Patrick Wellar

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =Patrick Wellar Bears Pic..jpg

| caption = Wellar with the Hershey Bears in 2012

| image_size = 230px

| played_for = Worcester IceCats
Peoria Rivermen
Toronto Marlies
Hershey Bears

| position = Forward

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|12|4}}

| birth_place = Carrot River, Saskatchewan, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 210

| shoots = Left

| draft = 77th overall

| draft_team = Washington Capitals

| draft_year = 2002

| career_start = 2004

| career_end = 2016

}}

Patrick Wellar (born December 4, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who is currently the assistant coach for the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League. He was selected by the Washington Capitals in the 3rd round (77th overall) of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

At the conclusion of the 2012–13 season on May 10, 2013, Wellar was re-signed by the Hershey Bears on a one-year contract, marking his sixth year with the club.{{Cite web| url = http://www.hersheybears.com/news/detail.php?id=4128 | title = Bears sign Patrick Wellar for 2013-14 | publisher = Hershey Bears | date = 2013-05-10 | accessdate = 2013-05-10}} Following the 2013–14 season, Wellar did not return to the Bears. On September 8, 2014, the Utah Grizzlies announced that Wellar would be joining the team as a player and an assistant coach.{{Cite web|url = http://www.utahgrizzlies.com/news/headline/?article_id=2744|title = Patrick Wellar Named Player/Assistant Coach|date = September 8, 2014|accessdate = September 8, 2014|website = Utah Grizzlies Official Website|publisher = |last = |first = |url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140908202419/http://www.utahgrizzlies.com/news/headline/?article_id=2744|archivedate = September 8, 2014|df = mdy-all}} In the 2014–15 season, Wellar appeared in 60 games from the blueline contributing with 12 points.

On August 20, 2015, Wellar was announced to have signed a one-year deal in a return to the Alaska Aces, with whom he helped win the Kelly Cup in 2006.{{cite web| url = http://www.echl.com/three-time-kelly-cup-champion-wellar-returns-to-aces-p199166 | title = Three time Kelly Cup Champion Wellar returns to Aces | publisher = ECHL | date = 2015-08-20 | accessdate = 2015-08-20}} At the conclusion of the season with the Aces, Wellar opted to retire from professional hockey after 12 years. He was hired as an assistant coach to the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL on August 4, 2016.{{cite web| url = http://cycloneshockey.com/news/2016/08/wellar-named-assistant-coach2 | title = Wellar named assistant coach | publisher = Cincinnati Cyclones | date = 2016-08-04 | accessdate = 2016-08-05}}

Career statistics

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1999–2000 \| Saskatoon Blazers AAA \| SMHL \| 44	5	15	20	112 \| 3	0	1	1	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1999–2000 \| Estevan Bruins \| SJHL \| —	—	—	—	— \| 1	0	0	0	0
1999–2000 \| Portland Winterhawks \| WHL \| 1	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000–01 \| Portland Winterhawks \| WHL \| 57	2	7	9	65 \| 10	0	1	1	13
2001–02 \| Portland Winterhawks \| WHL \| 61	3	10	13	125 \| 7	0	2	2	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2002–03 \| Portland Winterhawks \| WHL \| 11	1	4	5	31 \| —	—	—	—	—
2002–03 \| Calgary Hitmen \| WHL \| 49	3	11	14	88 \| 5	0	0	0	15
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003–04 \| Calgary Hitmen \| WHL \| 68	7	10	17	132 \| 7	1	1	2	10
2004–05 \| Peoria Rivermen \| ECHL \| 62	2	10	12	91 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2004–05 \| Worcester IceCats \| AHL \| 2	0	1	1	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
2005–06 \| Alaska Aces \| ECHL \| 53	6	13	19	89 \| 22	2	2	4	30
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Peoria Rivermen \| AHL \| 5	0	0	0	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
2006–07 \| Peoria Rivermen \| AHL \| 21	0	1	1	9 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006–07 \| Alaska Aces \| ECHL \| 53	7	7	14	101 \| 15	1	3	4	20
2007–08 \| Columbia Inferno \| ECHL \| 52	8	20	28	77 \| 13	0	4	4	40
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2007–08 \| Toronto Marlies \| AHL \| 18	1	2	3	13 \| 7	1	0	1	16
2008–09 \| Reading Royals \| ECHL \| 25	1	7	8	47 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2008–09 \| Hershey Bears \| AHL \| 21	1	2	3	37 \| —	—	—	—	—
2008–09 \| South Carolina Stingrays \| ECHL \| 14	1	5	6	10 \| 23	1	5	6	28
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2009–10 \| Hershey Bears \| AHL \| 47	1	11	12	136 \| 21	0	6	6	22
2009–10 \| South Carolina Stingrays \| ECHL \| 13	0	0	0	16 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010–11 \| Hershey Bears \| AHL \| 72	3	15	18	120 \| 6	0	1	1	8
2011–12 \| Hershey Bears \| AHL \| 55	1	6	7	107 \| 4	0	0	0	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2012–13 \| Hershey Bears \| AHL \| 19	0	1	1	52 \| 5	0	0	0	22
2012–13 \| Reading Royals \| ECHL \| 37	2	13	15	45 \| 7	0	3	3	10
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2013–14 \| Hershey Bears \| AHL \| 46	1	4	5	93 \| —	—	—	—	—
2014–15 \| Utah Grizzlies \| ECHL \| 60	2	10	12	72 \| 11	2	1	3	30
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2015–16 \| Alaska Aces \| ECHL \| 72	2	12	14	106 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| ECHL totals ! 441 !! 31 !! 97 !! 128 !! 654 ! 91 !! 6 !! 18 !! 24 !! 158
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| AHL totals ! 306 !! 8 !! 43 !! 51 !! 569 ! 43 !! 1 !! 7 !! 8 !! 92