Patrick DesRochers

Photo taken from nhl.com press photo. Reprinted without permission.

BORN: Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada, October 27, 1979.
HEIGHT: 6'4"
WEIGHT: 207. pounds.
CATCHES: Left.

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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"Once a premier prospect, he has fallen on hard times. Has been spotty this season. (The Hockey News Future Watch 1999)

"Once considered a can't miss prospect, Desrochers has fallen on hard times lately and has lost confidence in his ability. To make things worse, he's part of an organization where solid goaltending's abundant. Still possesses the skills to be a future NHL goalie, but now a few years away. (The Sports Forecaster 1999-2000, p. 211)

"A prototype modern goalie who has had uneven progress since being drafted. He's a project. (The Hockey News Future Watch 2000)

"Regarded by many as the Coyotes' goaltender of the future, Desrochers played like it last season, making a strong pro debut with the Springfield Falcons of the AHL despite some bouts with inconsistency. A huge goaltender, he has all the physical traits of a genuine star netminder. Another year in the minors won't hurt his development. (The Sports Forecaster 2000-01, p. 208)

"Split duties on farm with Steve Valiquette, but numbers aren't as good." (Bob McManaman, The Hockey News Future Watch 2001)

"Played for a weak Springfield squad but struggled to keep his team in games. Phoenix management has talked about acquiring a future No. 1 goalie prospect and that doesn't sound promising for DesRochers. He has the size and technique to be a good goalie but is inconsistent. (The Sports Forecaster 2001-02, p. 214)

"When [Phoenix vice-president of scouting Dave] Draper was scouting for Colorado, he wasn't sold on DesRochers, the highest-drafted goalie in Phoenix/Winnipeg history. He's sold now. There's a lot of Sean Burke in the 22-year-old DesRochers. His size and quickness are enviable and a recent call up proved he's ready for the NHL now. His AHL numbers are abysmal, but DesRochers was the best goalie at December's Spengler Cup in Switzerland, further raising his stock." (Bob McManaman, The Hockey News Future Watch 2002)

"Desrochers has yet to put up elite numbers but Springfield was one of the poorest teams in the AHL last season. The Coyotes are high on his size and reflexes, and he still has a few more years to become an eliter starter in the AHL. The acquisition of Brian Boucher suggests that Desrochers may not be considered the goaltender of the future." (The Sports Forecaster 2002-03, p. 208)

"Patrick DesRochers will be given the backup duties, yet his lack of experience puts the team in the same situation Irbe dealt with a few years ago when the team didn't have a proven backup. Irbe played most of the games during the season and tired during the playoffs." (Sporting News Hockey 2003-04, p. 37)

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REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS:

YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	T	OL	W%	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	SOUT	GFA	S+/30	Z-SC	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL	VAR	BAV	AVG	AAV	SoS	OS%+
1995-96	Sarnia Sting	OHL	16	29	1265	12	6	2	0	0.650	96	4.55			0	1	15
1996-97	Sarnia Sting	OHL	17	50	2667	22	17	4	0	0.558	154	3.46	1474	0.896	4	5	18	33.2
1997-98	Sarnia Sting	OHL	18	56	3205	26	17	11	0	0.583	179	3.35	1802	0.901	1	3	10	33.7
1998-99	Sarnia Sting	OHL	19	8	425	3	5	0	0	0.375	26	3.67	213	0.878	0	0	0	30.1
1998-99	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL	19	44	2389	14	22	3	0	0.397	177	4.45	1858	0.905	1	4	4	46.7
1998-99	Canada	NATIONAL TEAM	19	1	60	1	0	0	0	1.000	4	4.00			0	0	0
1999-00	Springfield Falcons	AHL	20	52	2710	21	17	7		0.544	137	3.03	1475	0.907	1	1	36	32.7				-0.01	0.0	-0.3	21.9	0.499	22	23
1999-00	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	20	0	0	0	0	0			0		0		0	0	0		40
2000-01	Springfield Falcons	AHL	21	50	2807	17	24	5		0.424	156	3.33	1457	0.893	0	0	21	31.1				-0.43	-1.9	-21.0	0.9	0.428	20	26
2000-01	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	21	0	0	0	0	0			0		0		0	0	0		40
2001-02	Springfield Falcons	AHL	22	34	1864	12	18	1		0.403	94	3.03	988	0.905	2	0	6	31.8				-0.23	-0.8	-7.5	7.4	0.459	14	17
2001-02	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	22	5	243	1	2	1		0.375	15	3.71	99	0.848	0	0	2	24.5	40		3.39	-1.78	-2.0	-5.9	-4.4	0.270	1	3	1.38	58%	36%	6%	-0.06	1.8%
2002-03	Springfield Falcons	AHL	23	8	454	2	4	1		0.357	20	2.64	242	0.917	0	0	0	32.0				0.23	0.4	1.8	5.4	0.543	4	3
2002-03	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	23	4	175	0	3	0		0.000	11	3.77	88	0.875	0	0	0	30.1	40		1.66	-1.02	-1.1	-3.0	-1.7	0.347	1	2	0.88	85%	0%	15%	0.04	-6.0%
2002-03	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	23	17	1030	4	12	1		0.265	48	2.80	547	0.912	0	1	6	31.9				0.07	0.2	1.3	9.5	0.513	9	8
2002-03	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	23	2	122	1	1	0		0.500	7	3.43	71	0.901	0	0	0	34.8	30		2.91	-0.22	-0.2	-0.5	0.5	0.461	1	1	0.81	52%	48%	0%	0.12	-11.6%
2003-04	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	24	50	2838	23	25	1		0.480	138	2.92	1491	0.907	0	1	37	31.5			2.85	-0.30	-1.4	-15.0	7.3	0.443	22	27	1.02	32%	40%	29%
2004-05	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	25	34	1487	8	19		1	0.304	79	3.19	684	0.885	2	1	14	27.6		1-1 (7/9)	1.98	-0.97	-3.0	-22.0	-11.8	0.342	10	18	1.37	51%	24%	25%
2004-05	Texas Wildcatters	ECHL	25	2	120	0	2	0		0.000	10	5.00	86	0.884	0	0	2	43.0				-0.90	-1.0	-2.6	-1.3	0.356	1	1
2006-07	Crimmitschau ETC	GERMANY-2	27	45												0	0
2007-08	Augsburg Panthers	GERMANY	28	56	3339	16	28	0	0	0.364	178	3.20	1806	0.901	4	3	16	32.5
		NHL TOTALS		11	540	2	6	1		0.278	33	3.67	258	0.872	0	0	2	28.7						-9.4	-5.5	0.338	3	6

POSTSEASON STATISTICS:

YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	W%	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	PiM	S/60	UNI#	S+/30	Z-SC	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL
1995-96	Sarnia Sting	OHL	16	3	71	0	1	0.000	5	4.23			0	0
1996-97	Sarnia Sting	OHL	17	11	576	6	5	0.545	42	4.38			0	4
1997-98	Sarnia Sting	OHL	18	4	161	1	2	0.333	12	4.48	107	0.888	0	2	39.9		-0.71	-0.9	-2.5	-0.9	0.384	1	2
1998-99	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL	19	5	324	1	4	0.200	21	3.89	249	0.916	0	4	46.2		0.28	0.5	2.3	6.1	0.553	3	2
1999-00	Springfield Falcons	AHL	20	2	120	1	1	0.500	7	3.50			1	0
2001-02	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	22	0	0	0	0		0		0		0	0		40
		NHL TOTALS		0	0	0	0		0		0		0	0					0.0	0.0		0	0

NHL GAME LOGS:

