Pat LaFontaine
American ice hockey player
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Patrick Michael LaFontaine is an American former ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League and spent his entire playing career with the league's New York State-based teams. LaFontaine played 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 is the best among American-born ice hockey players, active or retired. In 2017, LaFontaine was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history. LaFontaine served as an executive of the Buffalo Sabres as the President of Hockey Operations until March 2014.
