P.J. Atherton: Career Statistics
Position: Defenseman
Number: #4
Height: 6’-2”
Weight: 205 lbs
DOB: 8/16/82
Hometown: Edina, Minn.
Previous team: Cedar Rapids Roughriders
Season totals
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | Pen* | PIM* | PIM/G* | PPG | SHG | GWG | ENG |
| 2002-2003 | Minnesota | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.20 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003-2004 | Minnesota | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.07 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004-2005 | Minnesota | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.24 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005-2006 | Minnesota | 41 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.17 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals | 106 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.16 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Exhibition Games do not count in team stats.
*Penalty statistics are not available prior to the 2007-2008 season.
Game by game
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/14/05 | NC | Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/15/05 | NC | Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/21/05 | WC | Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/22/05 | WC | Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/28/05 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Pohl (Atherton, Bostrom) 15:16 (2nd) |
| 10/29/05 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/04/05 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/05/05 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/11/05 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/12/05 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/18/05 | WC | @Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/19/05 | WC | @Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/25/05 | NC | @Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/26/05 | NC | @Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/02/05 | WC | Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 2: Atherton (Chucko) 10:36 (3rd) |
| 12/03/05 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/09/05 | WC | @North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/10/05 | WC | @North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/29/05 | NC | Union | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 7: Howe (Gordon, Atherton) 14:12 (3rd) 8: Peltier (Atherton) 6x4 18:20 (3rd) |
| 12/30/05 | NC | UMass Lowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/06/06 | NC | Niagara | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/07/06 | NC | Niagara | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/13/06 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/14/06 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/20/06 | WC | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/21/06 | WC | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/27/06 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/28/06 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/10/06 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/11/06 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/17/06 | WC | Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/18/06 | WC | Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/24/06 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/25/06 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Potulny (Stoa, Atherton) 4:12 (2nd) |
| 03/03/06 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 5: Kaufmann (Atherton, Kennedy) 16:19 (2nd) |
| 03/04/06 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/10/06 | NC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 6: Gordon (Atherton, Wheeler) 10:35 (3rd) |
| 03/11/06 | NC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/17/06 | NC | vs. St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/18/06 | NC | vs. Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/24/06 | NC | vs. Holy Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 12/22/04 | NC | Merrimack | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Smaagaard (Gordon, Atherton) 14:04 (1st) |
| 12/23/04 | NC | Northern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/02/05 | NC | @Boston University | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/03/05 | NC | @Boston University | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/09/05 | WC | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/14/05 | WC | @Minnesota State | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 4: Atherton (unassisted) 7:48 (2nd) |
| 01/15/05 | WC | @Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/21/05 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Guyer (Atherton) 5x5 11:29 (2nd) |
| 01/22/05 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/28/05 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/29/05 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/26/05 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/04/05 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/12/05 | NC | Minnesota State | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 3: Atherton (Stevens, Fleming) 5x4 12:56 (2nd) |
| 03/19/05 | NC | vs. North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/26/05 | NC | Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/27/05 | NC | Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/11/03 | NC | @Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/25/03 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/01/03 | WC | Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/14/03 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/15/03 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/21/03 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/22/03 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/28/03 | NC | @Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/29/03 | NC | @Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/05/03 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/06/03 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/21/03 | NC | New Hampshire | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Waibel (Atherton, Hirsch) 8:41 (1st) |
| 01/02/04 | NC | Boston University | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/03/04 | NC | Boston University | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/09/04 | WC | @Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/10/04 | WC | @Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/16/04 | WC | @Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/17/04 | WC | @Minnesota State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 9: Irmen (Atherton, Potulny) 6x5 15:56 (3rd) |
| 01/23/04 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/24/04 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/30/04 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/31/04 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/07/04 | NC | Bemidji State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/13/04 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/14/04 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/21/04 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/27/04 | WC | @Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/05/04 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/12/02 | NC | vs. Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/26/02 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/02/02 | NC | Alabama Huntsville | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/09/02 | WC | @Minnesota State | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Atherton (Anthony, Hirsch) 2:31 (1st) |
| 11/15/02 | WC | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/22/02 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/29/02 | NC | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/07/02 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/04/03 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/10/03 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/11/03 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/24/03 | WC | Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/31/03 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Ballard (Smaagaard, Atherton) 12:41 (1st) |
| 02/01/03 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/07/03 | WC | @Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/14/03 | WC | Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Atherton (Potulny, Hirsch) 5:08 (1st) |
| 02/21/03 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/22/03 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Smaagaard (Waibel, Atherton) 3:44 (2nd) |
| 03/15/03 | NC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/21/03 | NC | vs. Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2 | 2 | 4 |