DATE	DEC	MIN	SEC	SAVES	SHOTS	SCORE	OT	SOUT	OPP	LOC	GOALTENDERS	SUBSTITUTION
	Selected by Phoenix Coyotes in National Hockey League entry draft, June 27, 1998.
01/15/2000						4-2		/	Anaheim	Home	Hebert
03/03/2000						1-4		/	Dallas	Home	Belfour
11/30/2000						2-0		/	Minnesota	Home	Fernandez
02/13/2001						5-2		/	Tampa Bay	Road	Kochan
02/14/2001						3-4		/	Florida	Road	Kidd
03/04/2001						0-5		/	Colorado	Home	Roy
03/06/2001						5-1		/	Nashville	Home	Dunham
03/08/2001						3-2	OT	/	Vancouver	Home	Essensa
03/10/2001						3-3	OT	/	Montreal	Home	Theodore
11/20/2001						2-1	OT	/	Minnesota	Home	Roloson
11/23/2001	-	20		6	6	2-5		/	Minnesota	Road	Roloson	Replaced Esche
11/24/2001	L	37	38	13	15	3-5		/	St. Louis	Road	Johnson	Replaced Esche
11/29/2001						1-0		/	Nashville	Home	Dunham
12/01/2001						5-2		/	Pittsburgh	Home	Hedberg
12/05/2001						3-0		/	St. Louis	Home	Johnson
12/07/2001						1-1	OT	/	Detroit	Road	Hasek
12/08/2001	T	65		33	36	3-3	OT	/	Montreal	Road	Theodore
12/11/2001						3-6		/	Toronto	Road	Joseph
12/13/2001						0-6		/	Ottawa	Road	Lalime
12/15/2001	L	60		14	20	2-6		/	Dallas	Home	Turco
12/17/2001						4-1		/	Columbus	Home	Denis
01/15/2002						2-2	OT	/	Detroit	Home	Legace
01/17/2002						2-3	OT	/	Colorado	Road	Roy
01/19/2002						1-3		/	Buffalo	Home	Biron
01/21/2002						1-0		/	Nashville	Road	Dunham
01/23/2002						4-1		/	Chicago	Road	Thibault
01/25/2002						1-4		/	Detroit	Road	Legace
01/26/2002						3-2		/	Columbus	Road	Tugnutt
03/17/2002						2-2	OT	/	Minnesota	Road	Fernandez
04/14/2002	W	59	52	18	22	6-4		/	Nashville	Home	Lasak
04/17/2002						1-2		/	San Jose	Road	Nabokov
04/20/2002						3-1		/	San Jose	Road	Nabokov
04/22/2002						1-4		/	San Jose	Home	Nabokov
10/24/2002						2-3		/	Colorado	Home	Roy
10/26/2002						1-6		/	Minnesota	Home	Fernandez
10/28/2002						2-3	OT	/	NY Rangers	Road	Richter
10/29/2002						3-2		/	NY Islanders	Road	Snow
10/31/2002						2-6		/	Philadelphia	Road	Esche
11/03/2002						2-1	OT	/	Nashville	Home	Vokoun
11/07/2002						4-1		/	Minnesota	Home	Fernandez, Roloson
11/09/2002						2-5		/	Vancouver	Home	Cloutier
11/11/2002	-	36	53	13	13	2-4		/	Tampa Bay	Road	Khabibulin	Replaced Boucher
11/12/2002	L	58	40	25	28	2-3		/	Carolina	Road	Weekes
11/15/2002						5-1		/	Atlanta	Road	Nurminen, Hnilicka
11/17/2002						4-4	OT	/	Colorado	Home	Roy
11/20/2002						2-2	OT	/	Dallas	Home	Tugnutt
11/22/2002						3-3	OT	/	Florida	Home	Hurme
11/25/2002	L	59	40	32	37	1-5		/	Dallas	Road	Turco
11/27/2002						2-2	OT	/	Anaheim	Road	Gerber
11/28/2002						2-4		/	Chicago	Home	Thibault
11/30/2002						3-2		/	San Jose	Road	Nabokov
12/03/2002						2-3	OT	/	San Jose	Home	Nabokov
12/05/2002						3-5		/	Detroit	Home	Joseph
12/07/2002	L	20		7	10	2-4		/	Montreal	Home	Hackett	Replaced by Boucher
12/09/2002						3-3	OT	/	Columbus	Home	Denis
12/11/2002						4-2		/	Atlanta	Home	Dafoe
12/13/2002						3-4		/	Washington	Home	Charpentier
12/15/2002						2-1		/	Los Angeles	Home	Storr
	Traded by Coyotes to Carolina Hurricanes, December 31, 2002.
02/14/2003						3-1		/	Washington	Home	Kolzig
02/15/2003						2-2	OT	/	Philadelphia	Road	Cechmanek
02/18/2003						3-4		/	Toronto	Road	Belfour
02/19/2003						1-1	OT	/	Boston	Home	Shields
02/21/2003						2-2	OT	/	Tampa Bay	Home	Khabibulin
02/23/2003						0-4		/	Anaheim	Home	Gerber
03/12/2003	W	64	7	32	34	3-2	OT	/	Buffalo	Road	Biron
03/13/2003	L	59	13	32	37	3-5		/	Philadelphia	Road	Cechmanek
03/15/2003						0-0	OT	/	Los Angeles	Home	Huet
03/18/2003						5-6		/	Ottawa	Home	Lalime

Game logs have been compiled using the best information that I can find; for a detailed list of known concerns, please click here. I am always looking for assistance in making these more accurate, and welcome your help. For the 1983-84 season and prior, one of my key sources was the Hockey Summary Project, a tremendous resource and one of the best data collections on the Internet. In return, I have attempted to make these data better where possible.

