Dmytro "Metro" Prystai ; November 7, 1927 – October 8, 2013) was a Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey forward.
Prystai began his National Hockey League career with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1947. He also played for the Detroit Red Wings. He left the NHL following the 1958 season, playing part of one season in the minors before retiring. He won two Stanley Cups with Detroit in 1952, 1954, and made three All-Star Game appearances in his 12-year NHL career.
After his hockey career Prystai operated an insurance company in Wynyard, Sask. Prystai was a widower with both spouses Evelyne and Mavis predeceasing him.
He died on October 8, 2013, in a nursing home in Wynyard, Saskatchewan. He was 85.
Early life Prystai's parents Harold and Annie Prystai were from Ternopil, Ukraine.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1945-46 Moose Jaw CanucksSJHL 1946-47 Moose Jaw Canucks SJHL ? 32 39 71 8 — — — — —1947–48 Chicago Black HawksNHL54 7 11 18 25 — — — — —1948–49Chicago Black Hawks NHL 59 12 7 19 19 — — — — —1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 65 29 22 51 31 — — — — —1950–51Detroit Red Wings NHL 62 20 17 37 27 3 1 0 1 01951–52Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 21 22 43 16 8 2 5 7 01952–53Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 16 34 50 12 6 4 4 8 21953–54Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 12 15 27 26 12 2 3 5 01954–55Detroit Red Wings NHL 12 2 3 5 9 — — — — —1954–55 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 57 11 13 24 28 — — — — —1955–56Chicago Black Hawks NHL 8 1 3 4 8 — — — — —1955–56 Detroit Red WingsNHL 63 12 16 28 10 9 1 2 3 61956–57Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 7 15 22 16 5 2 0 2 01957–58 Detroit Red Wings NHL 15 1 1 2 4 — — — — —1957–58 Edmonton Flyers WHL 21 13 14 27 6 — — — — —1958–59 Edmonton Flyers WHL 4 1 0 1 4 — — — — —1969–70 Yorkton TerriersSSHL NHL totals674 151 179 330 231 43 12 14 26 8
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