Metro Prystai Explained

Played For:Chicago Black Hawks
Detroit Red Wings
Position:Centre
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lb:170
Birth Date:7 November 1927
Birth Place:Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Death Place:Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada
Career Start:1947
Career End:1958

Dmytro "Metro" Prystai (Ukrainian: Дмитро Пристай, November 7, 1927 – October 8, 2013) was a Canadian ice hockey forward.

Prystai began his National Hockey League career with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1947. He also played for the Detroit Red Wings. He left the NHL following the 1958 season, playing part of one season in the minors before retiring. He won two Stanley Cups with Detroit in 1952, 1954, and made three All-Star Game appearances in his 12-year NHL career.

After his hockey career Prystai operated an insurance company in Wynyard, Sask. Prystai was a widower with both spouses Evelyne and Mavis predeceasing him.[1]

He died on October 8, 2013, in a nursing home in Wynyard, Saskatchewan. He was 85.[2]

Early life

Prystai's parents Harold and Annie Prystai were from Ternopil, Ukraine.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metro Prystai Obituary - Yorkton, Saskatchewan . 2013-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012020758/http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/780213/Prystai-Metro.php . 2013-10-12 .
  2. Web site: Saskatchewan NHL great Metro Prystai dead at 85 | News Talk 650 CKOM . 2013-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014225546/http://ckom.com/story/saskatchewan-nhl-great-metro-prystai-dead-85/137819 . 2013-10-14 . dead .