Patrick Lloyd Rupp (August 12, 1942 – February 2, 2006) was an American ice hockey

goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as the goalie) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays in or near t ...

. He played one game in the

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with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1963–64 season, on March 22, 1964 against the

Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...

. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1963 to 1980, was mainly spent in the International Hockey League. Internationally Rupp played for the American national team at the

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and

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

Playing career

Rupp joined the

Eastern Hockey League The Eastern Hockey League was a minor professional United States ice hockey league. Eastern Amateur Hockey League (1933–1953) The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League (EAHL). The league was founded by Tommy Lockhart ...

's Philadelphia Ramblers in 1963–64. He played one game, on March 22, 1964, in the

, on loan with the Detroit Red Wings in 1963–64 replacing

Terry Sawchuk Terrance Gordon Sawchuk (December 28, 1929 – May 31, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kin ...

. The Red Wings lost 4–1 to the

. He was selected as a member of the US team for the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

in Innsbruck, Austria. During the tournament, Rupp shut out

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in an 8–0 victory. This feat was not equalled by a US goaltender until Ray LeBlanc held

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scoreless in the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

. The US team finished in fifth place. Rupp switched to the

Dayton Gems The Dayton Gems were a minor league ice hockey team based in Dayton, Ohio, and members of the International Hockey League from 1964 to 1977, and 1979–1980. In the fall of 1964, the lobby of their new arena, Hara Arena, had a natural gas ex ...

in the International Hockey League in the 1964–65 season. During the next two seasons, he won the James Norris Memorial Trophy for fewer goals against with teammate John Adams. In 1968, he was selected for his second Winter Olympics in

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in France; the US team finished in sixth place. He returned to play for the Gems until 1972 when he announced his retirement. However, he returned in 1975–76 playing for the Buffalo Norsemen in the North American Hockey League and with the Gems in 1979–80. Later, from 1985 until 2005, Rupp continued playing recreational hockey in Dayton as a member of a local men's league

Megacity Hockey Club. After his retirement from ice hockey, Rupp worked in the financial sector. He died of cancer in February 2006.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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