Pat LaFontaine
Pat LaFontaine was an NHL center who spent his entire career playing for the league's New York-based teams, skating for the New York Islanders from 1983 until 1991, the Buffalo Sabres from 1991 until 1997, and the New York Rangers from 1997 until his retirement in 1998, scoring 468 goals and 1,013 points along the way before his career was ended by concussions. His 1.17 points per game (1,013 points over 865 games) is the best among American-born hockey players, active or retired. In 2007, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. In 2003, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Pat LaFontaine was an NHL center who spent his entire career playing for the league's New York-based teams, skating for the New York Islanders from 1983 until 1991, the Buffalo Sabres from 1991 until 1997, and the New York Rangers from 1997 until his retirement in 1998, scoring 468 goals and 1,013 points along the way before his career was ended by concussions. His 1.17 points per game (1,013 points over 865 games) is the best among American-born hockey players, active or retired. In 2007, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. In 2003, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
