Pat Conacher

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1959)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2014}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| image =

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 188

| played_for = New York Rangers
Edmonton Oilers
New Jersey Devils
Los Angeles Kings
Calgary Flames
New York Islanders

| ntl_team = CAN

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|5|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

| draft = 76th overall

| draft_year = 1979

| draft_team = New York Rangers

| career_start = 1979

| career_end = 1996

}}

Patrick John Conacher (born May 1, 1959) is a Canadian former ice hockey forward. He last played with the Canada men's national ice hockey team during the 1997-98 season. He is currently a scout of amateur hockey for the Vancouver Canucks.

Conacher who was born in Edmonton, Alberta, started his National Hockey League (NHL) career with the New York Rangers in 1980. He also played for the Edmonton Oilers, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, Calgary Flames, and New York Islanders. He left the NHL after the 1996 season. He won the Stanley Cup in 1984 with the Edmonton Oilers.

Conacher was the first player in NHL history to complete the Hudson River triple, by serving as a member of the Rangers, Islanders and Devils franchises.

On July 26, 2011, he was named the new head coach of the WHL's Regina Pats, a position he held until August 2013 when he accepted the position as the general manager for the Utica Comets of the AHL.{{Cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/Canucks+Conacher+direct+Utica+Comets/8779116/story.html |title=Canucks tab Pat Conacher to direct Utica Comets |access-date=January 26, 2019 |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727085147/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/canucks+conacher+direct+utica+comets/8779116/story.html |url-status=dead }}

Family

On March 4, 2014, following the trade of Roberto Luongo to the Florida Panthers, Conacher's son, Pat Conacher, Jr.,{{cite web |url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=250283 |title=Pat Conacher |website=Elite Prospects}} was employed as a back-up goaltender by the Vancouver Canucks{{Cite web |url=http://philthybrass.com/canucks-backup-goalie-hasnt-played/ |title=Canucks Forced to Use Backup Goalie Who Hasn't Played in 9 years | |access-date=March 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310031525/http://philthybrass.com/canucks-backup-goalie-hasnt-played/ |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |url-status=dead }} in an NHL game against the Phoenix Coyotes.{{Cite web|url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/top/gallery/im:urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,photo,5cd90f72-92b3-34fc-92de-564f5a8ac1f0-l:1|title = Yahoo Canada Sports - Sports News, Scores, Rumours, Fantasy Games, and more}}

Pat Conacher is not related to the family of Lionel Conacher.{{cite web|url=http://www.peteonsports.com/a-tale-of-two-conachers/|access-date=2015-10-21|date=2015-03-25|title=A Tale of Two Conachers...|author=Pete Logue|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211017/http://www.peteonsports.com/a-tale-of-two-conachers/|archive-date=March 3, 2016|df=mdy-all}}

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1977–78

| Billings Bighorns

| WCHL

| 72

314475105

| 20

15142922
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| 1978–79

| Billings Bighorns

| WHL

| 39

25376250

| —

1978–79

| Saskatoon Blades

| WHL

| 33

15324737

| 11

1784
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1979–80

| New Haven Nighthawks

| AHL

| 53

11142543

| 7

1124
1979–80

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 17

0554

| 3

0112
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1981–82

| Springfield Indians

| AHL

| 77

23224538

| —

1982–83

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 5

0114

| 1

0000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1982–83

| Tulsa Oilers

| CHL

| 63

29285744

| —

1983–84

| Edmonton Oilers

| NHL

| 45

281031

| 3

1012
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1983–84

| Moncton Alpines

| AHL

| 28

7162330

| —

1984–85

| Nova Scotia Oilers

| AHL

| 68

20456544

| 6

3250
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1985–86

| Maine Mariners

| AHL

| 69

15304583

| 5

11211
1985–86

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 2

0222

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1986–87

| Maine Mariners

| AHL

| 56

12142647

| —

1987–88

| Utica Devils

| AHL

| 47

14334732

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1987–88

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 24

25712

| 17

22414
1988–89

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 55

751214

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1989–90

| Utica Devils

| AHL

| 57

13364953

| —

1989–90

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 19

3364

| 5

10110
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1990–91

| Utica Devils

| AHL

| 4

0116

| —

1990–91

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 49

5111627

| 7

0222
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1991–92

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 44

731016

| 7

1124
1992–93

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 81

981720

| 24

64106
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 77

15132871

| —

1994–95

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 48

791612

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 35

52718

| —

1995–96

| Calgary Flames

| NHL

| 7

0000

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 13

1120

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 521 !! 63 !! 76 !! 139 !! 235

! 67 !! 11 !! 10 !! 21 !! 40

References

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