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Pat LaFontaine

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-10    Weight: 182 lbs.
Born: February 22, 1965 in St. Louis, Missouri

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2003

Drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1983-84 18 New York Islanders NHL 15 13 6 19 1.27 8 0.56 23 2 12 0 9 6 12 1 0 0 35 2.33 37.1
1984-85 19 New York Islanders NHL 67 19 35 54 0.81 20 0.30 82 14 60 1 9 32 18 1 0 1 173 2.58 11.0
1985-86 20 New York Islanders NHL 65 30 23 53 0.82 22 0.33 74 14 46 2 16 43 28 2 0 4 172 2.65 17.4
1986-87 21 New York Islanders NHL 80 38 32 70 0.88 29 0.36 104 53 71 10 -10 70 18 19 1 6 219 2.74 17.4
1987-88 22 New York Islanders NHL 75 47 45 92 1.23 37 0.50 125 52 67 6 12 52 32 15 0 7 242 3.23 19.4
1988-89 23 New York Islanders NHL 79 45 43 88 1.11 36 0.45 115 52 77 6 -8 26 29 16 0 4 288 3.65 15.6
1989-90 24 New York Islanders NHL 74 54 51 105 1.42 42 0.57 141 66 98 10 -13 38 39 13 2 8 286 3.86 18.9
1990-91 25 New York Islanders NHL 75 41 44 85 1.13 34 0.45 117 45 91 13 -6 42 27 12 2 5 225 3.00 18.2
1991-92 26 Buffalo Sabres NHL 57 46 47 93 1.63 38 0.66 136 70 67 11 10 98 23 23 0 5 203 3.56 22.7
1992-93 27 Buffalo Sabres NHL 84 53 95 148 1.76 55 0.65 200 88 105 4 11 63 31 20 2 7 306 3.64 17.3
1993-94 28 Buffalo Sabres NHL 16 5 13 18 1.13 7 0.41 30 11 28 5 -4 2 4 1 0 0 40 2.50 12.5
1994-95 29 Buffalo Sabres NHL 22 12 15 27 1.23 11 0.48 41 22 18 1 2 4 5 6 1 3 54 2.45 22.2
1995-96 30 Buffalo Sabres NHL 76 40 51 91 1.20 35 0.46 133 68 90 17 -8 36 22 15 3 7 224 2.95 17.9
1996-97 31 Buffalo Sabres NHL 13 2 6 8 0.62 3 0.22 11 6 13 0 -8 4 1 1 0 0 38 2.92 5.3
1997-98 32 New York Rangers NHL 67 23 39 62 0.93 22 0.33 75 38 56 3 -16 36 12 11 0 2 160 2.39 14.4
Career NHL 865 468 545 1013 1.17 398 0.46 1407 601 899 89 -4 552 301 156 11 59 2665 3.08 17.6

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1983-84 18 New York Islanders NHL 16 3 6 9 0.56 -2 8 3 0 0 0 21 1.31 14.3
1984-85 19 New York Islanders NHL 9 1 2 3 0.33 -3 4 1 0 0 0 7 0.78 14.3
1985-86 20 New York Islanders NHL 3 1 0 1 0.33 -2 0 0 1 0 0 7 2.33 14.3
1986-87 21 New York Islanders NHL 14 5 7 12 0.86 -6 10 4 1 0 2 39 2.79 12.8
1987-88 22 New York Islanders NHL 6 4 5 9 1.50 2 8 3 1 0 1 16 2.67 25.0
1989-90 24 New York Islanders NHL 2 0 1 1 0.50 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.50 0.0
1991-92 26 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7 8 3 11 1.57 0 4 2 5 1 1 27 3.86 29.6
1992-93 27 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7 2 10 12 1.71 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 1.86 15.4
1994-95 29 Buffalo Sabres NHL 5 2 2 4 0.80 -2 2 1 1 0 0 11 2.20 18.2
Career NHL 69 26 36 62 0.90 -14 36 15 10 1 4 146 2.12 17.8

