Patrick Division
{{Short description|Former National Hockey League division}}
{{infobox sports division
| title = Patrick Division
| conference = Campbell Conference (1974–1981)
Wales Conference (1981–1993)
| league = National Hockey League
| sport = Ice hockey
| founded = 1974
| folded = 1993
| replaced = 1993–2013 Atlantic Division
| most_champs = Philadelphia Flyers (8)
}}
The National Hockey League's Patrick Division was formed in 1974 as part of the Clarence Campbell Conference. The division moved to the Prince of Wales Conference in 1981. The division existed for 19 seasons until 1993. It was named in honor of Lester Patrick, player and longtime coach of the New York Rangers, who was a developer of ice hockey. It is the forerunner of the original Atlantic Division, which later became the Metropolitan Division in 2013.
Division lineups
=1974–1979=
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==Changes from the 1973–74 season==
- The Patrick Division is formed as a result of NHL realignment
- The New York Islanders and New York Rangers come from the East Division
- The Atlanta Flames and Philadelphia Flyers come from the West Division
=1979–1980=
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- Atlanta Flames
- New York Islanders
- New York Rangers
- Philadelphia Flyers
- Washington Capitals
==Changes from the 1978–79 season==
- The Washington Capitals come from the Norris Division
=1980–1981=
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- Calgary Flames
- New York Islanders
- New York Rangers
- Philadelphia Flyers
- Washington Capitals
==Changes from the 1979–80 season==
- The Atlanta Flames move to Calgary, Alberta, to become the Calgary Flames
=1981–1982=
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- New York Islanders
- New York Rangers
- Philadelphia Flyers
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- Washington Capitals
==Changes from the 1980–81 season==
- The Patrick Division switches from the Clarence Campbell Conference to the Prince of Wales Conference
- The Calgary Flames move to the Smythe Division
- The Pittsburgh Penguins come from the Norris Division
=1982–1993=
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- New Jersey Devils
- New York Islanders
- New York Rangers
- Philadelphia Flyers
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- Washington Capitals
==Changes from the 1981–82 season==
- The Colorado Rockies move to East Rutherford, New Jersey, to become the New Jersey Devils
- The New Jersey Devils come from the Smythe Division
=After the 1992–93 season=
The league was reformatted into two conferences with two divisions each:
- Eastern Conference
- Atlantic Division
- Northeast Division
- Western Conference
- Central Division
- Pacific Division
Regular season Division champions
- 1975 – Philadelphia Flyers (51–18–11, 113 pts)
- 1976 – Philadelphia Flyers (51–13–16, 118 pts)
- 1977 – Philadelphia Flyers (48–16–16, 112 pts)
- 1978 – New York Islanders (48–17–15, 111 pts)
- 1979 – New York Islanders (51–15–14, 116 pts)
- 1980 – Philadelphia Flyers (48–12–20, 116 pts)
- 1981 – New York Islanders (48–18–14, 110 pts)
- 1982 – New York Islanders (54–16–10, 118 pts)
- 1983 – Philadelphia Flyers (49–23–8, 106 pts)
- 1984 – New York Islanders (50–26–4, 104 pts)
- 1985 – Philadelphia Flyers (53–20–7, 113 pts)
- 1986 – Philadelphia Flyers (53–23–4, 110 pts)
- 1987 – Philadelphia Flyers (46–26–8, 100 pts)
- 1988 – New York Islanders (39–31–10, 88 pts)
- 1989 – Washington Capitals (41–29–10, 92 pts)
- 1990 – New York Rangers (36–31–13, 85 pts)
- 1991 – Pittsburgh Penguins (41–33–6, 88 pts)
- 1992 – New York Rangers (50–25–5, 105 pts)
- 1993 – Pittsburgh Penguins (56–21–7, 119 pts)
=Season results=
| class="wikitable"
|bgcolor=#FFCC00 align=center width=10px| (#) | Denotes team that won the Stanley Cup |
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0 align=center width=10px| (#)
| Denotes team that lost Stanley Cup Finals (and since 1981–82 won the Prince of Wales Trophy) |
| bgcolor=#BBFFBB align=center width=10px| (#)
| Denotes team that qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs |
| align=center width=10px|‡
| Denotes team with most points in the regular season (winner of the Presidents' Trophy since 1985–86) |
| class="wikitable" width="83%"
! width="6%" | Season ! width="11%" | 1st ! width="11%" | 2nd ! width="11%" | 3rd ! width="11%" | 4th ! width="11%" | 5th ! width="11%" | 6th | ||||||
| align=center | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|(DC) Philadelphia (113)‡ | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(4) NY Rangers (88) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(5) NY Islanders (88) | Atlanta (83) | colspan="2"| | |
| align=center | bgcolor="#c0c0c0"|(DC) Philadelphia (118) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(2) NY Islanders (101) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(6) Atlanta (82) | NY Rangers (67) | colspan="2"| | |
| align=center | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(DC) Philadelphia (112) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(1) NY Islanders (106) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(6) Atlanta (80) | NY Rangers (72) | colspan="2"| | |
| align=center | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(DC) NY Islanders (111) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(1) Philadelphia (105) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(4) Atlanta (87) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(7) NY Rangers (73) | colspan="2"| | |
| align=center | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(DC) NY Islanders (116)‡ | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(1) Philadelphia (95) | bgcolor="#c0c0c0"|(2) NY Rangers (91) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(3) Atlanta (90) | colspan="2"| | |
