Paul Patten (ice hockey)

Paul Patten

Sport(s)	Football, ice hockey
Biographical details
Born	1920 Canton, New York
Died	1992 (aged 71–72)
Playing career
Football
1940–1941	Notre Dame
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1948–1955	St. Lawrence
Ice hockey
1947–1950	St. Lawrence
1957–1963	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.

External links

• Paul Patten's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database