D. Bruce Pattison is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenseman who was an All-American for Cornell.[1]

Bruce Pattison
Born 1946
Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Defenseman
Played for Cornell
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1966–1969

Career edit

Pattison was recruited by Ned Harkness out of Upper Canada College, a private high school in Toronto with very high academic standards. Pattison played in every game for the varsity team as a sophomore when Cornell won its first national championship, going 27-1-1. He became one of the team's standout players as a junior, earning All-conference and All-American honors in each of his final two seasons. During those last two years, Cornell lost only two games each season and finished with some of the lowest goals against totals in the history of college hockey. Unfortunately for Pattison, one of those losses in each of those years was in the NCAA tournament. Thus, in his three years at Cornell, he finished 1st, 3rd and 2nd in the NCAA championship.

Pattison retired as a player after graduating and was inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in 1983. He also lettered in football and golf.[2]

Career statistics edit

Regular season and playoffs edit

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1964–65 Upper Canada College CISAA
1966–67 Cornell ECAC Hockey 29 5 11 16 16
1967–68 Cornell ECAC Hockey 29 14 29 43 18
1968–69 Cornell ECAC Hockey 28 9 17 26 22
NCAA Totals 86 28 57 85 56

Awards and honors edit

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1967–68 [3]
AHCA East All-American 1967–68 [1]
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament First Team 1968 [4]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1968–69 [3]
AHCA East All-American 1968–69 [5]
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament First Team 1969 [4]
NCAA All-Tournament Team 1969 [6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "1967-1968 All-American Team". The American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  2. ^ "D. Bruce Pattison". Cornell Big Red. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "All-Tournament Honors" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  5. ^ "1968-1969 All-American Team". The American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  6. ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

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