Richard Fraser (July 11, 1954 – November 16, 2020) was a

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professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

defenceman who played in the

World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association (french: Association mondiale de hockey) was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (NHL) ...

(WHA).

Career

Drafted in the tenth round of the 1974 NHL amateur draft by the

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, Fraser opted to play in the WHA after being selected by the Indianapolis Racers in the seventeenth round of the

1974 WHA Amateur Draft The 1974 WHA Amateur Draft was the second amateur draft held by the World Hockey Association. The first two rounds of the draft were conducted in secret in February and only graduating junior players (born in 1954) were eligible for selection. The ...

. His participation saw him playing four games for the Racers during the

1974–75 WHA season The 1974–75 WHA season was the third season of the World Hockey Association. Fourteen teams each played 78 games. Regular season The WHA expanded by adding the Indianapolis Racers and Phoenix Roadrunners, and splitting into 3 divisions (Western ...

. He was the younger brother of former

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

referee

Kerry Fraser Kerry Fraser (born May 30, 1952) is a hockey analyst, broadcaster and former senior referee in the National Hockey League. During his career, he called 1,904 regular season games, 12 Stanley Cup Finals, and over 261 Stanley Cup playoff games. ...

Personal life

Fraser died on November 16, 2020, at the age of 66, due to cancer.

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* 1954 births 2020 deaths Canadian ice hockey defencemen Chicago Blackhawks draft picks Ice hockey people from Sarnia Indianapolis Racers draft picks Indianapolis Racers players Mohawk Valley Comets (NAHL) players Oshawa Generals players Port Huron Flags (IHL) players Toledo Goaldiggers players Deaths from cancer in Ontario {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1950s-stub