Pat Falloon

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Pat Falloon
Born (1972-09-22) September 22, 1972 (age 51)
Foxwarren, Manitoba, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for San Jose Sharks
Philadelphia Flyers
Ottawa Senators
Edmonton Oilers
Pittsburgh Penguins
HC Davos
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NHL draft 2nd overall, 1991
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 1991–2001

Pat Falloon (born September 22, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League between 1991 and 2000. He played with the San Jose Sharks, Philadelphia Flyers, Ottawa Senators, Edmonton Oilers, and Pittsburgh Penguins. He would also play a season in the Swiss National League. The first player drafted by the Sharks, Falloon had a standout junior career with the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League, with consecutive 60 goal seasons before being drafted.

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Playing career

Falloon was named Memorial Cup Tournament MVP in 1991 with the Spokane Chiefs of the WHL.

Falloon was drafted 2nd overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He was the first-ever draft pick in the history of the San Jose Sharks organization. Ray Whitney, his teammate with the WHL's Spokane Chiefs, was the Sharks' second pick. [1] The Sharks had thought the pair would be a natural scoring combination, but that didn't pan out. After playing in San Jose for four years, Falloon was traded November 16, 1995 to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for LW Martin Spanhel, a first-round draft choice in the 1996 Entry Draft and a third-round draft choice (these picks were later transferred to the Phoenix Coyotes and Buffalo Sabres and used to acquire Danny Briere and Mike Martone, respectively).

He was traded January 17, 1998 to the Ottawa Senators along with Václav Prospal and a second-round draft choice, in exchange for Alexandre Daigle, the first overall draft pick in 1993. He later played for both the Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins.

After 2000, he was no longer an active NHL player. After playing for Davos in Switzerland for the 2000–2001 season, Falloon returned home to play in his hometown, for the Foxwarren Falcons – a team from the tiny North Central Hockey League in western Manitoba. Not surprisingly, he was a top scorer in the league. [2] With the Falcons, he helped them win six straight league championships from 2001–02 to 2006–07 (the Falcons also won without Falloon in 2000–01). This string of championships was broken in 2007–08 by the Roblin Northstars. [3]

As the second overall pick, Falloon will probably always be remembered as the 'consolation prize' in the 1991 draft, since No. 1 pick Eric Lindros was easily the most coveted player available that year. Still, Falloon was considered a talented prospect in his own right, and the Sharks expected him to be one of the building blocks of their young franchise in the coming decade. Falloon delivered decent returns as a rookie, notching 59 points in 1991–92, but never topped that production for the remainder of his career, and is widely regarded as a draft bust. Future Hockey Hall-of-Famers Scott Niedermayer and Peter Forsberg were selected with the third and sixth picks respectively after Falloon went second in the 1991 draft. Later in his career Falloon became known more for his lack of conditioning. [4] [5] [6]

He played 575 career NHL games, scoring 143 goals and 179 assists for 322 points.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1987–88Yellowhead Chiefs MMHL 52746914350—————
1988–89 Spokane Chiefs WHL 7222567841—————
1989–90 Spokane ChiefsWHL71606412448658134
1990–91 Spokane ChiefsWHL616474138331510142410
1990–91 Spokane Chiefs MC —————484122
1991–92 San Jose Sharks NHL 7925345916—————
1992–93 San Jose SharksNHL4114142812—————
1993–94 San Jose SharksNHL8322315318141236
1994–95 San Jose SharksNHL461271925113140
1995–96 San Jose SharksNHL93034—————
1995–96 Philadelphia Flyers NHL622226486123252
1996–97 Philadelphia FlyersNHL5211122310143142
1997–98 Philadelphia FlyersNHL3057128—————
1997–98 Ottawa Senators NHL28336810000
1998–99 Edmonton Oilers NHL821723402040114
1999–2000 Edmonton OilersNHL33513184—————
1999–2000 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL30491310101012
2000–01 HC Davos NLA 431226384941012
2001–02Foxwarren FalconsNCHL2351601110—————
2002–03Foxwarren FalconsNCHL2347641116—————
2002–03 Île-des-Chênes North Stars AC —————445910
2003–04Foxwarren FalconsNCHL2655631188—————
2004–05Foxwarren FalconsNCHL162341644—————
2005–06Foxwarren FalconsNCHL2244499310—————
2006–07Foxwarren FalconsNCHL2128487614—————
2007–08Foxwarren FalconsNCHL131718358—————
NHL totals575143179322141661171816

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1991 Canada WJC 73362
1992 Canada WC 62136

After hockey

Falloon continues to be a grain farmer with his family farm after he retired from hockey. He has one daughter Camryn Falloon who currently plays hockey for St. Marys Academy in the CSSHL as a forward continuing his legacy.

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Curious Case of Ray Whitney". gretzky.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  2. ↑ "NCHL Team Scoring: Final 2006/07 Regular Season Statistics" (PDF). NCHL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
  3. ↑ "Past NCHL Champions". NCHL. Archived from the original on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
  4. ↑ Les surnoms dans le hockey! http://www.fanatique.ca/lnh/les-surnoms-dans-le-hockey-+1229.html Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
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Awards and achievements
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 San Jose Sharks first round draft pick
1991 		Succeeded by
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