Pete Wright (ice hockey) explained

Pete Wright
Position:Defenseman
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:200
Played For:Edmonton Mercurys
Ntl Team:Canada
Birth Date:25 January 1927
Birth Place:Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Death Place:Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Career Start:1947
Career End:1960

Peter Donald Wright (January 25, 1927  - August 19, 1989), was a Canadian ice hockey player with the Edmonton Mercurys.

Career

Wright won a gold medal at the 1950 World Ice Hockey Championships in London, England. The 1950 Edmonton Mercurys team was inducted to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.[1]

Wright later played with the Sherbrooke Saints in the QMHL, Buffalo Bisons in the AHL, as well as the Edmonton Flyers, Seattle Americans, New Westminster Royals, and Victoria Cougars in the WHL.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edmonton Waterloo Mercurys 1950. Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. May 21, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325054429/http://ashfm.ca/component/k2/edmonton-waterloo-mercurys-1950. March 25, 2017. dead.
  2. "Pete Wright", Society for International Hockey Research Database, accessed August 1, 2015.