Born in
St. John's, Newfoundland, Patrick played junior level hockey for
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the
QMJHL in 1998–99, transferring to
Moncton Wildcats for the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons. He was not drafted by the NHL, and turned professional with the
Augusta Lynx of the ECHL at the end of the 2000–01 season, playing some games with
Kansas City Blades as well. He played the full 2000–01 ECHL season with Augusta, in the
Norwegian GET-ligaen. He was also named the player of the month by the website
Eurohockey.net for January 2006. In 2006, he returned to North America and played four games with the
Manitoba Moose before returning to Europe to play with
Pelicans of the Finnish SM-Liga. In 2007–08, Patrick joined
Modo Hockey in Sweden. Due to Swedish tax rules he was loaned out to the Storhamar Dragons where he played 11 games and scored 16 points before joining Modo. He returned to Storhamar again the following season on a similar deal but was limited to only eight games due to injuries before he re-joined Modo. ==Career statistics==