PHILADELPHIA -- Hockey runs in Nolan Patrick's blood. The 19-year-old is a thoroughbred. His father, Steve Patrick, and his uncle, James Patrick, both played in the NHL.
Since his early teens growing up in Winnipeg, great expectations have always been heaped upon Nolan. If not for injuries sustained playing junior in the rough-and-tumble Western League, there was a strong chance that Nolan Patrick, not Nico Hischier, would have been the first overall pick in last summer's NHL Entry Draft.
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