Eric Evan Paterson
Born September 11, 1929 in Edmonton, Alberta, Died January 14, 2014 in Sherwood Park, Alberta.

Eric Paterson was half of the goaltending duo that helped Canada win an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games in Norway.

Paterson gave up just four goals in three games, all victories, for a 1.33 goals-against average. He recorded a shutout in an 11-0 whitewash of Poland, played outdoors in a driving snowstorm. He was also in goal for an 11-2 win over Switzerland and a 3-2 win over Sweden the following day.

After the 1952 Winter Olympics, Paterson played for the Nelson Maple Leafs, Rossland Warriors and Ponoko Stampeders, who won the Western Canadian intermediate title in 1956.

He gave up five goals in a loss in his one Western Hockey League game for the Edmonton Flyers.

One of his final games as a player was an exhibition pitting his intermediate Central Alberta All-Stars against the visiting Japanese Olympic team. The All-Stars defeated Japan 17-2 in a game played before 3,800 fans at Lacombe, Alta. Paterson made 27 saves.