Rick Blight Ice hockey player

Richard Derek Blight (October 17, 1955 – April 3, 2005) was a professional hockey player.A native of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Blight had a long and varied career in the sport of hockey, playing the position of Right Wing for teams in the NHL, MJHL, WCHL, CHL, and the AHL hockey leagues. At 6' 2" (1.87 m) and 195 lbs (88 kg), Blight was selected by the Michigan Stags (round 2 #19 overall) in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft and the Vancouver Canucks (round 1 #10 overall) in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft. The name Blight is of Cornish origin.

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 17, 1955
Birth place
Manitoba , Portage la Prairie , Canada
Date of deathApril 03, 2005
Place of death
Manitoba , Portage la Prairie , Canada
Height (meters)1.8796
Weight (Kilograms)88.452

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Ice hockey player

Career start1975
Career end1983
draft10th overall
draft team
Vancouver Canucks
draft year1975
former team
Los Angeles Kings
Vancouver Canucks
league
National Hockey League
position
Winger (ice hockey)
shootsRight

Athlete

WHA draft19th overall
WHA draft team
Michigan Stags

Rick Blight on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/News/2005/04/18/1002309.html
  2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10820448
  3. http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1975/75010.html
  4. http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=52
  5. http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html