Pat Peake Patrick Peake ( born May 28 , 1973 in Rochester , Minnesota ) is a retired American center . Peake was drafted 14th overall by the Washington Capitals in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft . Peake played 134 career NHL games , scoring 28 goals and 41 assists for 69 points . Playing career . Juniors . Peake was an up - and - coming star during his juniors career . Playing in the North American Hockey League in 1989 - 1990 , he scored 33 goals and assisted on 44 goals in just 34 games . In the next season , he moved to the Ontario Hockey League with the Detroit Junior Red Wings / Plymouth Whalers / Detroit Compuware Ambassadors , scoring 90 points ( 39 goals and 51 assists ) in 63 games . The Washington Capitals rewarded him by making him their first - round selection in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft . Still 18 years old at the time , Peake returned to the Ambassadors for the 1991 - 1992 season and scored 93 points ( 41 goals , 52 assists ) in 53 games . He also appeared briefly with the United States junior championship team , scoring five goals in seven games , and with the Baltimore Skipjacks of the American Hockey League , recording one goal in three games . The 1992 - 1993 season would be his last , and most successful , in juniors ; he scored 136 points ( 58 goals and 78 assists ) in just 46 games with the Detroit Jr . Red Wings and also had four goals and nine assists in seven games with the United States junior championship team . NHL . By the 1993 – 94 season , the Capitals saw fit to promote Peake to the NHL , and he played 51 games with them , scoring 11 goals and 18 assists , with a + 1 Plus / minus . In the same year , he recorded five assists in four games with Portland , and he played in eight playoff games with the Capitals , recording one assist . In the next season , he was limited to 18 games with the Capitals due to mononucleosis ; he had only four points that year ( all on assists ) , plus four points ( with one goal ) in five games with Portland . The 1995 – 96 NHL season was his highest - scoring season in the NHL ; he scored 17 goals and made 19 assists in 62 games , and had a plus / minus rating of + 7 . In addition , he made another trip to the playoffs with the Capitals , tallying two goals and one assist in five games . Injuries and retirement . Peake ' s career was ended prematurely due to several serious injuries ; he shattered his right heel in a playoff game in 1996 , causing him to undergo extensive surgeries and costing him 67 games of the 1996 – 97 NHL season . He returned in time to play three games with the Portland Pirates , afterwards breaking his right hand , and four games with the Capitals , before suffering a concussion in an automobile accident . He remained out for the first 16 games of the 1997 – 98 NHL season , due to continued pain in his heel . In his lone game with the Capitals in 1997 – 98 , he tore some tendons in his right ankle and never played professionally again . He officially retired from playing professional ice hockey on September 1 , 1998 . Peake ' s performance in the Ontario Hockey League did not go unrecognized , and his former junior team , then known as the Detroit Compuware Ambassadors , now the Plymouth Whalers , retired his number 14 from circulation . Peake leads the team in all - time scoring , with 319 career points .