In 1933, Lester Patrick sent a note to his old friend and teammate Roy Sharp in Nelson, which was published for all to see.

See a report veteran broadcaster Dick Irvin filed during Hockey Day in Canada celebrations in Nelson, BC, in 2007.

PCHA players took part in several all-star exhibition games in 1915 and 1916. But one tour has been completely forgotten.

Jack Wright, whose admiration for Lester Patrick reportedly drove his father crazy, went on to win the singles title at the Canadian Open.

In 1907, Lester’s poetry recital in Nelson was up against the popular Mohawk author and performer. How could he possibly compete?

Was a Patrick family member a boyhood friend of future prime minister Wilfrid Laurier?

In 2023, I asked ChatGPT if Lester Patrick ever lived in Nelson, BC. Its answer was surprising, to say the least.

After leaving Nelson in 1911, Lester Patrick returned just once, in 1948, to referee an exhibition hockey game.

Members of the Patrick family and their various enterprises appeared on postcards, many of which command high prices today.

Joe Patrick moved to BC in 1907 to establish a sawmill, whose sale would ultimately help establish the PCHA. But he had been there before.

You can visit a half dozen sites related to the Patricks in Nelson and the Slocan Valley, including homes, a church, and sawmill ruins.

While the Pacific Coach Hockey Association had teams in three British Columbia cities, only one player was born in the province.