| Birth Date: | 21 May 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Redford, Michigan |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 180 |
| Position: | Defense |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Played For: | Pittsburgh Penguins Vienna Capitals |
| Ntl Team: | USA |
| Draft: | 145th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1990 |
| Draft Team: | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Career Start: | 1993 |
| Career End: | 2002 |
Patrick Thomas "Pat" Neaton (born May 21, 1971) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played 9 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 1993–94 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1993 to 2002, was mainly spent in the International Hockey League. Internationally Neaton played for the American national team at the 1994 and 1995 World Championships.
Neaton was born in Redford, Michigan. As a youth, he played in the 1984 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Michigan Blades minor ice hockey team.[1]
He was also the co-captain of the University of Michigan ice hockey team, before he played for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
He currently resides in Michigan.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1987–88 | Detroit Little Caesars | MNHL | 71 | 12 | 26 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Thornhill Thunderbirds | MetJBHL | 36 | 16 | 42 | 58 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | University of Michigan | CCHA | 42 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | University of Michigan | CCHA | 44 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | University of Michigan | CCHA | 43 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | University of Michigan | CCHA | 38 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 71 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | San Diego Gulls | IHL | 71 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | Orlando Solar Bears | IHL | 77 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 148 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 34 | ||
| 1996–97 | Orlando Solar Bears | IHL | 81 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||
| 1997–98 | Orlando Solar Bears | IHL | 78 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 114 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | ||
| 1998–99 | Orlando Solar Bears | IHL | 75 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 98 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||
| 1999–00 | Utah Grizzlies | IHL | 80 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | Utah Grizzlies | IHL | 75 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Vienna Capitals | AUT | 32 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| IHL Totals | 610 | 66 | 196 | 262 | 754 | 75 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 79 | ||||
| NHL Totals | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | United States | WJC | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1994 | United States | WC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 1995 | United States | WC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Junior totals | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Senior totals | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | ||||
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| All-CCHA Rookie Team | 1989-90 |
| All-CCHA Second Team | 1990-91 |
| All-CCHA First Team | 1992-93 |