Mark Fitzpatrick

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Mark Fitzpatrick
Born (1968-11-13) November 13, 1968 (age 55)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Los Angeles Kings
New York Islanders
Florida Panthers
Tampa Bay Lightning
Chicago Blackhawks
Carolina Hurricanes
NHL Draft 27th overall, 1987
Los Angeles Kings
Playing career 19882001

Mark Fitzpatrick (born November 13, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He moved to Kitimat, British Columbia, where he started minor hockey, when he was ten years old. He won the Memorial Cup twice as a member of the Medicine Hat Tigers before going on to a professional career with the Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.

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Fitzpatrick was drafted 27th overall in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings but only spent a season with the Kings organization before he was traded along with Wayne McBean to the New York Islanders on February 22, 1989 for Kelly Hrudey.

During his time with the Islanders, he contracted Eosinophilia–myalgia syndrome, a potentially fatal neurological disease, which cost him nearly all of the 1990-91 season. He recovered and returned to the ice in February 1992. His efforts in returning to the league after the illness earned him the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 1992. On June 20, 1993, with the expansion draft for the Florida Panthers and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim approaching, the Islanders traded him to the Quebec Nordiques for Ron Hextall and a swap of first-round picks. Four days later, the Panthers claimed him in the expansion draft.

Fitzpatrick spent five seasons with the Panthers serving as backup goaltender to fellow expansion draft pick John Vanbiesbrouck. On January 16, 1998, Fitzpatrick was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning with Jody Hull for Dino Ciccarelli and Jeff Norton where he only managed 7 wins in 34 games for the struggling Lightning who finished the season with the worst record. Fitzpatrick was traded once more months later to the Chicago Blackhawks for Michal Sykora and spent the season in a backup capacity to Jocelyn Thibault.

He moved to Carolina Hurricanes for the 1999–2000 NHL season but spent the majority of the year in the International Hockey League for the Cincinnati Cyclones and just played three games for the Hurricanes. Fitzpatrick spent one more season in the IHL for the Detroit Vipers before retiring in 2001.

Personal life

Fitzpatrick was previously married, from which he has a daughter. The marriage ended after Fitzpatrick was charged with assault and aggravated domestic battery on July 13, 1994 in Islamorada, Florida following an argument with his wife while she was seven months pregnant. [1] [2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPWLTMINGA SO GAA SV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1983–84Revelstoke Rangers BCHL 2110199005.30
1984–85 Calgary Canucks AJHL 291880163110223.75
1984–85 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 3120180903.0010020206.00
1985–86 Medicine Hat TigersWHL41266120749912.86191159865803.53
1986–87 Medicine Hat TigersWHL5031114284415943.352012812247113.48
1986–87 Medicine Hat Tigers M-Cup 5413001012.00
1987–88 Medicine Hat TigersWHL6336156360019423.23161249595213.25
1987–88 Medicine Hat TigersM-Cup5412801703.64
1988–89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 176739576404.01.887
1988–89 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 1810519805413.31
1988–89 New York Islanders NHL113526274103.92.869
1989–90 New York IslandersNHL4719195265315033.39.8984021521305.13.817
1990–91 New York IslandersNHL2110120603.00.900
1990–91 Capital District Islanders AHL123727344703.84
1991–92 New York IslandersNHL301113517439303.20.902
1991–92 Capital District IslandersAHL146517823902.99
1992–93 New York IslandersNHL3917155225313003.46.87830177403.12.826
1992–93 Capital District IslandersAHL51312841803.80
1993–94 Florida Panthers NHL28128616037312.73.914
1994–95 Florida PanthersNHL156728193622.64.900
1995–96 Florida PanthersNHL341511317868802.96.89120060606.00.800
1996–97 Florida PanthersNHL3089916806602.36.914
1997–98 Florida PanthersNHL122726403213.00.879
1997–98 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 2110119804.03.857
1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL347241193810213.16.895
1998–99 Chicago Blackhawks NHL2768614036402.74.906
1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes NHL3020107804.49.882
1999–2000 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL241111113795942.57.916
2000–01 Detroit Vipers IHL94404852102.60.919
NHL totals3291131364918,32995383.12.8969032892304.78.815
AHL totals4920205278015813.41
IHL totals351616119838842.66.913

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Preceded by Winner of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
1992
Succeeded by