Rick Blight
Appearance
Rick Blight | |||
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Born |
Portage la Prairie, MB | October 17, 1955||
Died |
April 3, 2005 Portage la Prairie, Manitoba | (aged 49)||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for |
Vancouver Canucks Los Angeles Kings | ||
NHL Draft |
10th overall, 1975 Vancouver Canucks | ||
WHA Draft |
19th overall, 1974 Michigan Stags | ||
Playing career | 1975–1983 |
Richard Derek Blight (October 17, 1955 – April 3, 2005) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. Blight played a total of 5 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings.
Blight was drafted with the 10th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1975 NHL Entry Draft. After Blight retired from hockey, he became a stockbroker and marketing consultant. He was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.[1]
Blight disappeared on April 3, 2005. After two weeks and a Canada-wide search, his body was found dead in a field on his farm near Lake Manitoba with his pickup nearby. It was confirmed that Blight had committed suicide.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Rick Blight biography". Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ↑ "Blight's body found in field". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2014-03-13.[permanent dead link]
Other websites
[change | change source]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Categories:
- 1955 births
- 2005 deaths
- Brandon Wheat Kings players
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Ice hockey people from Manitoba
- Los Angeles Kings players
- Moncton Alpines (AHL) players
- New Haven Nighthawks players
- People from Portage la Prairie
- Sportspeople who committed suicide
- Stockbrokers
- Suicides in Canada
- Vancouver Canucks players
- Central Professional Hockey League players