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Pat LaFontaine

1965 - Today

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Patrick Michael LaFontaine (born February 22, 1965) is an American former ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and spent his entire playing career with the league's New York State-based teams. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pat LaFontaine has received more than 823,991 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pat LaFontaine is the 219th most popular hockey player, the 16,182nd most popular biography from United States and the 10th most popular American Hockey Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Pat LaFontaine ranks 219 out of 676. Before him are Jiří Dopita, Marcel Hossa, Lal Bokhari, Július Hudáček, Olaf Kölzig, and Nikita Kucherov. After him are Brendan Shanahan, Randhir Singh Gentle, Maxim Afinogenov, Niko Kapanen, Oleg Tverdovsky, and Kimmo Timonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Pat LaFontaine ranks 829. Before him are Igor Malkov, Scott Adsit, Erick Lonnis, Ray Stewart, Avery Johnson, and Francis Moreau. After him are Courtney Gains, Tim Cain, Pierpaolo Ferrazzi, Michelle Stafford, Shaban Trstena, and Bertalan Hajtós.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pat LaFontaine ranks 16,182 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Dindal (1960), Carter Bays (1975), Sam Graddy (1964), Myndy Crist (1971), Chris Terrio (1976), and Taylor Hill (1996). After him are Hanna R. Hall (1984), Walter Dix (1986), Joy Harjo (1951), Jacqueline Moore (1964), Richard Bryan (1937), and Jenji Kohan (1969).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In United States

Among hockey players born in United States, Pat LaFontaine ranks 10. Before him are Chris Chelios (1962), Ryan Miller (1980), Mike Modano (1970), Mark Howe (1955), Taffy Abel (1900), and Keith Tkachuk (1972). After him are Patrick Kane (1988), Brian Leetch (1968), Tom Barrasso (1965), Jim Craig (1957), Mark Pavelich (1958), and John LeClair (1969).

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