 1247 57 2 2.74 .904 — — — — — — — — 2022–23 Reading Royals ECHL 28 21 7 0 1632 71 1 2.61 .908 10 5 5 586 33 0 3.38 .890 2022–23 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 9 1 7 1 535 34 0 3.81 .877 — — — — — — — — AHL totals 71 27 31 9 4,001 190 2 2.85 .901 — — — — — — — —

Awards and honours Award Year NAHL All-Rookie Team 2007 Rookie of the Year 2007 Second All-Star Team 2007 College All-CCHA First Team 2011 AHCA West First-Team All-American 2011 ECHL All-ECHL Second Team 2018