Patrick Dwyer

Patrick "Pat" Dwyer (born June 22, 1983) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League with the Carolina Hurricanes. He was originally selected by the Atlanta Thrashers in the fourth round, 116th overall, of the 2002 NHL entry draft.

He is currently an assistant coach for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League.

Playing career After 9 seasons within the Carolina Hurricanes organization, Dwyer left the club having played in 416 regular season games as a free agent. Dwyer was unable to attain an NHL contract over the summer and on September 19, 2015, accepted a try-out offer to attend the Arizona Coyotes training camp. At the conclusion of training camp, Dwyer was released from his try-out contract with the Coyotes. With the 2015–16 season underway, Dwyer belatedly signed a contract abroad in Sweden for the remainder of the campaign with Modo Hockey of the SHL on October 22, 2015. Adding depth in a checking line role, Dwyer was unable to contribute offensively, producing just 7 assists in 33 games as Modo were relegated to the HockeyAllsvenskan.

As a free agent over the summer, Dwyer returned to North America and agreed to an invitation to attend the Columbus Blue Jackets training camp on a professional try-out on September 21, 2016. Upon his release from the Blue Jackets, Dwyer returned to the Hurricanes fold in preparation for the 2016–17 season, signing a one-year AHL contract with affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers on October 11, 2016.

After a spell in Denmark, Dwyer moved to the UK to sign for the Belfast Giants on 26 July 2018. In his last professional season in 2018–19, Dwyer added a veteran and dominating scoring presence to the Giants, posting 25 goals and 61 points in 38 games. While also serving in a player-assistant coach role, Dwyer was named to the EIHL Second All-Star Team and captured the EIHL championship.

Coaching career Having served as an assistant coach during his last playing season with the Belfast Giants, Dwyer returned to North America following his retirement and re-joined the Carolina Hurricanes organization in accepting an assistant coaching role with former club, the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL, on July 30, 2019. In 2020, he was named an assistant coach with the Hurricanes' new AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves.

On July 5, 2023, Dwyer was named assistant coach to Minnesota Wild AHL affiliate, the Iowa Wild. On November 28, 2023, following the firing of previous assistant coach Bob Woods, Dwyer was named an assistant coach with the Minnesota Wild.

Personal life Dwyer was born in Spokane, Washington and raised in Great Falls, Montana

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–00 Great Falls Americans AWHL 38 5 9 14 35 — — — — — 2000–01 Great Falls Americans AWHL 49 33 57 90 106 — — — — — 2001–02 Western Michigan University CCHA 38 17 17 34 26 — — — — — 2002–03 Western Michigan University CCHA 33 9 10 19 20 — — — — — 2003–04 Western Michigan University CCHA 35 13 13 26 22 — — — — — 2004–05 Western Michigan University CCHA 36 6 16 22 56 — — — — — 2004–05 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL 14 0 5 5 8 2 0 1 1 0 2005–06 Chicago Wolves AHL 73 16 29 45 49 — — — — — 2006–07 Albany River Rats AHL 79 16 25 41 39 5 0 1 1 5 2007–08 Albany River Rats AHL 59 13 12 25 29 7 0 2 2 0 2008–09 Albany River Rats AHL 62 24 16 40 29 — — — — — 2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 13 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2009–10 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 58 7 5 12 6 — — — — — 2009–10 Albany River Rats AHL 23 11 8 19 6 — — — — — 2010–11 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 80 8 10 18 12 — — — — — 2011–12 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 73 5 7 12 23 — — — — — 2012–13 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 46 8 8 16 12 — — — — — 2013–14 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 75 8 14 22 14 — — — — — 2014–15 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 71 5 7 12 10 — — — — — 2015–16 Modo Hockey SHL 33 0 7 7 6 — — — — — 2016–17 Charlotte Checkers AHL 58 14 12 26 20 5 0 0 0 0 2017–18 SønderjyskE Ishockey DEN 26 10 12 22 8 7 6 0 6 0 2018–19 Belfast Giants EIHL 38 25 36 61 12 4 1 2 3 2 AHL totals 354 94 102 196 172 17 0 3 3 5 NHL totals 416 42 51 93 77 2 0 1 1 0

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2012 United States WC 7th 8 1 2 3 0 Senior totals 8 1 2 3 0

Awards and honors Award Year College All-CCHA Rookie Team 2002 CCHA Rookie of the Year 2002 EIHL Second all-star team 2019 EIHL Champion (Belfast Giants) 2019