Regent "Roger" Côté (December 22, 1939 – July 16, 2020) was a

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...

who played 155 games in the

World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association () was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972–73 WHA season, 1972 to 1978–79 WHA season, 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (N ...

for the

Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. Th ...

and

Indianapolis Racers The Indianapolis Racers were a major league ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1974 to 1978. They competed in four full seasons before folding 25 games into the 1978–79 season. They played at Market Square ...

. Over a 19-year career, Côté played the majority of his seasons with teams in the semi-professional ( QHL) or minor professional leagues ( AHL, WHL, EPHL, SHL). He died on 16 July 2020.Regent Cote (Roger)
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* 1939 births 2020 deaths Canadian ice hockey defencemen Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players Ice hockey people from Abitibi-Témiscamingue Indianapolis Racers players Winston-Salem Polar Twins (SHL) players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{canada-icehockey-defenceman-1930s-stub