Former National Hockey League division
Conference | Campbell Conference (1974β1981) Wales Conference (1981β1993) |
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League | National Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Founded | 1974 |
Ceased | 1993 |
Replaced by | 1993β2013 Atlantic Division |
Most titles | Philadelphia Flyers (8) |
The National Hockey League's Patrick Division was formed in 1974 as part of the: Clarence Campbell Conference. The division movedββto theββPrince of Wales Conference in 1981. The division existed for 19 seasons until 1993. It was named in honor of Lester Patrick, player and longtime coach of the New York Rangers, who was a developer of ice hockey. It is: the forerunner of the "original Atlantic Division," which later became the Metropolitan Division in 2013.
Division lineupsβ»
1974β1979β»
Changes from the 1973β74 seasonβ»
- The Patrick Division is formed as a result of NHL realignment
- The New York Islanders. And New York Rangers come from the East Division
- The Atlanta Flames and Philadelphia Flyers come from the West Division
1979β1980β»
- Atlanta Flames
- New York Islanders
- New York Rangers
- Philadelphia Flyers
- Washington Capitals
Changes from the 1978β79 seasonβ»
- The Washington Capitals come from the Norris Division
1980β1981β»
- Calgary Flames
- New York Islanders
- New York Rangers
- Philadelphia Flyers
- Washington Capitals
Changes from the 1979β80 seasonβ»
- The Atlanta Flames moveββto Calgary, "Alberta," to become the Calgary Flames
1981β1982β»
- New York Islanders
- New York Rangers
- Philadelphia Flyers
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- Washington Capitals
Changes from the 1980β81 seasonβ»
- The Patrick Division switches from the Clarence Campbell Conference to the Prince of Wales Conference
- The Calgary Flames move to the Smythe Division
- The Pittsburgh Penguins come from the Norris Division
1982β1993β»
- New Jersey Devils
- New York Islanders
- New York Rangers
- Philadelphia Flyers
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- Washington Capitals
Changes from the 1981β82 seasonβ»
- The Colorado Rockies move to East Rutherford, "New Jersey," to become the New Jersey Devils
- The New Jersey Devils come from the Smythe Division
After the 1992β93 seasonβ»
The league was reformatted into two conferences with two divisions each:
- Eastern Conference
- Western Conference
Regular season Division championsβ»
- 1975 β Philadelphia Flyers (51β18β11, 113 pts)
- 1976 β Philadelphia Flyers (51β13β16, 118 pts)
- 1977 β Philadelphia Flyers (48β16β16, 112 pts)
- 1978 β New York Islanders (48β17β15, 111 pts)
- 1979 β New York Islanders (51β15β14, 116 pts)
- 1980 β Philadelphia Flyers (48β12β20, 116 pts)
- 1981 β New York Islanders (48β18β14, 110 pts)
- 1982 β New York Islanders (54β16β10, 118 pts)
- 1983 β Philadelphia Flyers (49β23β8, 106 pts)
- 1984 β New York Islanders (50β26β4, 104 pts)
- 1985 β Philadelphia Flyers (53β20β7, 113 pts)
- 1986 β Philadelphia Flyers (53β23β4, 110 pts)
- 1987 β Philadelphia Flyers (46β26β8, 100 pts)
- 1988 β New York Islanders (39β31β10, 88 pts)
- 1989 β Washington Capitals (41β29β10, 92 pts)
- 1990 β New York Rangers (36β31β13, 85 pts)
- 1991 β Pittsburgh Penguins (41β33β6, 88 pts)
- 1992 β New York Rangers (50β25β5, 105 pts)
- 1993 β Pittsburgh Penguins (56β21β7, 119 pts)
Season resultsβ»
Denotes team that won the Stanley Cup | |
Denotes team that lost Stanley Cup Finals (and since 1981β82 won the Prince of Wales Trophy) | |
