| Mark Paterson | |
| Played For: | Hartford Whalers |
| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 210 |
| Ntl Team: | Canada |
| Birth Date: | February 22, 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Draft: | 35th overall |
| Draft Team: | Hartford Whalers |
| Draft Year: | 1982 |
| Career Start: | 1983 |
| Career End: | 1989 |
Mark Paterson (born February 22, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
Paterson was born in Ottawa, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1977 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Nepean, Ontario.[1]
Paterson played in 29 National Hockey League games with the Hartford Whalers over parts of four seasons between 1983 and 1985. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1983 to 1989, was spent in different minor leagues.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1979–80 | Nepean Raiders | CJHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Nepean Raiders | CJHL | 50 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Ottawa 67s | OHL | 64 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 40 | ||
| 1982–83 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Ottawa 67s | OHL | 57 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 140 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 31 | ||
| 1983–84 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Ottawa 67s | OHL | 45 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 114 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | ||
| 1983–84 | Ottawa 67s | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1984–85 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 44 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 1985–86 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 67 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 121 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1986–87 | Moncton Golden Flames | AHL | 70 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1987–88 | Saginaw Hawks | IHL | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 1988–89 | Saginaw Hawks | IHL | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 181 | 10 | 55 | 65 | 307 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| NHL totals | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||