Patrick Thoresen
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| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname | Thor |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) |
| NHL Team | Edmonton Oilers |
| Nationality |  Norway |
| Born | November 7, 1983, Oslo, Norway |
| Pro Career | 2006 – present |
Patrick Thoresen (born November 7, 1983 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian ice hockey player. He currently plays for the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL. He currently wears #28.
Thoresen played junior hockey for two teams in the QMJHL; the Moncton Wildcats, and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. In the 2002-03 season, while a member of the Drakkar, he had 108 points in 71 games played, good enough for second in team scoring. This was a vast improvement from his first year of junior in which he compiled 73 points in 60 games played.
His first year of pro hockey in the Swedish Elite League was a learning year for him in which most of his time was spent with the Division 2 team, Mörrums GoIS IK. He worked hard down there and put up 41 points in 38 games and eventually found himself back among the Swedish elite. He then spent the next 2 years playing for Djurgårdens IF Hockey full time, playing a total of 80 games and obtaining 53 points, 27 of them being goals.
On May 31, 2006, Thoresen signed a contract with the Oilers. He was somewhat of a major surprise thus far in the 2006 Training Camp, and played well enough for Oilers coach Craig MacTavish to publicly state that he had earned a spot on the roster.[1]
Thoresen became only the fifth player from Norway to play a game in the NHL, the others being Bjørn Skaare, Anders Myrvold, Espen Knutsen, and Ole-Kristian Tollefsen.
Thoresen scored his first NHL goal on October 12, 2006 against the San Jose Sharks (Evgeni Nabokov).
