Player Spotlight: Patrick Traverse!
June 3, 2009
As part of the Player Spotlight series, SharksAHL.com is giving fans a chance to read (and see!) more about their favorite Worcester Sharks! This week highlight veteran defenseman Patrick Traverse, who had his best professional offensive season in 15 years leading all Worcester Sharks defensemen with 42 points.
Meet Patrick Traverse:
Number: 2
Position: Defense
Date of Birth (Age): March 14, 1974 (35)
Hometown: Montreal, PQ
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 200 Lb.
Drafted: 50th overall by the Ottawa Senators in 1992
Season Highlight: recorded three points (2ppg and assist) all in the first period in the Sharks Game 5 win at Hartford in the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs.
Did you know?: Patrick has suited up for five different NHL clubs over his 15 years playing professional hockey. Traverse has played for Ottawa, Anaheim, Boston, Montreal, and Dallas.
Interesting Tidbits: recorded 14 goals from the blue line in 71 games with the Hershey Bears in 1997-98. Traverse also played in 24 games for the Worcester Ice Cats in 1996-97.
2008-09 in a Nutshell: Traverse finished 11th in the AHL defenseman scoring race with 43 points (9-34-43) and was 4th overall in points among Sharks players.
Career Statistics:
Click HERE to check out Traverse’s career stats.
2008-09 Highs & Lows:
Season Highs:
Goals = 1 (several times)
Assists = 2 (several times)
Points = 3 (twice, last time 1/23 at Springfield 1-2-3)
Penalty Minutes = 2 (several times)
Most Consecutive Games With:
A Goal = 2 (1/23-1/24)
An Assist = 4 (1/17-1/24) – had six assists
A Point = 5 (2/4-2/15) – had six points (2-4-6)
Complete Bio:
2008-09 with Worcester: Final playoff stats- 12gp, 9 points (4-5-9) with 4 penalty minutes and +6… led all Sharks defenseman with nine points and 33 shots… led all Sharks players with four power play goals…. Had an assist in game 6 vs. Providence to extend point streak to four games (2-2-4)…scored the first goal in game 5 at Providence…recorded assist on only goal in 1-0 win in game 4 vs. Providence….scored first goal in game 3 at Providence…recorded three points in the first period in game 5 at Hartford (2ppg and assist)…finished +3 in 6-0 win in game 4 vs. Hartford…assisted on Vesce’s OTG in 2nd OT in game 3 win vs. Hartford…recorded an assist in game 2 vs. Hartford… Final regular season stats– 78gp, 42 points (9goals, 33 assists) with 28 penalty minutes...Fired 179 shots and was -3…had the best offensive season in his 15th professional season…Had an assist on 4/8 vs. Portland…Netted a goal and credited with an assist on 4/1 vs. Springfield, #1 star…Credited with an assist on 3/29 vs. Worcester and on 3/27 vs. Springfield…Credited with assist on 3/15 vs. Hartford…Had two assists vs. Manchester on 3/14…Netted a goal vs. Hartford on 3/13…Credited with assist vs. Binghamton on 3/11…Credited with assist vs. Springfield on 2/28…Had goal vs. W-B/Scranton on 2/15…Had assists in back to back games vs. Manchester on 2/6, and Providence on 2/8… Had a 1 goal, 2 assist game vs. Springfield on 1/23, games third star…Recorded a point (an assist) for second-consecutive game, 1/18 at Hershey … Had a season-high three point effort (1g, 2a) on 1/17 at Norfolk … Picked up an assist vs. Hershey (1/4) and Norfolk (1/2) … Credited with an assist vs. Providence (12/26) … Had a hand in both Sharks’ goals (1g, 1a) in 3-2 loss to Portland (12/21) … Dished out two assists on 12/5 at Manchester … Tallied two assists vs. Bridgeport (11/29)…Notched an assist at Binghamton (11/8)…Scored first goal of the season vs. Hartford (10/22)…Credited with two assists at Albany (10/11).
2007-08: Fourth among team defensemen in points…Was out with an injury from March 5-28 …Tied a season-high in assists in two consecutive games — had two assists at Hershey on Feb. 10 and at Lowell on Feb. 6…Scored goals in consecutive games on Jan. 25 at Hartford and Jan. 26 at Springfield…
2006-07: All five goals scored with Sharks were game-winning goals (T-2nd among AHL defensemen in GWG)…Acquired by San Jose from Montreal in exchange for Mathieu Biron on Dec. 14…Claimed on waivers by Montreal on Oct. 3 and assigned to Hamilton (AHL)…Playoffs: Appeared in all six games.
2005-06: Split season with Dallas and Iowa (AHL)…Third among Iowa defensemen in points and assists…Eighth among Iowa players in plus/minus (plus-6)…Two of his three goals with Iowa were on the power play.
2004-05: Played in 72 games with Houston (AHL)
2003-04: Appeared in all 80 games with Hamilton (AHL)…Playoffs: Had two assists in 10 games
2002-03: Played in 53 consecutive games from Nov. 1-Feb. 18 with Montreal
2001-02: Missed 12 games, Nov. 6-Dec. 1, with a knee injury and 10 games from Jan. 12-30, due to a concussion
2000-01: Played with three teams (Anaheim, Boston and Montreal)
1999-00: Set career highs in goals, assists and points with Ottawa
1998-99: Posted a plus-12 rating in his first full NHL season…His first two NHL points came on Oct. 31 vs. Montreal (both assists)
1997-98: Played the entire season with Hershey (AHL)
1996-97: Missed most of the season with a knee injury
1995-96: Made his NHL debut, appearing in five games with Ottawa
1994-95: Appeared in 70 games with P.E.I. during his first full professional season.
 
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