Pat Hickey, a former NHLer, became a hockey executive and a franchise owner after hanging up his skates. He managed the New Haven Nighthawks for four seasons.

Hickey was part of an ownership group, the Double-Hitch Enterprises Ltd., that was granted an AHL expansion on April 24, 1992. The other two owners, Dieter Beer and Bernie Faloney, sold their stakes in the Hamilton Canucks to Dan Diamond, Mike Florence, John Preston, Brad Sherman and Donald Starr on July 29, 1993.

He resigned from his position as the President and the General Manager of the Hamilton Canucks on October 22, 1993. Hoping to restructure the franchise and its lease, the ownership group sought to cease operations in early November. This resulted in the AHL revoking the franchise from the ownership group and the Griffiths family, the owners of their NHL affiliate, the Vancouver Canucks, taking over the franchise on November 30, 1993. The Griffiths family sold the franchise to a group led by Alan Taylor and Howard Dolgon on May 6, 1994. This group relocated the franchise to Syracuse, New York, and renamed it the Syracuse Crunch.

Family relations
Son: Stephen Hickey

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