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Canada Chris Mantyka
#22 Swift Current Broncos / WHL - 86/87
Date of Birth
Nov 09, 1967
Position
F
Age
Height
- / -
Place of Birth
Saskatoon, SK, CAN
Weight
- / -
Nation
Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Contract
-

Mantyka, 19, died on December 30, 1986, in a team bus crash, near Swift Current, Sask.

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Chris Mantyka Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1985-86 Nipawin Hawks SJHL 15* 4* 7* 11* 186* -* |
North Battleford North Stars SJHL 26* 5* 10* 15* 328* -* |
Swift Current Indians SJHL 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* | Playoffs 10 2 3 5 113 -
1986-87 Swift Current Broncos WHL 31* 3* 2* 5* 101* -* |

Chris Mantyka Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
SJHL 1 41* 9* 17* 26* 0.63* 514* -* | 1 10 2 * 3 * 5 * 0.50 * 113 * - *
WHL 1 31* 3* 2* 5* 0.16* 101* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Player Biography and Trivia

Number 22 retired by Swift Current Broncos

Mantyka was one of four victims killed when the Swift Current Broncos team bus crashed on its way to a WHL game in Regina on December 30, 1986. Three of his teammates, Trent Kresse, Scott Kruger and Brent Ruff, were also killed in the accident. The WHL named its Player of the Year award the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy in honour of the four Broncos players who were killed in the bus crash. The Swift Current Broncos retired the player jersey numbers and the numbers were included on a shoulder patch that can be seen on the Broncos' jerseys.