Patrick Delvan Westrum (born March 3, 1948) is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman who played 237 regular season games in the World Hockey Association for the Minnesota Fighting Saints, Calgary Cowboys and Birmingham Bulls between 1974 and 1978. Westrum also was a member of the United States national team at the 1978 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament in Prague. He played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers hockey team from 1967 to 1970. He joined the USA Hockey Coaching Education Program in 1995. He was an assistant coach at Apple Valley High, which won the 1996 Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament. He served as an amateur scout for NHL teams and later became coach-in-chief for Minnesota District 6. In 2022, he won the Walter Yaciuk Award for his contributions to USA Hockey. His son, Erik, also played professional hockey, playing in the NHL with Phoenix, Minnesota and Toronto.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM1967–68 University of Minnesota WCHA 26 0 3 3 10 — — — — — 1968–69 University of Minnesota WCHA 31 0 4 4 25 — — — — —1969–70 University of Minnesota WCHA 33 3 7 10 12 — — — — — 1970–71 U.S. National Team IntlStatistics Unavailable 1971–72Dayton Gems IHL 2 0 1 1 2 — — — — —1971–72Des Moines Oak Leafs IHL 22 0 8 8 29 — — — — —1971–72Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 43 1 4 5 68 4 0 0 0 21972–73Boston Braves AHL 63 3 9 12 70 10 1 2 3 131972–73Dayton Gems IHL 7 0 1 1 26 — — — — —1973–74Boston Braves AHL 76 3 25 28 54 — — — — —1974–75Johnstown Jets NAHL 34 2 11 13 53 15 1 4 5 251974–75Minnesota Fighting SaintsWHA 23 0 3 3 48 — — — — —1975–76Calgary Cowboys WHA 9 0 2 2 23 6 0 1 1 191975–76Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 54 3 10 13 98 — — — — —1976–77Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 40 1 9 10 42 — — — — —1976–77Birmingham Bulls WHA 34 1 11 12 48 — — — — —1977–78Birmingham Bulls WHA 77 2 10 12 97 3 0 1 1 21978–79Springfield Indians AHL 57 0 17 17 116 — — — — —1979–80Oklahoma City Stars CHL 5 0 2 2 0 — — — — — WHA totals 237 7 45 52 356 9 0 2 2 21

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The Complete Historical and Statistical Reference to the World Hockey Association by Scott Surgent, Xaler Press,