Pat Peake
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Patrick Michael Peake (born May 28, 1973) is an American former professional ice hockey forward.
Peake was drafted 14th overall by the Washington Capitals in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. Peake played 134 career NHL games, scoring 28 goals and 41 assists for 69 points. Peake suffered several serious injuries in his short career; by the end of the 1997–98 NHL season, in which he played only one game, he had retired.
Playing career
As a youth, Peake played in the 1987 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Detroit.[1]
Junior
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In the next season, he moved to the Ontario Hockey League with the Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (later the Detroit Jr. Red Wings), scoring 90 points (39 goals and 51 assists) in 63 games.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Washington Capitals rewarded him by making him their first-round selection in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Still 18 years old at the time, Peake returned to the Ambassadors for the 1991-1992 season and scored 93 points (41 goals, 52 assists) in 53 games. Following an outstanding season, Peake earned the Red Tilson Trophy, as the OHL's Most Outstanding Player of the Year, and was named the CHL Player of the Year.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Peake appeared with the United States team at the 1992 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships scoring five goals and one assist in seven games, and with the Baltimore Skipjacks of the American Hockey League, recording one goal in three games.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The 1992-1993 season would be his last, and most successful, in junior; he scored 136 points (58 goals and 78 assists) in just 46 games with the Detroit Jr. Red Wings and also had four goals and nine assists in seven games with the United States team at the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
NHL
By the 1993–94 season, the Capitals saw fit to promote Peake to the NHL, and he played 51 games with them, scoring 11 goals and 18 assists, with a +1 defensive rating. In the same year, he recorded five assists in four games with Portland, and he played in eight playoff games with the Capitals, recording one assist.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In the next season, he was limited to 18 games with the Capitals due to mononucleosis; he had only four points that year (all on assists), plus four points (with one goal) in five games with Portland. The 1995–96 NHL season was his highest-scoring season in the NHL; he scored 17 goals and made 19 assists in 62 games, and had a plus/minus rating of +7. In addition, he made another trip to the playoffs with the Capitals, tallying two goals and one assist in five games.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Injuries and retirement
Peake's career was ended prematurely due to several serious injuries. In a playoff game in 1996, racing to beat Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman J.J. Daigneault for the puck in order to nullify a potential icing call, he shattered his right heel causing him to undergo extensive surgeries and costing him 67 games of the 1996–97 NHL season.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He returned in time to play three games with the Portland Pirates, afterwards breaking his right hand, and four games with the Capitals, before suffering a concussion in an automobile accident in a vehicle being driven by teammate Steve Konowalchuk.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He remained out for the first 16 games of the 1997–98 NHL season, due to continued pain in his heel. In his lone game with the Capitals in 1997–98, he tore some tendons in his right ankle and never played professionally again. He officially retired from playing professional ice hockey on September 1, 1998.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In a "Where Are They Now?" feature in 2005, the Capitals stated that Peake was working for Newport Sports Management, the agency that represents (since 2005[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) 110 NHL players.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Peake's performance in the Ontario Hockey League did not go unrecognized, and his former junior team, then known as the Detroit Compuware Ambassadors, now the Flint Firebirds retired his number 14 from circulation. Peake leads the team in all-time scoring, with 319 career points.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Post-playing career
On February 18, 2016, the Ontario Hockey League appointed Peake as interim assistant coach for the Flint Firebirds.[2]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1989–90 | Detroit Compuware Ambassadors | NAHL | 34 | 33 | 44 | 77 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Detroit Compuware Ambassadors | OHL | 63 | 39 | 51 | 90 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Detroit Compuware Ambassadors | OHL | 53 | 41 | 52 | 93 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 10 | ||
| 1991–92 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Detroit Jr. Red Wings | OHL | 46 | 58 | 78 | 136 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1993–94 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 49 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1993–94 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1995–96 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 62 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 1996–97 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 134 | 28 | 41 | 69 | 105 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | ||||
International
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|---|---|---|
| Ice hockey | ||
| World Junior Championships |
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | United States | WJC | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| 1993 | United States | WJC | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 18 | |
| Junior totals | 14 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 22 | |||
References
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