Patrick Thoresen
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| Born |
November 7, 1983 Oslo, Norway |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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NLA team Former teams |
ZSC Lions Djurgårdens IF SKA St. Petersburg Salavat Yulaev Ufa Edmonton Oilers Philadelphia Flyers HC Lugano |
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| National team |
 Norway
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2003–present | ||
Patrick Thoresen (born November 7, 1983) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey left winger with the ZSC Lions of the National League A (NLA). He resides in Hamar, Norway, where he grew up, during the off season. He has a younger brother, Steffen who's also an ice hockey player. His father Petter was one of Norway's most notable players who played at five Olympic Winter Games (1980–1994). Thoresen would follow in his father's footsteps and play in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014.
Thoresen started his career with his hometown Storhamar Dragons before he shifted to Canada and played junior hockey for two teams in the QMJHL; the Moncton Wildcats, and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. In the 2002–03 season, while a member of the Drakkar, he had 108 points in 71 games played, good enough for second in team scoring. His 75 assists that season were best in the QMJHL. This was a vast improvement from his first year of junior in which he compiled 73 points in 60 games played.
His first year of pro hockey in the Elitserien was a learning year for him in which most of his time was spent with the Division 2 team, Mörrums GoIS IK. He worked hard down there and put up 41 points in 38 games and eventually found himself back among the Swedish elite. He then spent the next two years playing for Djurgården full-time, playing a total of 80 games and collecting 53 points, 27 of them being goals.
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