Eliteprospects
Canada Trent Kresse
#8 Swift Current Broncos / WHL - 86/87
Date of Birth
Apr 10, 1966
Position
RW
Age
Height
6'0" / 183 cm
Place of Birth
Kindersley, SK, CAN
Weight
181 lbs / 82 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
R
Youth Team
-
Contract
-

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

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Trent Kresse Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1982-83 Lloydminster Lancers SJHL 59* 31* 36* 67* 32* -* |
1983-84 Lloydminster Lancers SJHL 22* 9* 12* 21* 6* -* |
North Battleford North Stars SJHL 38* 23* 26* 49* 36* -* |
1984-85 Seattle Breakers WHL 2* 0* 2* 2* 0* -* |
Swift Current Indians SJHL 64* 73* 60* 133* 112* -* |
Yorkton Terriers SJHL 5* 4* 3* 7* 2* -* |
1985-86 Swift Current Indians SJHL 39* 54* 28* 82* 62* -* | Playoffs 1 2 1 3 0 -
1986-87 Swift Current Broncos WHL 30* 28* 28* 56* 27* -* |

Trent Kresse Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years 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 * * * * * *
Player 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.