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1981-82 16 Detroit Compuware MNHL 79 175 149 324 4.10
1982-83 17 Verdun Juniors QMJHL 70 104 130 234 3.34 10
1982-83 17 Verdun Juniors M-Cup 4 3 2 5 1.25 2
1983-84 18 United States Nat-Tm 58 56 55 111 1.91 22
1983-84 18 United States Olympics 6 5 3 8 1.33 0
1987-88 22 United States Can-Cup 5 3 0 3 0.60 0
1988-89 23 United States WEC-A 10 5 3 8 0.80 8
1991-92 26 United States Can-Cup 6 3 1 4 0.67 2
1996-97 31 United States W-Cup 5 2 2 4 0.80 2
1997-98 32 United States Olympics 4 1 1 2 0.50 0
Career Can-Cup 11 6 1 7 0.64 2
Career M-Cup 4 3 2 5 1.25 2
Career MNHL 79 175 149 324 4.10
Career Nat-Tm 58 56 55 111 1.91 22
Career Olympics 10 6 4 10 1.00 0
Career QMJHL 70 104 130 234 3.34 10
Career W-Cup 5 2 2 4 0.80 2
Career WEC-A 10 5 3 8 0.80 8

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1982-83 17 Verdun Juniors QMJHL 15 11 24 35 2.33 4
Career QMJHL 15 11 24 35 2.33 4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1988 NHL
1989 NHL
1990 NHL
1991 NHL
1993 NHL

Awards

1994-95 NHL Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Honors

1992-93 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1986-87 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)

Goals

1989-90 NHL 54 (5)
1991-92 NHL 46 (5)
Career NHL 468 (51)

Goals Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.63 (9)
1989-90 NHL 0.73 (4)
1991-92 NHL 0.81 (2)
Career NHL 0.54 (16)

Assists

1992-93 NHL 95 (2)
Career NHL 545 (91)

Assists Per Game

1992-93 NHL 1.13 (4)
Career NHL 0.63 (42)

Points

1989-90 NHL 105 (8)
1992-93 NHL 148 (2)
Career NHL 1013 (68)

Points Per Game

1989-90 NHL 1.42 (5)
1991-92 NHL 1.63 (3)
1992-93 NHL 1.76 (2)
Career NHL 1.17 (14)

Goals Created

1989-90 NHL 42.3 (6)
1991-92 NHL 37.5 (10)
1992-93 NHL 54.9 (2)
Career NHL 398.1 (64)

Goals Created Per Game

1989-90 NHL 0.57 (6)
1991-92 NHL 0.66 (2)
1992-93 NHL 0.65 (3)
Career NHL 0.46 (12)

Total Goals For

1992-93 NHL 200 (3)
Career NHL 1407 (95)

Power Play Goals For

1989-90 NHL 66 (10)
1991-92 NHL 70 (8)
1992-93 NHL 88 (2)
1995-96 NHL 68 (7)
Career NHL 601 (56)

Even Strength Goals

1987-88 NHL 32 (9)
1988-89 NHL 29 (9)
1989-90 NHL 39 (3)
Career NHL 301 (46)

Power Play Goals

1986-87 NHL 19 (3)
1991-92 NHL 23 (3)
Career NHL 156 (31)

Game-Winning Goals

1987-88 NHL 7 (6)
1989-90 NHL 8 (6)
1995-96 NHL 7 (8)
Career NHL 59 (55)

Shots on Goal

1988-89 NHL 288 (8)

Shooting Percentage

1991-92 NHL 22.7 (9)
1994-95 NHL 22.2 (5)
Career NHL 17.6 (45)
  

Transactions

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October 25, 1991: Traded to Buffalo by NY Islanders with Randy Hillier, Randy Wood and NY Islanders' 4th round choice (Dean Melanson) in 1992 Entry Draft for Pierre Turgeon, Uwe Krupp, Benoit Hogue and Dave McLlwain, October 25, 1991.

September 29, 1997: Traded to NY Rangers by Buffalo for NY Rangers' 2nd round choice (Andrew Peters) in 1998 Entry Draft and future considerations, September 29, 1997.

March 16, 1998: Suffered career-ending head injury in game vs. Ottawa, March 16, 1998.

October 12, 1999: Officially announced retirement, October 12, 1999.