Born : November 7th 1983
Club(s) : Edmonton Oilers
Game(s) : 68
Season(s) : 1
Year(s) : 2006- (Oilers)
Points : 4 goals - 12 assists - 16 points - 52 Pims
Story :
Patrick is the son of legendary VIF Hockey player Petter Thoresen. Patrick early showed what he was built for,
as he made his debut at the age of 15 in the Norwegian ELiteleague! Ofcourse an record.
Patrick proved right away, that he had what it takes to make it to the top, he early made lots of points, and had an gritty play style,
that often made the opponents go crazy! But thats what hockey is about! You fight for your rigth.
Patrick played 2 seasons for Storhamar IL, before travelling to North America and the QMJHL. He thought that it was a good move, to get drafted.
He played 2 very good seasons for the Moncton Wildcats, and the Baie Comeau Drakkar. But Patrick didnt get picked like Ole and Marius at the 2002 draft,
and that was an huge disappointment for Patrick.
He packed his bags and went home to Europe.
The next years, Patrick played in sweden, and was picked up by swedish top club Djurgardens IF. Patrick grew a lot playing at the swedish top level,
and the Edmonton Oilers was so impressed, that he got signed by them in the summer of 2006. It was time for NHL!
Years :
2006/07 :
Patrick started the pre-season with Oilers with only one goal : He wanted to play NHL hockey. He quickly proved that he had the skill,
and after some impressive starts with both goals and points, and even an fight!
Coach McTavish placed Thoresen on the team!
Patrick made his NHL debut on October 5ht away against the Calgary Flames. His home debut came two days later again, against the Flames.
Patrick got his first NHL point and goal, against the San Jose Sharks on October 12th. His first fight came in the legendary game between to Norwegians,
november 10th against Ole Kristian Tollefsen, and the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Patrick continued to play well, and racked up 9 points during a good first stint. But currently he has played 14 games without a point,
and got sent down to the AHL january 2nd. He got sent down one more time during the winter,
but since coming back from the second stint with the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins in the AHL,
he was a regular with the Oilers. Finished the season with the game winning goal against the Calgary Flames, in the final game of the season.
2007/08 :
More to follow after the season has ended.
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