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.
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]