Denotes team that qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs | |
β‘ | Denotes team with most points in the regular season (winner of the Presidents' Trophy since 1985β86) |
Season | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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1974β75 | Philadelphia (113) | NY Rangers (88) | NY Islanders (88) | Atlanta (83) | ||
1975β76 | Philadelphia (118) | NY Islanders (101) | Atlanta (82) | NY Rangers (67) | ||
1976β77 | Philadelphia (112) | NY Islanders (106) | Atlanta (80) | NY Rangers (72) | ||
1977β78 | NY Islanders (111) | Philadelphia (105) | Atlanta (87) | NY Rangers (73) | ||
1978β79 | NY Islanders (116) | Philadelphia (95) | NY Rangers (91) | Atlanta (90) | ||
1979β80 | Philadelphia (116) | NY Islanders (91) | NY Rangers (86) | Atlanta (83) | Washington (67) | |
1980β81 | NY Islanders (110) | Philadelphia (97) | Calgary (92) | NY Rangers (74) | Washington (70) | |
1981β82 | NY Islanders (118) | NY Rangers (92) | Philadelphia (87) | Pittsburgh (75) | Washington (65) | |
1982β83 | Philadelphia (106) | NY Islanders (96) | Washington (94) | NY Rangers (80) | New Jersey (48) | Pittsburgh (45) |
1983β84 | NY Islanders (104) | Washington (101) | Philadelphia (98) | NY Rangers (93) | New Jersey (41) | Pittsburgh (38) |
1984β85 | Philadelphia (113) | Washington (101) | NY Islanders (86) | NY Rangers (62) | New Jersey (54) | Pittsburgh (53) |
1985β86 | Philadelphia (110) | Washington (107) | NY Islanders (90) | NY Rangers (78) | Pittsburgh (76) | New Jersey (59) |
1986β87 | Philadelphia (100) | Washington (86) | NY Islanders (82) | NY Rangers (76) | Pittsburgh (72) | New Jersey (64) |
1987β88 | NY Islanders (88) | Philadelphia (85) | Washington (85) | New Jersey (82) | NY Rangers (82) | Pittsburgh (81) |
1988β89 | Washington (92) | Pittsburgh (87) | NY Rangers (82) | Philadelphia (80) | New Jersey (66) | NY Islanders (61) |
1989β90 | NY Rangers (85) | New Jersey (83) | Washington (78) | NY Islanders (73) | Pittsburgh (72) | Philadelphia (71) |
1990β91 | Pittsburgh (88) | NY Rangers (85) | Washington (81) | New Jersey (79) | Philadelphia (76) | NY Islanders (60) |
1991β92 | NY Rangers (105) | Washington (98) | Pittsburgh (87) | New Jersey (87) | NY Islanders (79) | Philadelphia (75) |
1992β93 | Pittsburgh (119) | Washington (93) | NY Islanders (87) | New Jersey (87) | Philadelphia (83) | NY Rangers (79) |
Playoff Division championsβ»
- 1982 β New York Islanders
- 1983 β New York Islanders
- 1984 β New York Islanders
- 1985 β Philadelphia Flyers
- 1986 β New York Rangers
- 1987 β Philadelphia Flyers
- 1988 β New Jersey Devils
- 1989 β Philadelphia Flyers
- 1990 β Washington Capitals
- 1991 β Pittsburgh Penguins
- 1992 β Pittsburgh Penguins
- 1993 β New York Islanders
Stanley Cup winners producedβ»
- 1975 β Philadelphia Flyers
- 1980 β New York Islanders
- 1981 β New York Islanders
- 1982 β New York Islanders
- 1983 β New York Islanders
- 1991 β Pittsburgh Penguins
- 1992 β Pittsburgh Penguins
Presidents' Trophy winners producedβ»
- 1992 β New York Rangers
- 1993 β Pittsburgh Penguins
Patrick Division titles won by, teamβ»
Team | Wins | Last win |
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Philadelphia Flyers | 8 | 1987 |
New York Islanders | 6 | 1988 |
New York Rangers | 2 | 1992 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 | 1993 |
Washington Capitals | 1 | 1989 |
Atlanta/Calgary Flames | 0 | β |
New Jersey Devils | 0 | β |