Dick Patrick

{{short description|Canadian-born sports executive (born 1946)}}

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Richard Patrick (born 1946) is a Canadian-born sports executive and is the part-owner, president and alternate governor of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/team/management |title=Washington Capitals – Team – Washington Capitals – Team |publisher=nhl.com |date= |accessdate=2023-11-18 }} He is the son of Muzz Patrick, the grandson of Lester Patrick, the grandnephew of Frank Patrick, and the cousin of both Craig Patrick and Glenn Patrick.

Patrick graduated from Kent School in 1964 where he captained the hockey team and rowed on the varsity crew. He then attended and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1968.

For his contributions to ice hockey in the United States, Patrick was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy, named for his grandfather, in 2012.{{cite web |last=Svrluga |first=Barry |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/for-hockeys-royal-family-dick-patrick-getting-his-name-on-stanley-cup-is-final-coronation/2019/02/10/b50dd630-249f-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html |title=For hockey’s royal family, Dick Patrick getting his name on Stanley Cup is final coronation |publisher=The Washington Post |date=February 10, 2019 |access-date=July 8, 2024}}

Patrick is the father-in-law of Texas Rangers general manager Chris Young, who is married to his daughter Elizabeth.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=432934|access-date=May 3, 2007|year=2007|work=MLB.com |title=Player Profile: Chris Young 32}} Patrick is also the father of Capitals general manager Chris Patrick, who was named to the role in 2024.{{cite web |last=Gulitti |first=Tom |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/chris-patrick-named-washington-gm-brian-maclellan-remains-president |title=Patrick named Capitals general manager, MacLellan remains president of hockey operations |website=NHL.com |date=July 8, 2024 |access-date=July 8, 2024}}