| align=center | bgcolor="#c0c0c0"|(1) Philadelphia (116)‡ | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|(5) NY Islanders (91) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(8) NY Rangers (86) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(9) Atlanta (83) | Washington (67) | colspan="1"| |
| align=center | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|(1) NY Islanders (110)‡ | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(6) Philadelphia (97) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(7) Calgary (92) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|(13) NY Rangers (74) | Washington (70) | colspan="1"| |
| align=center | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|NY Islanders (118)‡ | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Rangers (92) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Philadelphia (87) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Pittsburgh (75) | Washington (65) | colspan="1"| |
| align=center | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Philadelphia (106) | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|NY Islanders (96) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Washington (94) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Rangers (80) | New Jersey (48) | Pittsburgh (45) |
| align=center | bgcolor="#c0c0c0"|NY Islanders (104) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Washington (101) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Philadelphia (98) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Rangers (93) | New Jersey (41) | Pittsburgh (38) |
| align=center | bgcolor="#c0c0c0"|Philadelphia (113)‡ | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Washington (101) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Islanders (86) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Rangers (62) | New Jersey (54) | Pittsburgh (53) |
| align=center | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Philadelphia (110) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Washington (107) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Islanders (90) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Rangers (78) | Pittsburgh (76) | New Jersey (59) |
| align=center | bgcolor="#c0c0c0"|Philadelphia (100) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Washington (86) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Islanders (82) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Rangers (76) | Pittsburgh (72) | New Jersey (64) |
| align=center | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Islanders (88) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Philadelphia (85) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Washington (85) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|New Jersey (82) | NY Rangers (82) | Pittsburgh (81) |
| align=center | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Washington (92) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Pittsburgh (87) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Rangers (82) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Philadelphia (80) | New Jersey (66) | NY Islanders (61) |
| align=center | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Rangers (85) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|New Jersey (83) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Washington (78) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Islanders (73) | Pittsburgh (72) | Philadelphia (71) |
| align=center | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|Pittsburgh (88) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Rangers (85) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Washington (81) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|New Jersey (79) | Philadelphia (76) | NY Islanders (60) |
| align=center | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Rangers (105)‡ | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Washington (98) | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|Pittsburgh (87) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|New Jersey (87) | NY Islanders (79) | Philadelphia (75) |
| align=center | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Pittsburgh (119)‡ | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|Washington (93) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|NY Islanders (87) | bgcolor="#bbffbb"|New Jersey (87) | Philadelphia (83) | NY Rangers (79) |
Playoff Division champions
- 1982 – New York Islanders
- 1983 – New York Islanders
- 1984 – New York Islanders
- 1985 – Philadelphia Flyers
- 1986 – New York Rangers
- 1987 – Philadelphia Flyers
- 1988 – New Jersey Devils
- 1989 – Philadelphia Flyers
- 1990 – Washington Capitals
- 1991 – Pittsburgh Penguins
- 1992 – Pittsburgh Penguins
- 1993 – New York Islanders
Stanley Cup winners produced
- 1975 – Philadelphia Flyers
- 1980 – New York Islanders
- 1981 – New York Islanders
- 1982 – New York Islanders
- 1983 – New York Islanders
- 1991 – Pittsburgh Penguins
- 1992 – Pittsburgh Penguins
Presidents' Trophy winners produced
- 1992 – New York Rangers
- 1993 – Pittsburgh Penguins
Patrick Division titles won by team
| class="wikitable"
! Team !! Wins !! Last win | ||
| Philadelphia Flyers | 8 | 1987 |
| New York Islanders | 6 | 1988 |
| New York Rangers | 2 | 1992 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 | 1993 |
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 1989 |
| Atlanta/Calgary Flames | 0 | — |
| New Jersey Devils | 0 | — |
References
- [https://records.nhl.com/history NHL History]
{{NHL divisions}}