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NHL Fortune: $915,120

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Pat Price’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $915,120 (US $5,358,956 in today's dollars), ranking #3924 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: March 24, 1955
Country of birth: Canada
Position: D
NHL Draft:
Salary History - Pat Price
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1974-75 $470,120 $3,072,798
Amount in Canadian currency: $460,000.
Signed a five-year contract with the Vancouver Blazers, of the WHA, for CAN$ 1.3M including a CAN $250,000 signing bonus. The contract reportedly included a new $20,000 Ferrari, a new car for his parents and an unlimited supply of new clothes with performance bonuses that could push the value of the contract up to $1.5M million. In 1974-75, would have earned his $210,000 salary and $250,000 signing bonus. After the season, following a bad experience in the WHA, he reached a settlement with the team to end his contract and went to the NHL.
Source(s): Book: The Rebel League / Book: Grit and Glory / La Presse / The Hockey News
1975-76 $60,000 $359,309
Source(s): The Sporting News / The Hockey News
1976-77 $65,000 $368,116
Estimated salary based on documented salary for 1975-76 and 1977-78.
Source(s): HockeyZonePlus
1977-78 $100,000 $531,760
Base salary, not including bonuses, deferred payments and other extras. (Earned $70,000 according to the Globe and Mail.)
Source(s): The Gazette
1978-79 $100,000 $494,098
Estimated salary based on documented salary for 1977-78 and 1979-80.
Source(s): HockeyZonePlus
1979-80 $120,000 $532,874
Source(s): The Hockey News
Career Total: US $915,120
(In today's dollars: US $5,358,956)

NHL Rank: 3924
(In today's dollars: 2372)