Patrick Maroon

Patrick Maroon
Born (1988-04-23) April 23, 1988
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Edmonton Oilers
Anaheim Ducks
National team  United States
NHL Draft 161st overall, 2007
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 2008–present

Patrick Maroon (born April 23, 1988 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA) is an American professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Anaheim Ducks.

Playing career

Maroon was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the sixth round, 161st overall, in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He was assigned to the Flyers American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate team, the Phantoms in 2007.

During the summer of 2010, Maroon led the United States men's national inline hockey team to a gold medal performance at the 2010 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship. Pat scored seven goals and 14 points in six games at the in-line worlds including a goal and an assist in the gold medal game in Karlstad, Sweden, against the Czech Republic.[1]

After nine games of the 2010–11 season, Maroon led the Adirondack Phantoms in scoring with 5 goals. He was expected to make the jump to the NHL with the Flyers that year, but on October 30, 2010, he was suddenly dismissed from the Phantoms for an undisclosed incident.[2]

Three weeks later, on November 21, 2010, Philadelphia traded Patrick Maroon and David Laliberte to the Anaheim Ducks in return for forward Rob Bordson and defenseman Danny Syvret.[3]

Shortly after the trade, Maroon was assigned to Anaheim’s AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, in Syracuse, New York. He scored 11 minutes 10 seconds into his first game with the Crunch, with whom he scored 21 goals and 48 points in 57 games.[1]

The 2013–14 campaign was Maroon's first full season in the NHL. He appeared in 62 games, scoring 11 goals to go with 18 assists and despite having a year to run on his contract was signed to a three-year contract extension on August 2, 2014.[4] He would appear in 71 games in his next season, scoring nine goals with 25 assists. His offensive game came alive in the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs, scoring eight goals in 16 games while playing on the Ducks' top line. Maroon's ability to create time and space for his line mates Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry by his hard work and fierce battles in the corners, led to his playoff production increasing as he found himself open in key moments of the series and he capitalized by lighting the lamp.

In the 2015–16 season, Maroon found himself playing with the fourth line for the Ducks at the beginning of the season. At times his play was exemplary and other times, he often saw his ice time drop to below 10 minutes a game. He was reunited with Corey Perry and he found his scoring touch, picking up consecutive points in consecutive games, while scoring just 4 goals and 13 points in 56 games before on February 29, 2016, he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a 2016 fourth-round draft pick and prospect Martin Gernat. In his first four games as an Oiler, Maroon scored two goals and added two assists. In the first game of the 2016-17 season on October 12 Maroon scored the first goal in the Oilers brand new arena Rogers Place in a 7-4 victory over the Calgary Flames[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06 Texarkana Bandits NAHL 57 23 37 60 61 — — — — —
2006–07 St. Louis Bandits NAHL 57 40 55 95 152 — — — — —
2007–08 London Knights OHL 64 35 55 90 57 5 0 1 1 10
2007–08 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2008–09 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 80 23 31 54 62 4 1 2 3 13
2009–10 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 67 11 33 44 125 — — — — —
2010–11 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 9 5 3 8 30 — — — — —
2010–11 Syracuse Crunch AHL 57 21 27 48 68 — — — — —
2011–12 Syracuse Crunch AHL 75 32 42 74 120 4 0 0 0 4
2011–12 Anaheim Ducks NHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2012–13 Norfolk Admirals AHL 64 26 24 50 139 — — — — —
2012–13 Anaheim Ducks NHL 13 2 1 3 10 — — — — —
2013–14 Anaheim Ducks NHL 62 11 18 29 101 13 2 5 7 38
2014–15 Anaheim Ducks NHL 71 9 25 34 82 16 7 4 11 6
2015–16 Anaheim Ducks NHL 56 4 9 13 54 — — — — —
2015–16 Edmonton Oilers NHL 16 8 6 14 34 — — — — —
NHL totals 220 34 59 93 283 29 9 9 18 44

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2016 United States WC 4th 10 1 2 3 12
Senior totals 10 1 2 3 12

References

  1. 1 2 "Patrick Maroon's long, strange journey to NHL playoff stardom". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  2. ↑ HockeyBuzz.com - Bill Meltzer - Flyers Gameday w/ Updates: 10/30/10 vs Islanders
  3. ↑ "Flyers, ducks complete four-player trade". The Sports Network. 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  4. ↑ "Ducks sign Maroon to three-year contract extension". Anaheim Ducks. 2014-08-02. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
  5. ↑ "Ducks create forward opening for pickups by trading Patrick Maroon to Oilers". OC Register. 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
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