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Canada Rick Blight

a.k.a. "Richard Blight"
New Haven Nighthawks / AHL - 82/83
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Oct 17, 1955
Position
RW
Age
Height
6'2" / 188 cm
Place of Birth
Portage la Prairie, MB, CAN
Weight
194 lbs / 88 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
R
Youth Team
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Contract
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Drafted
1975 round 1 #10 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Highlights
1-time WHL Rookie of the Year (Jim Piggott Trophy) 1

Niece: Halli Krzyzaniak
Nephew: Kyle Krzyzaniak

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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1970-71 Portage Terriers MJHL 47 20 19 39 33 - |
1971-72 Portage Terriers MJHL 45 32 35 67 73 - |
Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 1 1 0 1 0 - |
1972-73 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 68 31 62 93 70 - |
1973-74 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 67 49 81 130 122 - |
1974-75 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 65 60 52 112 65 - | Playoffs 5 2 3 5 6 -
Canada U20 WJC-20 6 2 2 4 4 - |
1975-76 Vancouver Canucks NHL 74 25 31 56 29 -4 | Playoffs 2 0 1 1 0 -
1976-77 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 28 40 68 32 0 |
1977-78 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 25 38 63 33 -32 |
1978-79 Vancouver Canucks NHL 56 5 10 15 16 -28 | Playoffs 3 0 4 4 2 -
Dallas Black Hawks CHL 15 8 7 15 7 - |
1979-80 Vancouver Canucks NHL 33 12 6 18 54 7 |
1980-81 Vancouver Canucks NHL 3 1 0 1 4 -1 |
Dallas Black Hawks CHL 74 46 49 95 122 - | Playoffs 6 0 3 3 9 -
1981-82 Cincinnati Tigers CHL 37 16 23 39 21 - |
SC Bern NLA - - - - - - |
Wichita Wind CHL 16 18 14 32 18 - | Playoffs 7 3 0 3 6 -
1982-83 Moncton Alpines AHL 19 8 7 15 6 - |
Los Angeles Kings NHL 2 0 0 0 2 -3 |
New Haven Nighthawks AHL 47 17 24 41 8 - | Playoffs 12 2 3 5 4 -
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 1 66 25 31 56 0.85 14 - | 1 12 2 3 5 0.42 4 -
CHL 3 142 88 93 181 1.27 168 - | 2 13 3 3 6 0.46 15 -
MJHL 2 92 52 54 106 1.15 106 - | 0
NHL 7 326 96 125 221 0.68 170 -61 | 2 5 0 5 5 1.00 2 -
NLA (NL) 1 - - - - - - - | 0
WCHL (WHL) 4 201 141 195 336 1.67 257 - | 1 5 2 3 5 1.00 6 -
WJC-20 1 6 2 2 4 0.67 4 - | 0
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Curt Ridley (G) 1970-1982 7 Cincinnati Tigers, Dallas Black Hawks, Portage Terriers, Vancouver Canucks
Harold Snepsts (D) 1975-1981 6 Vancouver Canucks
Ron Sedlbauer (F) 1975-1982 6 Cincinnati Tigers, Vancouver Canucks
Chris Oddleifson (F) 1975-1981 6 Dallas Black Hawks, Vancouver Canucks
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Drafted 1974, 2 #19 overall by Mich. Stags/Bltimr Blades in the WHA Amateur Draft

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