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First Round pick of the NHL Vancouver Canucks in 1975, Blight scored 96 goals for 221 points over the course of 7 seasons with the Canucks and Los Angeles Kings.[cr][lf][cr][lf]Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Blight[cr][lf][cr][lf]Blight's career was derailed in the late 1970s when he blew out his knee. Already a "marginal skater," the big winger no longer had the wheels to prolong his five-year NHL career.[cr][lf][cr][lf]After a few minor-league stops in places like Dallas and Wichita and a preseason with the Edmonton Oilers in the mid 1980's, where he played an exhibition game on Gretzky's right side Blight hung up his blades and came home.[cr][lf][cr][lf]Blight had never thrown a stone before coming back to help run the family farm implement dealership in Carman. But he soon fell in love with the game.
First Round pick of the NHL Vancouver Canucks in 1975, Blight scored 96 goals for 221 points over the course of 7 seasons with the Canucks and Los Angeles Kings.[cr][lf][cr][lf]Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Blight[cr][lf][cr][lf]Blight's career was derailed in the late 1970s when he blew out his knee. Already a "marginal skater," the big winger no longer had the wheels to prolong his five-year NHL career.[cr][lf][cr][lf]After a few minor-league stops in places like Dallas and Wichita and a preseason with the Edmonton Oilers in the mid 1980's, where he played an exhibition game on Gretzky's right side Blight hung up his blades and came home.[cr][lf][cr][lf]Blight had never thrown a stone before coming back to help run the family farm implement dealership in Carman. But he soon fell in love with the game.
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A five at the opening end of their first-ever match together in a major international competition sent Katie McMillan and Angus Bryce on their way to a dominant victory over the USA at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva.