AHL GAME LOGS:

DATE	DEC	MIN	SEC	SAVES	SHOTS	SCORE	OT	SOUT	OPP	LOC	GOALTENDERS	SUBSTITUTION
	Started 2003-04 season with Lowell Lock Monsters.
10/11/2003	W	60		32	34	4-2		/	Manchester	Road	Hnilicka, Chouinard
10/18/2003	W	62	51	21	22	2-1	OT	/	Hartford	Home	Labarbera
10/24/2003	L	60		22	28	3-6		/	Manchester	Home	Chouinard
10/26/2003	T	64	44	29	31	2-2	OT	/	Hartford	Road	Labarbera
11/01/2003	L	58	35	32	37	3-5		/	Manchester	Road	Underhill
11/08/2003	W	60		24	27	4-3		/	Albany	Home	Ahonen
11/10/2003	W	60		34	35	6-1		/	Worcester	Road	Sanford
11/11/2003	W	60		26	27	3-1		/	Springfield	Home	LeNeveu
11/14/2003	L	60		27	33	1-6		/	Bridgeport	Home	Dubielewicz
11/22/2003	L	59	16	29	33	4-5		/	Hershey	Road	Lawson
11/26/2003	W	60		37	39	5-2		/	Worcester	Road	Divis, Szuper
11/30/2003	W	60		30	31	3-1		/	Springfield	Road	Pelletier
12/06/2003	L	60		37	40	0-3		/	Hartford	Road	LaBarbera
12/07/2003	L	60		31	34	0-3		/	Providence	Road	Toivonen
12/13/2003	L	58	41	19	22	2-3		/	Providence	Home	Toivonen
12/14/2003	L	60		14	19	2-5		/	Providence	Road	Thomas
12/27/2003	-	29	36	13	16	4-3		/	Springfield	Home	Pelletier	Replaced by Sabourin
12/30/2003	W	60		32	33	5-1		/	Manchester	Home	Chouinard
12/31/2003	W	64	8	34	37	4-3	OT	/	Manchester	Road	Hauser
01/02/2004	L	61	35	24	28	3-4	OT	/	Albany	Road	Clemmensen
01/03/2004	L	58	10	35	38	1-3		/	Providence	Home	Thomas
01/04/2004	L	20		4	7	1-4		/	Manchester	Road	Hauser	Replaced by Krahn
01/10/2004	L	60		39	42	1-3		/	Manchester	Road	Chouinard
01/16/2004	W	62	27	31	33	3-2	OT	/	Norfolk	Home	Munro
01/18/2004	W	58	43	24	25	5-1		/	Springfield	Home	LeNeveu, Pelletier	Replaced by Krahn
01/23/2004	W	60		22	25	4-3		/	Worcester	Road	Johnson, Sanford
01/25/2004	W	62	7	40	42	3-2	OT	/	Portland	Home	Ouellet
01/30/2004	L	60		32	34	0-2		/	Portland	Road	Ouellet
01/31/2004	W	60		19	20	3-1		/	Springfield	Road	Pelletier
02/04/2004	L	59	2	36	39	2-3		/	Worcester	Home	Johnson
02/07/2004	W	60		32	34	3-2		/	Wilkes-Barre	Road	Chiodo
02/13/2004	L	60		25	29	1-4		/	Norfolk	Road	Leighton
02/15/2004	L	58	34	22	24	1-2		/	Philadelphia	Home	Little
02/16/2004	L	58	46	34	36	0-2		/	Portland	Road	Ouellet
02/21/2004	L	59	1	33	36	1-4		/	Springfield	Road	LeNeveu, Dickie, LeNeveu
02/26/2004	L	27	57	30	33	3-4	OT	/	Providence	Home	Toivonen	Replaced Storr
02/27/2004	W	60		24	26	3-2		/	Worcester	Road	Johnson
03/07/2004	W	60		24	28	5-4		/	Hershey	Home	Budaj, Lawson
03/10/2004	W	7	19	6	6	4-3		/	Portland	Road	Ouellet	Replaced Storr
03/12/2004	W	60		32	35	5-3		/	Portland	Road	Ouellet, Yeats
03/13/2004	W	60		36	38	4-2		/	Worcester	Home	Sanford
03/16/2004	W	60		32	33	4-1		/	Springfield	Road	LeNeveu
