| Position: | Defense |
| Shoots: | right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 215 |
| Nll Team: | Rochester Knighthawks |
| Birth Date: | July 13, 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Penn Yan, New York, US |
| Career Start: | 1996 |
Pat Cougevan (born July 13, 1971) is a lacrosse player for the Rochester Knighthawks in the National Lacrosse League. In 2007, he was named the team's "Comeback Player of the Year" after suffering a season-ending injury in the 2006 season.
Cougevan was an All-American lacrosse player at Penn Yan High School in his native Penn Yan, New York.[1] [2]
Cougevan played college lacrosse at Syracuse, helping them win the 1993 NCAA tournament as a senior.[1] After graduation, he was an assistant coach at Colgate for a year before accepting a job as a legislative aide for state Senator Randy Kuhl.[1] Cougevan played in recreational lacrosse leagues until he joined the newly-formed Rochester Knighthawks of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League in 1995.[1] He played in just seven games in his first five seasons, but became a regular member of the rotation during the 2002 season.[1]
Cougevan was inducted into the Rochester Knighthawks Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2012.[3]
Cougevan has a master's degree in Business Administration from Alfred University and is married.
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 1996 | Rochester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998 | Rochester | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000 | Rochester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002 | Rochester | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2003 | Rochester | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Rochester | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2005 | Rochester | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Rochester | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Rochester | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Rochester | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2009 | Rochester | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NLL Totals | 92 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 200 | 74 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | |||