Lester Patrick won the Stanley Cup six times as a player, coach and manager.
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17 Facts About Lester Patrick
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Lester Patrick was born on December 31,1883 in Drummondville, Quebec, the oldest child of Joe and Grace Lester Patrick.
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Lester Patrick advocated for the two defenders to line up side-by-side, rather than one in front of the other as had been the standard since the beginning of hockey; this change was adopted by the team and soon widely adopted in hockey.
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Son of a wealthy lumberman, Lester Patrick was a great rover and defenceman who first came to prominence in 1900 when he played for McGill University.
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Lester Patrick had greater success with the famed Montreal Wanderers in the 1906 and 1907 seasons.
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Lester Patrick followed that up by being signed as a high-priced free agent by the Renfrew Creamery Kings in the National Hockey Association's first year of operation, by which time Patrick was recognized as one of hockey's great stars.
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Lester Patrick himself was the captain and star of the Victoria Aristocrats, winning First Team All-Star accolades three of the five seasons he played for them.
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However, Lester Patrick snubbed the new Detroit franchise and instead became the head coach and general manager of another expansion team, the New York Rangers.
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Lester Patrick played one regular season game for the team, on March 20,1927, serving as a substitute defenceman against the New York Americans.
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Lester Patrick is famous for an incident which occurred on April 7,1928, during Game 2 of the 1928 Stanley Cup Finals against the Montreal Maroons.
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Lester Patrick saved 18 to 19 shots while allowing one goal in helping the Rangers to an overtime victory.
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Lester Patrick resigned as coach in 1939 for his one-time great center Frank Boucher, and Patrick was again a Stanley Cup-winning general manager when Boucher led the Rangers to their last Cup for 54 years in 1940.
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Lester Patrick retired as general manager in 1946, but stayed on as vice president of Madison Square Garden, finally exiting in 1950.
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Championships trophy of the Western Hockey League, the Lester Patrick Cup, was renamed after Patrick upon his death in 1960.
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Lester Patrick died in Victoria after a heart attack on June 1,1960, aged 76.
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Lester Patrick Trophy, awarded for outstanding contributions to hockey in the United States, is named for him.
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Lester Patrick was the namesake of the Patrick Division, one of the former divisions of the NHL teams.
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