03/19/2004	L	63	11	25	29	3-4	OT	/	Manchester	Home	Hauser
03/21/2004	L	60		13	18	1-5		/	Worcester	Road	Sanford
03/25/2004	W	60		29	32	7-3		/	Springfield	Home	LeNeveu, Pelletier
03/26/2004	W	64	58	18	19	2-1	OT	/	Providence	Home	Thomas
03/28/2004	L	58	6	27	30	2-4		/	Hartford	Home	LaBarbera
04/03/2004	L	60	27	28	29	0-1	OT	/	Albany	Home	Kostur
04/04/2004	L	40		26	32	2-8		/	Worcester	Home	Sanford	Replaced by Storr
04/08/2004	L	60		28	33	2-5		/	Hartford	Home	LaBarbera
	Assigned to San Antonio Rampage, September 2004.
10/15/2004	W	60		25	26	2-1		/	Houston	Home	Harding
10/16/2004	W	60		28	29	6-1		/	Utah	Home	Pelletier
10/18/2004	L	58	45	25	29	3-4		/	Edmonton	Road	Moss
10/27/2004	L	20		2	5	1-7		/	Chicago	Road	Lehtonen	Replaced by Scott
11/13/2004	-	2	25	1	1	2-3		/	Grand Rapids	Road	MacDonald	Replaced Scott
11/20/2004	L	58	51	27	29	0-3		/	Norfolk	Road	Munro
11/24/2004	W	60		22	22	1-0		/	Utah	Road	LeNeveu
11/28/2004	L	60		22	27	2-5		/	Chicago	Home	Garnett
12/05/2004	L	65		26	28	2-3	SO	3/5	Chicago	Home	Garnett
12/09/2004	W	60		24	24	5-0		/	Utah	Home	LeNeveu
12/10/2004	L	58	44	21	24	2-3		/	Utah	Home	Pelletier
12/18/2004	L	57	57	33	34	0-2		/	Chicago	Road	Lehtonen	Replaced by Scott
12/22/2004	L	58	20	22	25	2-4		/	Utah	Road	LeNeveu
12/23/2004	-	32	24	15	17	2-5		/	Houston	Road	Smith	Replaced Scott
12/31/2004	W	60		16	17	3-1		/	Cincinnati	Home	Cassivi
01/01/2005	W	13	51	4	4	6-5		/	Cincinnati	Home	Bryzgalov, Cassivi	Replaced Scott
01/07/2005	L	11	26	1	3	1-4		/	Worcester	Home	Bacashihua	Replaced by Scott
01/08/2005	-	0	50	0	0	1-2		/	Chicago	Road	Garnett	Replaced Scott
	Did not play in San Antonio's game at Chicago, but received a misconduct penalty for inciting an opponent.
01/13/2005	L	60		22	25	0-3		/	Manitoba	Home	Auld
01/19/2005	-	33	38	13	14	0-4		/	Milwaukee	Road	Finley	Replaced Scott
01/21/2005	L	31	37	11	14	2-4		/	Houston	Home	Smith	Replaced by Scott
01/29/2005	L	60		27	33	2-6		/	Cincinnati	Road	Bryzgalov
01/30/2005	W	53	15	18	19	5-4	SO	4/4	Cincinnati	Road	Cassivi	Replaced Scott
02/05/2005	L	60		23	28	1-5		/	Manitoba	Road	Flaherty
02/24/2005	L	59	1	30	33	1-3		/	Worcester	Road	Michaud
03/03/2005	W	64	37	23	26	4-3	OT	/	Houston	Home	Smith
03/11/2005	L	58	35	29	30	0-1		/	Cleveland	Home	Patzold
03/12/2005	L	49	30	21	29	0-8		/	Houston	Road	Harding	Replaced by Scott
03/20/2005	L	28	7	12	15	1-4		/	Utah	Home	Storr	Replaced by Scott
04/01/2005	L	10	49	4	6	1-3		/	Cincinnati	Home	Cassivi	Replaced by Scott
04/03/2005	L	60		27	31	1-4		/	Houston	Home	Harding
04/07/2005	L	58	39	30	36	4-7		/	Grand Rapids	Home	MacDonald
04/10/2005	-	0	43	1	1	1-2		/	Houston	Road	Harding	Replaced Scott

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