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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 14, 2005, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday april 14, 2005 province a5 ramp seek clues on missing sex nil Star blight 49, was last seen leaving his farm april 3 by Kevin Rollason a former nil hockey Star who is also a Mem Ber of one of the provinces Best Curling rinks is missing. Portage la Prairie ramp Are asking for the Public a assistance to find Richard Derek blight commonly known As Rick blight. The 49-year?old blight has been missing since april 3. Portage la Prairie ramp const. Neil Bailey said yesterday blights wife last saw her Hus band drive off in his 2004 Grey Dodge ram pick up truck that Day. The truck has the name of blights farm equipment business written on both doors and the Manitoba licence plate is Cag 549. There was no argument before he went miss ing. This is unusual for him Bailey said. Blight played for the Brandon wheat Kings from 1971 to 1975 before being selected 10th Overall in the first round of the 1975 nil Amateur draft by the Vancouver canucks. Playing right Wing for the canucks blight was named the clubs Rookie of the year in the 1975?76 season scoring 25 Rick blight goals and 31 assists. The next season blight scored four goals in the season opener going on to Lead the team in goals with 28, and total Points with 68. But blight missed part of the 1978-79 season after suffering a strained knee ligament injury during training Camp before missing most of the next season with the same injury. Blight signed with the Edmonton oilers As an unrestricted free agent in 1982, but was traded to the los Angeles Kings before playing a game. He Only played two games for the Kings. During his nil career blight scored 96 goals and 125 assists in 326 games. For the last 10 years blight has been a Mem Ber of the Don Spriggs Curling team in Portage. Rick liked to travel and it was nothing for him to go for a ride and visit someone but this is too Long Spriggs said. Spriggs who rooms with blight every week end during the Curling season said he a a Good fellow who would do something for everybody. He a a very warm hearted anyone with any information on blight is asked to phone the Portage la Prairie ramp at 204 857-4445. ;