Rick Blight

Position: RW ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2 ▪ Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: October 17, 1955 in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
Died: April 16, 2005
Draft: Vancouver, 1st round (10th overall), 1975 NHL Amateur

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NHL Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1975-76	20	VAN	NHL	74	25	31	56	22	-4	29	15	10	0	3	23	0	8	212	11.8
1976-77	21	VAN	NHL	78	28	40	68	26	0	32	17	11	0	5	24	0	16	197	14.2
1977-78	22	VAN	NHL	80	25	38	63	24	-32	33	14	11	0	2	18	0	20	238	10.5
1978-79	23	VAN	NHL	56	5	10	15	6	-28	16	4	1	0	1	8	0	2	91	5.5
1979-80	24	VAN	NHL	33	12	6	18	8	7	54	11	1	0	0	5	0	1	82	14.6
1980-81	25	VAN	NHL	3	1	0	1	1	-1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1
1982-83	27	LAK	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Career			NHL	326	96	125	221	86	-61	170	62	34	0	11	78	0	47	831	11.6

NHL Miscellaneous

					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
1975-76	20	VAN	NHL	74	0.34	0.42	0.76	0.30	0.39	2.86	21	27	48	19	79	27	57	1	-4	3.2	0.8	4.0
1976-77	21	VAN	NHL	78	0.36	0.51	0.87	0.33	0.41	2.53	25	36	61	23	102	41	62	1	0	4.6	1.3	5.9
1977-78	22	VAN	NHL	80	0.31	0.48	0.79	0.30	0.41	2.98	22	34	56	21	93	41	84	0	-32	3.9	0.4	4.2
1978-79	23	VAN	NHL	56	0.09	0.18	0.27	0.10	0.29	1.63	4	8	12	4	26	9	45	0	-28	-0.7	0.3	-0.4
1979-80	24	VAN	NHL	33	0.36	0.18	0.55	0.25	1.64	2.48	10	5	15	7	28	5	16	0	7	1.0	0.7	1.7
1980-81	25	VAN	NHL	3	0.33	0.00	0.33	0.18	1.33	3.00	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	-1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982-83	27	LAK	NHL	2	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	-3	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
Career			NHL	326	0.29	0.38	0.68	0.26	0.52	2.55	83	110	193	75	331	124	271	3	-61	12.0	3.4	15.4

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1975-76	20	VAN	NHL	2	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0
1978-79	23	VAN	NHL	3	0	4	4	1		2	0	0	0	0
Career			NHL	5	0	5	5	1		2	0	0	0	0

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1970-71	15	Portage Terriers	MJHL	47	20	19	39			33
1971-72	16	Portage Terriers	MJHL	45	32	35	67			73
1971-72	16	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCJHL	1	1	0	1			0
1972-73	17	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCJHL	68	31	62	93			70
1973-74	18	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCJHL	67	49	81	130			122
1974-75	19	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCJHL	65	60	52	112			65
1974-75	19	Canada	WJC-A	6	2	2	4			4
1978-79	23	Dallas Black Hawks	CHL	15	8	7	15			7
1980-81	25	Dallas Black Hawks	CHL	74	46	49	95			122
1981-82	26	2 Teams	CHL	53	34	37	71			39
1981-82	26	Cincinnati Tigers	CHL	37	16	23	39			21
1981-82	26	Wichita Wind	CHL	16	18	14	32			18
1982-83	27	2 Teams	AHL	66	25	31	56			14
1982-83	27	Moncton Alpines	AHL	19	8	7	15			6
1982-83	27	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL	47	17	24	41			8
Career		1 Season	AHL	66	25	31	56			14
Career		3 Seasons	CHL	142	88	93	181			168
Career		2 Seasons	MJHL	92	52	54	106			106
Career		4 Seasons	WCJHL	201	141	195	336			257
Career		1 Season	WJC-A	6	2	2	4			4

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1971-72	16	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCJHL	11	3	1	4			8
1972-73	17	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCJHL	6	0	1	1			0
1973-74	18	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCJHL	6	0	1	1			0
1974-75	19	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCJHL	5	2	3	5			6
1980-81	25	Dallas Black Hawks	CHL	6	0	3	3			9
1981-82	26	Wichita Wind	CHL	7	3	0	3			6
1982-83	27	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL	12	2	3	5			4
Career		1 Season	AHL	12	2	3	5			4
Career		2 Seasons	CHL	13	3	3	6			15
Career		4 Seasons	WCJHL	28	5	6	11			14

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 7 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Rick Blight		5.9	4.2	4.0	1.7	0.0	-0.1	-0.4
Serge Bernier	90.0	5.0	4.4	3.9	1.3	0.0	0.0	-0.6
Steve Downie	88.1	5.9	3.8	3.5	1.5	0.4	0.1
Dixon Ward	87.9	5.0	4.4	3.8	1.8	0.3	-0.2	-0.4
Joe Benoit	85.7	4.7	3.6	3.3	1.5	-0.2
Peter Mueller	85.3	5.4	3.7	2.9	1.7	1.3
Claude Lemieux	85.0	5.3	4.5	4.1	0.7	0.1	0.0	-0.1
Gary Dornhoefer	84.8	5.7	4.0	3.7	2.2	0.7	-0.3	-0.6
Josef Beranek	84.8	5.4	4.1	2.5	1.7	1.4	0.4	0.1
Kyle Okposo	84.5	5.0	3.8	3.7	1.8	1.6	0.7
Dave Bolland	84.4	5.1	4.1	3.7	1.5	1.3	1.0	-0.1

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Rick Blight		5.9	4.2	4.0	1.7	0.0	-0.1	-0.4
Serge Bernier	90.0	5.0	4.4	3.9	1.3	0.0	0.0	-0.6
Steve Downie	88.1	5.9	3.8	3.5	1.5	0.4	0.1
Joe Benoit	85.7	4.7	3.6	3.3	1.5	-0.2
Peter Mueller	85.3	5.4	3.7	2.9	1.7	1.3
Kyle Okposo	84.5	5.0	3.8	3.7	1.8	1.6	0.7
Dave Bolland	84.4	5.1	4.1	3.7	1.5	1.3	1.0	-0.1
Vladimir Tsyplakov	84.2	5.8	4.1	4.0	1.7	1.6	0.7
Wayne Simmonds	83.2	6.0	4.9	3.9	3.1	1.5
Jakub Voracek	82.4	6.1	5.5	4.5	3.9	3.6
Alexander Korolyuk	82.2	5.5	3.9	3.3	2.5	0.7	0.1