Trent Kresse

Date of Birth: Apr 10, 1966
Age: Deceased
Place of Birth: Kindersley, SK, CAN
Nation: Canada
Youth Team: -
Position: RW
Height: 183 cm / 6'0"
Weight: 82 kg / 181 lbs
Shoots: R
Contract: -

Trent Kresse Facts

Kresse, 20, died on December 30, 1986, in a team bus crash, near Swift Current, Sask.

Trent Kresse Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1982-1983	Lloydminster Lancers	SJHL	59	31	36	67	32	-
1983-1984	Lloydminster Lancers	SJHL	22	9	12	21	6	-
1983-1984	North Battleford North Stars	SJHL	38	23	26	49	36	-
1984-1985	Seattle Breakers	WHL	2	0	2	2	0	-
1984-1985	Swift Current Indians	SJHL	64	73	60	133	112	-
1984-1985	Yorkton Terriers	SJHL	5	4	3	7	2	-
1985-1986	Swift Current Indians	SJHL	39	54	28	82	62	-	Playoffs	1	2	1	3	0	-
1986-1987	Swift Current Broncos	WHL	30	28	28	56	27	-

Trent Kresse Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
SJHL	4	227	194	165	359	1.58	250	-	1	1	2	1	3	3.00	0	-
WHL	2	32	28	30	58	1.81	27	-	0

Trent Kresse Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Lloydminster Lancers	2	81	40	48	88	1.09	38	-	0
North Battleford North Stars	1	38	23	26	49	1.29	36	-	0
Seattle Breakers	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	0	-	0
Swift Current Broncos	1	30	28	28	56	1.87	27	-	0
Swift Current Indians (SJHL)	2	103	127	88	215	2.09	174	-	1	1	2	1	3	3.00	0	-
Yorkton Terriers	1	5	4	3	7	1.40	2	-	0

Trent Kresse Biography and Trivia

Number 8 retired by Swift Current Broncos

Kresse was one of four victims who were killed when the Swift Current Broncos team bus crashed on its way to a WHL game in Regina on December 30, 1986. Three of his teammates, Scott Kruger, Chris Mantyka and Brent Ruff, were also killed in the accident. The WHL named its Player of the Year award the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy in honour of the four Broncos players who were killed in the bus crash. The Swift Current Broncos retired the player jersey numbers and the numbers were included on a shoulder patch that can be seen on the Broncos' jerseys.