- Rick Blight
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Right Wing
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 195
league = NHL
nationality = Canada
birth_date = Birth date and age|1955|10|17|mf=y
birth_place = Portage La Prairie, MB, CAN
career_start = 1975
career_end = 1983
draft = 10th overall
draft_year = 1975
draft_team =Vancouver Canucks
image_size =
played_for =Vancouver Canucks Los Angeles Kings |Rick 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 theMichigan Stags (round 2 #19 overall) in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft and theVancouver Canucks (round 1 #10 overall) in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.Playing career
Blight was the Canucks' top scorer over his first three years in the NHL, finishing fifth, first and second in team scoring in 1975, 1976 and 1977 with a total of 187 points.
Blight, who also played hockey in
Switzerland , was the recipient of the WCJHL Rookie of the Year Award in 1973, and was a member of the CHL Second All-Star Team in 1981.Blight retired from playing hockey in 1983 and began a career as a
stockbroker and marketing consultant, as well as managing his family farm in his nativeManitoba . In 1995, Blight was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.On
April 3 ,2005 , Blight disappeared. Two weeks later, onApril 18 , after a Canada-wide search, Blight was found dead in a field on his farm nearLake Manitoba , with his pickup nearby. Blight had committed suicide. He was only 49 years old.Awards & achievements
*1973: WCJHL Rookie of the Year
*1981: CHL Second All-Star Team
*“Honoured Member” of theManitoba Hockey Hall of Fame Career statistics
ee also
*
List of NHL players
*List of NHL seasons
*List of AHL seasons External links
* [http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1975/75010.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]
*hockeydb|00000420
*legendsofhockey|12015
* [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=52 Rick Blight's biography] at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10820448 Rick Blight's Memorial on Find-a-grave.com]References
* [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/News/2005/04/18/1002309.html News of death]
Persondata
NAME= Blight, Rick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=
DATE OF BIRTH= 1955-10-17
PLACE OF BIRTH= Portage La Prairie, MB, CAN
DATE OF DEATH=2005
PLACE OF DEATH=
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