Dick Patrick

{{short description|Canadian-born sports executive (born 1946)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Richard Patrick | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image =  | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}} | birth_place = [[Victoria, British Columbia]], Canada | disappeared_date =  | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | monuments = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = [[Dartmouth College]] | alma_mater = | occupation = President | years_active = 1982–present | employer = [[Washington Capitals]] | organization = [[National Hockey League]] | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | height =  | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charge =  | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner =  | children = | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Richard Patrick''' (born 1946) is a Canadian-born sports executive and is the part-owner, president and alternate governor of the [[Washington Capitals]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/team/management |title=Washington Capitals – Team – Washington Capitals – Team |publisher=nhl.com |date= |accessdate=2023-11-18 }}</ref> He is the son of [[Muzz Patrick]], the grandson of [[Lester Patrick]], the grandnephew of [[Frank Patrick (ice hockey)|Frank Patrick]], and the cousin of both [[Craig Patrick]] and [[Glenn Patrick]].

Patrick graduated from [[Kent School]] in 1964 where he captained the hockey team and rowed on the varsity crew. He then attended and graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] in 1968.

For his contributions to ice hockey in the United States, Patrick was awarded the [[Lester Patrick Trophy]], named for his grandfather, in 2012.<ref name="WaPo">{{cite web |last=Svrluga |first=Barry |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/for-hockeys-royal-family-dick-patrick-getting-his-name-on-stanley-cup-is-final-coronation/2019/02/10/b50dd630-249f-11e9-ad53-824486280311_story.html |title=For hockey's royal family, Dick Patrick getting his name on Stanley Cup is final coronation |publisher=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 10, 2019 |access-date=July 8, 2024}}</ref>

Patrick is the father-in-law of [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] general manager [[Chris Young (pitcher)|Chris Young]], who is married to his daughter Elizabeth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player_career.jsp?player_id=432934|access-date=May 3, 2007|year=2007|work=[[MLB.com]] |title=Player Profile: Chris Young 32}}</ref> Patrick is also the father of Capitals general manager [[Chris Patrick (ice hockey)|Chris Patrick]], who was named to the role in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gulitti |first=Tom |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/chris-patrick-named-washington-gm-brian-maclellan-remains-president |title=Patrick named Capitals general manager, MacLellan remains president of hockey operations |website=NHL.com |date=July 8, 2024 |access-date=July 8, 2024}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/328404/dick-patrick Dick Patrick's staff profile at Eliteprospects.com] *[http://www.dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=205713073 Profile of Dick Patrick on Dartmouth College's athletics website.]

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