Pats Alumni Steel and Burroughs in 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Regina, Sask. – Two former Pats players are currently on NHL rosters in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Former Pats star forward Sam Steel and the Dallas Stars are currently taking on the Colorado Avalanche in round one. Meanwhile, former Pats defenceman Kyle Burroughs and the LA Kings are taking on the Edmonton Oilers in the opening round.
Sam Steel | Dallas Stars
Steel, 27, helped the Stars to their second straight 40+ win season as Dallas finished second in Central Division with 106 points. The Ardrossan, Alta. product posted 25 points (6G-19A) in 79 games with the Stars in 2024-25. That marked Steel’s seventh NHL season and second with the Stars. In 2023-24, the 6-foot, 189 lb. left-shot forward tallied 24 points (9G-15A) in 77 games.
The former Pats captain played for Regina for parts of five seasons from 2013-2018, recording 338 points (123G-215A) in 258 career WHL games, helping the Pats reach to the 2018 Memorial Cup Final, and later being named Memorial Cup MVP leading all players in scoring with 13 points (2G-11A) in five contests. The former Ducks 2016 first-round pick ranks seventh in Pats history in assists (215).
Kyle Burroughs | LA Kings
Burroughs, 29, tallied three assists in 33 games with the Kings in 2024-25. The Vancouver, BC product helped Los Angeles finish second in the Pacific Division with 48 wins and 105 points.
The 6-foot, 193 lb. defenceman played for the Pats from 2011-2015, captaining the club from 2013-2015 before being dealt alongside Dryden Hunt to the Medicine Hat Tigers for Connor Hobbs and a pair of draft picks. The former New York Islanders seventh round pick in 2013 dressed in 220 career games with the Pats, producing 103 points (20G-83A) and a +44 plus/minus rating.
