Patrick Traverse

Patrick Traverse
Traverse with the Worcester Sharks in 2007
Born (1974-03-14) March 14, 1974
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Ottawa Senators
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Boston Bruins
Montreal Canadiens
Dallas Stars
DEG Metro Stars
Hamburg Freezers
National team  Canada
NHL draft 50th overall, 1992
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 1993–2012

Patrick Traverse (born March 14, 1974)[1] is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 279 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with five teams.

Playing career

Amateur

As a youth, Traverse played in the 1988 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.[2] He played with the Montreal-Bourassa Canadiens, a AAA minor hockey team, in 1990–91, earning the Guy Lafleur Award of Excellence, which celebrates the combination of academic excellence and sports.[3]

Traverse was selected by the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) in the 1991 QMJHL entry draft in the first round, fourth overall.[4] He joined the Cataractes for the 1991–92 season and recorded three goals and 11 assists for 14 points in 59 games.[5] The Cataractes qualified for the playoffs and advanced to the division finals where they were eliminated.[6] Traverse appeared in ten playoff games, going scoreless.[5] He returned to Shawinigan for the 1992–93 season marking five goals and 29 points in 53 games.[5] He was considered an imposing, physical defenceman, with a good first pass out of the defensive zone. Ahead of the 1993 playoffs, Traverse and two other players were traded to the Saint-Jean Lynx on February 17, 1993.[7] Traverse made 15 regular season appearances for the Lynx, scoring one goal and seven points.[5] In the playoffs, Traverse recorded one assist in four playoff games as the Lynx were swept in four games by the Hull Olympiques in the first round.[5][8] In his first full season with Saint-Jean in 1993–94, Traverse marked 15 goals and 52 points in 66 games.[5] The team qualified for the playoffs and faced the Sherbrooke Faucons in the first round.[9] The Lynx were eliminated and Traverse made five playoff appearances, recording four assists.[5]

Professional

Ahead of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s 1992 entry draft in June 1992, Traverse was scouted by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau, and was ranked as the sixth best player coming out of the QMJHL in December 1991.[10] By the end of April 1992, he was rated as the 18th best North American player available in the draft, and was considered a possibility to go in the first round.[11] Ultimately, Traverse was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the third round, 50th overall, in the entry draft, and the second player from the QMJHL.[12] After his junior team was eliminated, Traverse joined Ottawa's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the New Haven Senators, for the final two games of the 1992–93 season, going scoreless.[5][13] For the second year, after his junior team had been eliminated from the playoffs in April 1994, he was assigned to Ottawa's AHL affiliate, the Prince Edward Island Senators, for the remainder of the 1993–94 season.[14] He played in three games in the AHL, recording one assist.[5]

In June 1994, Traverse signed a contract with the Ottawa Senators.[15] He attended the Senators 1994 training camp, but faced strong competition as general manager Randy Sexton had brought in veteran defencemen, including Jim Paek, Chris Dahlquist and Sean Hill and prospects such as Radim Bičánek and Stanislav Neckář in an effort to improve Ottawa's defence.[16] However, he was assigned to Prince Edward Island in September, with Sexton and head coach Rick Bowness agreeing that Traverse needed more development.[17]

He was traded to the San Jose Sharks on December 18, 2006, in exchange for Mathieu Biron.[18] He never made an appearance with San Jose, playing for the Sharks' AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks for the better part of three seasons. He frequently played in the AHL between NHL stints.

