Patrick O'Sullivan (ice hockey)
| Patrick O'Sullivan | |||
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| Born |
February 1, 1985 Toronto, ON, CAN |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Los Angeles Kings Edmonton Oilers Carolina Hurricanes Minnesota Wild Phoenix Coyotes HIFK |
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| National team |
 United States
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| NHL Draft | 56th overall, 2003 Minnesota Wild |
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| Playing career | 2005–2012 | ||
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
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| World Junior Championships | ||
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2004 Helsinki | |
| IIHF U18 Championships | ||
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2002 Piešťany | |
Patrick O'Sullivan (born February 1, 1985) is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, Minnesota Wild, and Phoenix Coyotes.
O'Sullivan was born in Toronto, Ontario, but grew up in Detroit, Michigan with His father, John O'Sullivan, a Toronto native who played for the minor-league Winston-Salem Thunderbirds of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League, but never played in the NHL.
O'Sullivan has spoken openly about being emotionally and physically abused for years by his father. The abuse continued up to the time he started playing for the Mississauga Ice Dogs of the Ontario Hockey League. Some notable acts were mainly verbal and physical abuse when Patrick had an off-game. O'Sullivan's father whipped him with a heavy leather jump rope or sometimes an electrical cord. There were also reports of John threatening and intimidating him. O'Sullivan was also sometimes locked out of the house in his pajamas during winter. The abuse escalated at an OHL game where John was screaming, cursing and pounding on the glass. The abuse reached a point where Patrick pressed charges against his father and filed a restraining order against him. O'Sullivan later detailed the abuse in a book, "Breaking Away: A Harrowing True Story of Resilience, Courage and Triumph."
Despite the abuse, O'Sullivan was a junior hockey league star, winning the OHL and CHL rookie of the year awards in 2002 and setting records for games, goals, assists and points for the Mississauga/Niagara IceDogs that, as of 2015, were still unbroken.
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