What is Rick Blight?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image= | image_size=230px | image_caption= | played_for= [[Vancouver Canucks]]<br>[[Los Angeles Kings]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]] | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 195 | ntl_team = | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1955|10|17}} | birth_place = [[Portage la Prairie, Manitoba|Portage la Prairie]], [[Manitoba|MB]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|4|3|1955|10|17|mf=y}} | death_place = Portage la Prairie, Manitoba | draft = 10th overall | draft_year = 1975 | draft_team = [[Vancouver Canucks]] | wha_draft = 19th overall | wha_draft_year = 1974 | wha_draft_team = [[Michigan Stags]] | career_start = 1975 | career_end = 1983 | halloffame = }} '''Richard Derek Blight''' (October 17, 1955 – April 3, 2005) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[Winger (ice hockey)|right winger]]. Blight played a total of 5 seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He played with the [[Vancouver Canucks]] and [[Los Angeles Kings]]. Blight was drafted with the 10th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1975 NHL Entry Draft. After Blight [[retire]]d from hockey, he became a [[stockbroker]] and [[marketing]] consultant. He was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=52|accessdate=2014-03-05|title=Rick Blight biography|publisher=Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame|archive-date=2011-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002142703/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=52|url-status=dead}}</ref> Blight disappeared on April 3, 2005. After two weeks and a Canada-wide search, his body was found dead in a field on his farm near [[Lake Manitoba]] with his pickup nearby. It was confirmed that Blight had committed [[suicide]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/News/2005/04/18/1002309.html|accessdate=2014-03-13|title=Blight's body found