Patrick Joseph Hickey is a retired Canadian

Canada

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 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 left wing

Winger (ice hockey)

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er who played 10 seasons in the NHL

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 for the New York Rangers

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...

, Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

, Quebec Nordiques

Quebec Nordiques

The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...

 and St. Louis Blues.

Playing career

Hickey was drafted 30th overall by the New York Rangers

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...

 in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft

1973 NHL Amateur Draft

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. His nickname was "Hitch". He played 646 career NHL games, scoring 192 goals and 212 assists for 404 points. Hickey was a popular player during his time with the NY Rangers. In 1978, when the Rangers acquired Swedish stars Anders Hedberg

Anders Hedberg

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 and Ulf Nilsson from the WHA

World Hockey Association

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's Winnipeg Jets, Hickey was selected to play on a line with them in part because of his speed and scoring ability.

Hickey would later be part of a high scoring line in Toronto, along with Rick Vaive

Rick Vaive

Richard Claude Vaive is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League from 1979 to 1992, and is best remembered as the first 50 goal scorer in Toronto Maple Leafs franchise history.-Bio:...

 and Bill Derlago

Bill Derlago

William Anthony Derlago, is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League from 1978 to 1987 with the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets and Quebec Nordiques....

.

• Selected by New York Rangers round 2 #30 overall 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.
• Selected by Toronto Toros
  Toronto Toros
  The Toronto Toros were an ice hockey team based in Toronto that played in the World Hockey Association from 1973 to 1976.The franchise was awarded to Doug Michel in 1971 to play in the WHA's inaugural 1972–73 season...
  
   round 2 #18 overall 1973 WHA Amateur Draft.

Legacy

• Ranked no. 78 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & Sons
  John Wiley & Sons
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  , 2009).

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Team	League		GP	G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...	Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...	PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1970–71	Hamilton Red Wings Hamilton Red Wings The Hamilton Red Wings were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1960 to 1974. The team was based in Hamilton, Ontario.-History:...	OHA Ontario Hockey Association The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...		55	15	17	32	46		0	0	0	0	0
1971–72	Hamilton Red Wings	OHA		58	21	39	60	78		0	0	0	0	0
1972–73	Hamilton Red Wings	OHA		61	32	47	79	80		0	0	0	0	0
1973–74	Toronto Toros Toronto Toros The Toronto Toros were an ice hockey team based in Toronto that played in the World Hockey Association from 1973 to 1976.The franchise was awarded to Doug Michel in 1971 to play in the WHA's inaugural 1972–73 season...	WHA		78	26	29	55	52		12	3	3	6	12
1974–75	Toronto Toros	WHA		74	35	34	69	50		5	0	1	1	4
1975–76	New York Rangers New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...	NHL		70	14	22	36	36		0	0	0	0	0
1976–77	New York Rangers	NHL		80	23	17	40	35		0	0	0	0	0
1977–78	New York Rangers	NHL		80	40	33	73	47		3	2	0	2	0
1978–79	New York Rangers	NHL		80	34	41	75	56		18	1	7	8	6
1979–80	New York Rangers	NHL		7	2	2	4	10		0	0	0	0	0
1979–80	Colorado Rockies Colorado Rockies (NHL) The Colorado Rockies were an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League that played in Denver, Colorado, from 1976 to 1982. They were a relocation of the Kansas City Scouts, a 1974 expansion team. The franchise moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1982 and was...	NHL		24	7	9	16	10		0	0	0	0	0
1979–80	Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...	NHL		45	22	16	38	16		3	0	0	0	2
1980–81	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		72	16	33	49	49		0	0	0	0	0
1981–82	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1981–82	New York Rangers	NHL		53	15	14	29	32		0	0	0	0	0
1981–82	Quebec Nordiques Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...	NHL		7	0	1	1	4		15	1	3	4	21
1982–83	Salt Lake Golden Eagles Salt Lake Golden Eagles The Salt Lake Golden Eagles were a minor professional hockey team based in Salt Lake City, Utah from 1969 to 1994.They played in the Western Hockey League from 1969 to 1974, the Central Hockey League from 1974 to 1984 and the International Hockey League from 1984 to 1994...	CHL		36	13	12	25	28		6	1	0	1	2
1982–83	St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade...	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1983–84	St. Louis Blues	NHL		67	9	11	20	24		11	1	1	2	6
1984–85	St. Louis Blues	NHL		57	10	13	23	32		3	0	0	0	2
WHA totals				152	61	63	124	102		17	3	4	7	16
NHL totals				644	192	212	404	351		55	5	11	16	37