After playing one season for DEG Metro Stars in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, Traverse signed with rival Hamburg Freezers to a one-year contract on March 19, 2010.[19]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1991–92 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 59 3 11 14 12 — — — — —
1992–93 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 53 5 24 29 24 — — — — —
1992–93 Saint-Jean Lynx QMJHL 15 1 6 7 0 — — — — —
1992–93 New Haven Senators AHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
1993–94 Saint-Jean Lynx QMJHL 66 15 37 52 30 — — — — —
1993–94 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
1994–95 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 70 5 13 18 19 7 0 2 2 0
1995–96 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 55 4 21 25 32 5 1 2 3 2
1995–96 Ottawa Senators NHL 5 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
1996–97 Worcester IceCats AHL 24 0 4 4 23 — — — — —
1996–97 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 10 2 1 3 10 2 0 1 1 2
1997–98 Hershey Bears AHL 71 14 15 29 67 7 1 3 4 4
1998–99 Ottawa Senators NHL 46 1 9 10 22 — — — — —
1999–00 Ottawa Senators NHL 66 6 17 23 21 6 0 0 0 2
2000–01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 15 1 0 1 6 — — — — —
2000–01 Boston Bruins NHL 37 2 6 8 14 — — — — —
2000–01 Montreal Canadiens NHL 19 2 3 5 10 — — — — —
2001–02 Montreal Canadiens NHL 25 2 3 5 14 — — — — —
2001–02 Quebec Citadelles AHL 4 0 2 2 4 — — — — —
2002–03 Montreal Canadiens NHL 65 0 13 13 24 — — — — —
2003–04 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 80 5 21 26 31 10 1 2 3 0
2004–05 Houston Aeros AHL 72 6 9 15 28 5 0 0 0 2
2005–06 Iowa Stars AHL 40 3 21 24 16 7 1 2 3 2
2005–06 Dallas Stars NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2006–07 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 26 1 4 5 10 — — — — —
2006–07 Worcester Sharks AHL 54 5 17 22 14 6 0 2 2 2
2007–08 Worcester Sharks AHL 65 6 19 25 52 — — — — —
2008–09 Worcester Sharks AHL 78 9 33 42 28 12 4 5 9 4
2009–10 DEG Metro Stars DEL 53 3 29 32 28 3 0 4 4 8
2010–11 Hamburg Freezers DEL 52 8 18 26 28 — — — — —
2011–12 Hamburg Freezers DEL 51 7 8 15 32 5 1 1 2 6
NHL totals 279 14 51 65 113 6 0 0 0 2

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2000 Canada WC 4th 8 1 0 1 0
Senior totals 8 1 0 1 0

References

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  2. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Zurkowsky, Herb (June 7, 1991). "Desjardins measures up to Lafleur prize". Montreal Gazette. p. 36. Retrieved August 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Shawinigan Cataractes – Séance de sélection LHJMQ | 1991 | 1991-05-25, Montréal, Aréna Maurice Richard". Section Histoire et Records de la Ligue de hockey junior Maritimes Québec (in French). Retrieved August 17, 2025.
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  7. ^ Malette, Yves (February 17, 1993). "Les Lynx s'arment pour les séries". La Canada Français (in French). p. A48. Retrieved August 17, 2025 – via Google News Archive.
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  9. ^ "QMJHL playoffs". National Post. March 30, 1994. p. 46. Retrieved August 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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  11. ^ McKenzie, Bob (April 28, 1992). "Windsor winger Warriner tops scouting rankings". Toronto Star. p. 58. Retrieved August 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Cowan, Stuart (June 21, 1992). "Quebec juniors ignored in draft's first round". Montreal Gazette. p. C2. Retrieved August 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ MacKinnon, John (April 10, 1993). "Senators visit farm on final road trip". Ottawa Citizen. p. G2. Retrieved August 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Mayoh, Rick (April 6, 1994). "Senators' end-of-season schedule far from cakewalk". Ottawa Citizen. p. C3. Retrieved August 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Transactions". Niagara Falls Review. The Canadian Press. June 10, 1994. p. C2. Retrieved August 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Mayoh, Rick (September 9, 1994). "Shaw in tough to make Senators defence corps". Ottawa Citizen. p. D3. Retrieved August 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Mayoh, Rick (September 16, 1994). "Senators cut five more from training-camp roster". Ottawa Citizen. p. C3. Retrieved August 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Biron heads to Montreal, Traverse to Sharks". ESPN. February 15, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2006.
  19. ^ "Traverse commits to the Freezers" (in German). mopo.de. March 19, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012.
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