Nolan Patrick

Nolan James Patrick (born September 19, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is an unrestricted free agent.

As Patrick became more involved in hockey, his father transformed their family garage into a home gym and he trained with his uncle during the summer.

In December 2013, during the midst of the Wheat Kings' 2013–14 season, a high number of injuries to the roster caused him to be called up from the Midget AAA Winnipeg Thrashers.

[9][10][11] He was subsequently awarded the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as the WHL's rookie of the year despite missing a total of 17 games that season.

[14] He played an integral part in winning the Ed Chynoweth Cup, leading all players in post-season points and was named the WHL Playoff MVP.

"[17] After playing six games to begin the season, however, the Wheat Kings announced on October 14, 2016 that Patrick had once again been sidelined with an upper-body injury.

[22] Before the Flyers development camp started, it was announced Patrick would not participate because he was recovering from abdominal surgery performed on June 13, 2017.

[24] He registered his first NHL point in his third game with an assist on sophomore Ivan Provorov's goal against the Anaheim Ducks in a 3–2 OT victory.

[25] Patrick was hit by Anaheim Ducks player Chris Wagner on October 24, 2017 and missed 9 games to recover from the injury.

[35] Going into the Flyers' 2020–21 training camp, Patrick cleared all medical protocols and began practicing on a line with Travis Konecny and Carsen Twarynski.

[37] He failed to carry that momentum through the rest of the pandemic-shortened season; Patrick played in 52 of the Flyers' 56 games, scoring only four goals and five assists and putting up a -30 plus-minus in the process.

[38] Patrick told reporters afterwards that he felt "like I came in behind the eight-ball", and that, at the start of the season, he had avoided strong contact due to his migraine disorder.

[39] He missed two games in the middle of April after taking a shot from teammate Philippe Myers off of the ear, an injury that Patrick worried would amplify his headaches.

[41] On July 17, 2021, shortly before the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft, the Flyers traded Patrick and Philippe Myers to the Nashville Predators in exchange for defenceman Ryan Ellis.

[51] On his maternal side, his uncle, Rich Chernomaz, played 51 games in the NHL and currently serves as head coach of the Ravensburg Towerstars of the DEL2.