Patrick Thoresen
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| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname | Thor |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) |
| NHL Team | Edmonton Oilers |
| Nationality |  Norway |
| Born | November 7, 1983, Oslo, Norway |
| Pro Career | 2006 – present |
Patrick Thoresen (born November 7, 1983 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian ice hockey player. He currently plays for the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL. He currently wears #28.
He recides in Hamar, Norway during the off season.
Thoresen played junior hockey for two teams in the QMJHL; the Moncton Wildcats, and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. In the 2002-03 season, while a member of the Drakkar, he had 108 points in 71 games played, good enough for second in team scoring. This was a vast improvement from his first year of junior in which he compiled 73 points in 60 games played.
His first year of pro hockey in the Swedish Elite League was a learning year for him in which most of his time was spent with the Division 2 team, Mörrums GoIS IK. He worked hard down there and put up 41 points in 38 games and eventually found himself back among the Swedish elite. He then spent the next 2 years playing for Djurgårdens IF Hockey full time, playing a total of 80 games and obtaining 53 points, 27 of them being goals.
On May 31, 2006, Thoresen signed a contract with the Oilers. He was somewhat of a major surprise thus far in the 2006 Training Camp, and played well enough for Oilers coach Craig MacTavish to publicly state that he had earned a spot on the roster.[1]
Thoresen became only the fifth player from Norway to play a game in the NHL, the others being Bjørn Skaare, Anders Myrvold, Espen Knutsen, and Ole-Kristian Tollefsen.
Thoresen scored his first NHL goal on October 12, 2006 against the San Jose Sharks (Evgeni Nabokov). He tallied four goals (including two game winners) and notched 12 assists in 68 games during his rookie campaign. He was a -1, among the best of the Oilers regulars that season.
