 Patton made his final appearance for the national team on 4 April 1930 when he was 54 years old.He finally retired while playing for the London Lions on 13 October 1931.Helping to form the IIHF in 1908, Patton served as the vice-president on three separate occasions between 1910 and 1924 and he was briefly the president of the IIHF in 1914.