Craig Patrick

Craig Patrick (born May 20, 1946) is an American former hockey player, coach, and general manager, the son of Lynn Patrick and the grandson of Lester Patrick. He spent most of his childhood in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and at age fourteen was sent to Quebec to play junior hockey in the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League for the Lachine Maroons and later the Montreal Junior Canadiens. He attended the University of Denver, where he helped the Pioneers to NCAA championships in 1968 and 1969, and played for the United States National Team during the 1969–70 and 1970–71 seasons, appearing in the 1970 and 1971 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments. During the 1980 Winter Olympics, Patrick served as assistant general manager and assistant coach under Herb Brooks for the United States men's national ice hockey team, which won the gold medal and defeated the Soviet Union in the "Miracle on Ice." From 1989 to 2006, he was general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he oversaw back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 1991 and 1992, as well as the drafting and signing of several players who would later contribute to the Penguins' Stanley Cup title in 2009.