Nelson Pyatt

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1953)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | position = Center | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 175 | ntl_team = CAN | played_for = Detroit Red Wings<br>Washington Capitals<br>Colorado Rockies | league = NHL | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1953|9|9}} | birth_place = Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada | career_start = 1973 | career_end = 1982 | draft = 39th overall | draft_year = 1973 | draft_team = Detroit Red Wings | wha_draft = 59th overall | wha_draft_year = 1973 | wha_draft_team = Minnesota Fighting Saints }} '''Frederick Nelson Pyatt''' (born September 9, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Pyatt was born in Port Arthur, Ontario. Drafted in 1973 by both the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Minnesota Fighting Saints of the World Hockey Association, Pyatt also played for the Washington Capitals and Colorado Rockies.

He is the father of Jesse and former NHL players Tom and Taylor Pyatt.

== Regular season and playoffs == {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1971–72 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 54 || 17 || 29 || 46 || 27 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1972–73 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 26 || 13 || 19 || 32 || 7 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1973–74 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1973–74 | London Lions | Exhib | 61 || 35 || 28 || 63 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1974–75 | Virginia Wings | AHL | 14 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 12 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1974–75 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 9 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1974–75 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 16 || 6 || 4 || 10 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1975–76 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 77 || 26 || 23 || 49 || 14 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1976–77 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 77 || 23 || 22 || 45 || 20 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1977–78 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 71 || 9 || 12 || 21 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1978–79 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 28 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1978–79 | Philadelphia Firebirds | AHL | 7 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1979–80 | Fort Worth Texans | CHL | 45 || 20 || 17 || 37 || 11 | 15 || 5 || 1 || 6 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1979–80 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 13 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1980–81 | VER Selb | GER-2 | 22 || 37 || 26 || 63 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1981–82 | VER Selb | GER-2 | 46 || 78 || 31 || 109 || 36 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 296 !! 71 !! 63 !! 134 !! 69 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}

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