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Adam Patterson Video Coach
Adam Patterson enters his fourth season as video coach and his 11th overall year with
the Flyers organization. He handles all video aspects of video used by the coaches and
players, and is involved in pre-scouting upcoming opponents.
Patterson was promoted to his current position in 2009 after serving six years as the
Flyers video coordinator. He spent the 2002-03 and 2004-05 seasons in the same
capacity for the Philadelphia Phantoms, winning a Calder Cup with the team in 2005.
A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Patterson graduated from Eastern Michigan
University with a degree in Communications and Video Production, while captaining the
school’s Ice Hockey Team for his final three years. He was a four-time CSCHL All-Star
and three-time Division 1 All-American. Prior to that Patterson played junior hockey
in Stratford, Ontario and in Detroit for the Compuware Ambassadors. He is the son of
former Flyer and current team scout Dennis Patterson.
Patterson and his wife Amy reside in Barrington, NJ with their three children-son Colin
and daughters Mackenzie and Mya.
Derian Hatcher Player Development Coach
Derian Hatcher was named player development coach on June 15, 2009 after he retired
from a 17-year career in the National Hockey League.
He compiled 80 goals and 251 assists for 331 points and 1,581 penalty minutes in 1,045
regular season games for the Minnesota North Stars (1991-92 to 1992-93), Dallas Stars
(1993-94 to 2002-03), Detroit Red Wings (2003-04) and Philadelphia Flyers (2005-06 to
2008-09).
He also recorded 33 points (7G,26A) and 248 penalty minutes in 133 career Stanley
Cup Playoff games and was a member of the Dallas Stars Stanley Cup championship
team in 1999. He is the only American-born player to captain a team to a Stanley Cup
championship.
He signed with Philadelphia as a free agent on August 2, 2005 and recorded nine goals
and 24 assists for 33 points and 193 penalty minutes in 203 regular season games over
four seasons. He also posted five points (1G,4A) and 50 penalty minutes in 21 Stanley
Cup Playoff games with the Flyers.
Hatcher was named the 14th captain in Flyers history on January 29, 2006 and served in that role until September of 2006. In
2006-07, he was the winner of the Barry Ashbee Trophy as the Flyers’ most outstanding defenseman and appeared in his 1,000th
career NHL game on April 7, 2007 vs. the New York Islanders, becoming the 218th player in NHL history to reach that milestone.
Internationally, Hatcher represented the United States in two Olympics (1998 and 2006) and was a member of the 1996 World
Cup of Hockey championship team. He was named to the NHL’s Second All-Star Team in 2003 and appeared in the 1997 NHL
All-Star Game.
Hatcher was originally selected by Minnesota in the first round (eighth overall) of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He and his wife,
Heather, have five children-sons Chase and Kelton and daughters Shallyn, Hallie and Finley. Hatcher was born on June 4, 1972
in Sterling Heights, MI.
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