Lester Patrick
Induction Year: 1952 Played 8 Years
He was one of hockey's real immortals; as a player he was one of the first rushing defenceman in the game; as a coach and an executive he inaugurated hockey's first major farm system; he and his brother devised the playoff system; together, they built arenas in Vancouver and Victoria and formed the Pacific Coast League; in 1926 he became manager of the New York Rangers who won three Stanley Cups under his guidance; elected in 1947.
| REGULAR SEASON | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 168 | 50 | 34 | 84 | 311 |
| REGULAR SEASON | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1917-18 | Seattle Metropolitans | PCHA | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1918-19 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1919-20 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1921-22 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 1925-26 | Victoria Cougars | WHL | 23 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 22 |
| 1926-27 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1927-28 | New York Rangers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coaching Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | PCT. |
| 1920-21 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0.438 |
| 1921-22 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0.479 |
| 1922-23 | Victoria Cougars | PCHA | 29 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0.552 |
| 1923-24 | Victoria Cougars | PCHA | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0.383 |
| 1924-25 | Victoria Cougars | WCHL | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0.571 |
| 1925-26 | Victoria Cougars | WHL | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0.567 |
| 1926-27 | New York Rangers | NHL | 44 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 0.636 |
| 1927-28 | New York Rangers | NHL | 44 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 0.534 |
| 1928-29 | New York Rangers | NHL | 44 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 0.591 |
| 1930-31 | New York Rangers | NHL | 44 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 0.534 |
| 1937-38 | New York Rovers | EHL | |||||
| 1943-44 | Brooklyn Crescents | EHL | |||||