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Pat LaFontaine Biography

Pat LaFontaine is one of the most popular and richest Hockey Player who was born on February 22, 1965 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. NHL Hall of Fame center who spent his entire fifteen-year playing career New York, with the Rangers, Islanders and Buffalo Sabres.

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Although he was born in St. Louis, LaFontaine grew up in Waterford, Michigan. His father moved the family to the Detroit area in 1972. As a youth, LaFontaine played in the 1977 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Waterford. He graduated from Waterford Kettering High School. LaFontaine began his junior career with the Verdun Juniors of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) during the 1982–83 season. In his only season in the QMJHL, LaFontaine contributed 104 goals and 130 assists for Verdun. LaFontaine’s 234 points was tops in the league and he was awarded the Jean Béliveau Trophy as the top scorer, out-dueling future NHL icon Mario Lemieux. His rookie season broke many records, including Guy Lafleur’s 40-game point-scoring streak and Mike Bossy’s 70 goals by a rookie.

On October 1, 1981, the New York Islanders traded Bob Lorimer and Dave Cameron to the Colorado Rockies for the Rockies’ (later market rival New Jersey Devils’) first round draft pick in 1983; LaFontaine was selected by the Islanders in the first round as the third pick overall in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft with that pick. After representing the United States in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, LaFontaine joined the Islanders in time for the Stanley Cup Finals. His arrival was concurrent with the beginning of the end of the Islanders’ dynasty, as the team was steeped deep in aging veterans. The Islanders lost the finals that year to the Edmonton Oilers, ending the team’s run of consecutive Stanley Cup championships at four. LaFontaine had a strong performance, scoring two third-period goals during the Islanders’ 5–2 loss to the Oilers in the fifth and deciding game of the series.

He was raised living in St. Louis, Missouri.

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LaFontaine played for the New York Islanders from 1983 until 1991, the Buffalo Sabres from 1991 until 1997, and the New York Rangers from 1997 until his retirement in 1998, scoring 468 goals and 1,013 points along the way before his career was ended by concussions. His 1.17 points per game (1,013 points over 865 games) is the best among American-born ice hockey players, active or retired. In 2017 Lafontaine was named one of the ‘100 Greatest NHL Players’ in history. LaFontaine served as an executive of the Buffalo Sabres as the President of Hockey Operations until March 2014.

Pat LaFontaine Net Worth

Pat LaFontaine is one of the richest Hockey Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pat LaFontaine's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a part of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League where he scored an astonishing 70 games with 104 goals.

He was able to retire in the top ten with an average score of 1.17 scores per match which set the record for Americans who were NHL players.

Patrick Michael LaFontaine (born February 22, 1965) is an American former ice hockey center in the National Hockey League (NHL) who spent his entire career playing for the league’s New York State-based teams.

In the 1987 Stanley Cup playoffs, LaFontaine scored the winning goal in the fourth overtime period of the seventh and decisive game between the Islanders and Washington Capitals, known as the “Easter Epic”. The game was started on Saturday, April 18, and concluded just before 2 a.m. on the 19th, Easter Sunday. “It was the most memorable moment in my hockey life,” he later recalled. “Even today, wherever I go, people come up to me and start telling me where they were during the Easter Epic.”

The Islanders continued to struggle and in 1989, they missed the playoffs for the first time since 1974. In the first game of the Islanders’ next playoff series, in 1990, LaFontaine suffered the first of many concussions, after a controversial, open-ice hit by James Patrick of the New York Rangers. He fell on his head and was unconscious while being taken off the ice on a stretcher. The ambulance he took was delayed en route to the hospital by Ranger fans who rocked and pounded it as it left Madison Square Garden. He was lost for the remainder of the series.

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Other awards LaFontaine received that season were the Michel Brière Memorial Trophy as the MVP of the regular season, the Guy Lafleur Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs, the Michel Bergeron Trophy as the Offensive Rookie of the Year, the Mike Bossy Trophy as the best professional prospect, and the Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy as the Most sportsmanlike player. Also in 1982–1983, Pat Lafontaine was chosen as the CHL Player of the Year.

Note: Ramsey resigned his captaincy during the 1992–93 NHL season, in favor of LaFontaine. Mogilny served as captain during most of the 1993–94 NHL season, while LaFontaine was injured and out of the line-up.

Who is Pat LaFontaine Dating?

According to our records, Pat LaFontaine married to Mary Beth LaFontaine . As of December 1, 2023, Pat LaFontaine’s is not dating anyone.

The 1990–91 season was a successful season for LaFontaine, but not the Islanders, who finished with a record of 25–45–10. LaFontaine, frustrated with his situation on Long Island, turned down a four-year, $6 million contract offer and refused to report to the Islanders for the start of the 1991–92 NHL season. Three weeks into the season, on October 25, 1991, LaFontaine was traded, along with Randy Wood, to the Buffalo Sabres for four players, including former first overall pick Pierre Turgeon. In only 57 games in 1991–92, LaFontaine scored 46 goals and 93 points.

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Pat Ranked on the list of most popular Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Pat LaFontaine celebrates birthday on February 22 of every year.

In 1997, LaFontaine founded the Companions in Courage Foundation, an organization that builds interactive game rooms in children’s hospitals throughout North America.

What nationality is Pat LaFontaine?

American

What was special about Pat LaFontaine?

His 1.17 points per game (1,013 points over 865 games) is the best among American-born ice hockey players, active or retired. In 2017 Lafontaine was named one of the ‘100 Greatest NHL Players’ in history. LaFontaine served as an executive of the Buffalo Sabres as the President of Hockey Operations until March 2014.

Where is Pat LaFontaine today?

LaFontaine currently resides on Long Island and is a longtime asset to the island, dedicating decades of community service for nonprofit organizations and showing countless acts of kindness, courtesy, and generosity.

What does Pat LaFontaine do now?

NFP has struck a new partnership with former NHL player Pat LaFontaine, who will serve as the insurance broker’s new ambassador for its sports and entertainment group. LaFontaine is one of the NHL’s greatest players, entering the league’s top 100 Greatest Players list in 2017.

Where did Pat LaFontaine meet his wife?

Mr. Henning and his wife introduced the Long Island-raised Mary Beth to Pat when she was 18 and he was 19. ”We went on a blind date to a club in Nassau County,” the hockey star said. ”I was so impressed by her I had trouble driving home that night.

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