Paul Patten (ice hockey)

Paul Patten
Sport(s) Football, ice hockey
Biographical details
Born 1920
Canton, New York
Died 1992 (aged 7172)
Playing career
Football
1940–1941

Notre Dame
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1948–1955

Ice hockey
1947–1950
1957–1963

St. Lawrence


St. Lawrence
Cornell
Head coaching record
Overall 32–26–2 (football)
58–73–3 (ice hockey)

Paul Edward Patten (1920 – 1992) was an American ice hockey coach who helped revive the program at Cornell.[1] The ex-Notre Dame quarterback returned to his hometown as a coach in 1947, taking over for both the football and ice hockey teams at St. Lawrence.[2] While he stepped away from the hockey program after 1950 in favor of Olav Kollevoll he continued on with the football squad until 1955 when he left to accept the responsibility of leading the Cornell hockey team after its nearly decade-long abandonment.

The Big Red officially restarted in 1957 after the opening of the Lynah Rink, the school's first indoor facility, and as might be expected the team struggled through the first few years, going 16–54–2 in his first four years before Patten led them to a winning season in 1961–62, Cornell's first as a member of ECAC Hockey. Patten spent one more season behind the bench before resigning and turning over the program to Ned Harkness.[3]

Head coaching record

Ice hockey

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
St. Lawrence Saints (NCAA Division I independent) (1947–48–1949–50)
1947–48 St. Lawrence 6–3
1948–49 St. Lawrence 5–2
1949–50 St. Lawrence 9–0
St. Lawrence: 20–5
Cornell Big Red (NCAA Division I independent) (1957–58–1960–61)
1957–58 Cornell 3–7–1
1958–59 Cornell 4-16-1
1959–60 Cornell 2–19
1960–61 Cornell 7–12
Cornell: 16–54–2
Cornell Big Red (ECAC Hockey) (1961–62–1962–63)
1961–62 Cornell 13–5 11–5 8th
1962–63 Cornell 9–9–1 8–9 14th
Cornell: 22–14–1 19–14
Total: 58–73–3

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

[4]

References

  1. "Two; Paul Patten; The Rebirth of the Program". Google. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  2. "Paul Patten". Fan Base. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  3. "Paul Patten Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  4. "2008-09 Cornell Hockey History and Records" (PDF). Cornell Big Red. Retrieved September 2, 2014.

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