Pat LaFontaine
- January 4, 2024
- Hockey Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Pat LaFontaine |
Occupation | Hockey Player |
Date Of Birth | Feb 22, 1965(1965-02-22) |
Age | 59 |
Birthplace | St. Louis |
Country | United States |
Birth City | Missouri |
Horoscope | Aquarius |
Pat LaFontaine Biography
Name | Pat LaFontaine |
Birthday | Feb 22 |
Birth Year | 1965 |
Place Of Birth | St. Louis |
Home Town | Missouri |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Siblings | John LaFontaine, Rene S. Adler |
Spouse | Mary Beth LaFontaine |
Children(s) | Daniel LaFontaine, Sarah LaFontaine, Brianna LaFontaine |
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.
Pat LaFontaine Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Hockey Player |
House | Living in own house. |
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.
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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.
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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.
Facts & Trivia
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.