Wes Trainor

Thomas Weston "Bucko" Trainor (September 11, 1922 – November 21, 1991) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played 17 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 1948–49 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1940 to 1956, was spent in the minor and senior leagues.

Biography Trainor was born at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to Joseph John Trainor and Johanna Shea.

After playing with the Canadian Army in the United Kingdom during the Second World War, Wes "Bucko" Trainor was a hockey player in the Maritimes and Newfoundland through the late 1940s and 1950s. He also coached senior and minor hockey in Grand Falls and Gander. He was enshrined in the PEI Sports Hall of Fame as an Athlete, and in the Sport Newfoundland and Labrador Hall of Fame as an Athlete-Builder.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1937–38 Charlottetown Royals PEI Jr 3 2 3 5 0 2 2 2 4 2 1938–39 Charlottetown Royals PEI Jr 9 6 8 14 2 4 4 3 7 0 1939–40 Charlottetown Royals PEI Jr — — — — — 10 8 5 13 6 1939–40 Charlottetown Army PEI Sr 5 7 6 13 8 — — — — — 1939–40 Charlottetown Royals M-Cup — — — — — 6 4 2 6 6 1940–41 Petawawa Grenades UOVHL 18 18 17 35 15 5 5 3 8 5 1940–41 Petawawa Grenades Al-Cup — — — — — 4 3 9 12 9 1945–46 Drummondville Intrepids QSHL 31 18 24 42 27 — — — — — 1946–47 Moncton Hawks MMHL 37 20 45 65 42 9 4 11 15 8 1947–48 St. Paul Saints USHL 35 7 8 15 22 — — — — — 1948–49 New York Rangers NHL 17 1 2 3 6 — — — — — 1948–49 St. Paul Saints USHL 49 19 49 68 43 — — — — — 1949–50 New Haven Ramblers AHL 44 6 16 22 21 — — — — — 1949–50 St. Paul Saints USHL 14 3 6 9 11 3 1 0 1 0 1950–51 Charlottetown Islanders MMHL 72 25 73 98 81 11 4 7 11 8 1951–52 Charlottetown Islanders MMHL 76 13 43 56 47 4 0 1 1 2 1952–53 Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts NLSHL 10 3 9 12 33 — — — — — 1952–53 Grand Falls All-Stars NLSHL — — — — — 4 0 3 3 8 1953–54 Charlottetown Islanders MMHL 65 18 47 65 36 7 0 3 3 9 1954–55 Grand Falls All-Stars NLSHL 7 1 3 4 2 4 1 2 3 2 1955–56 Grand Falls Andcos NLSHL — — — — — 1 0 0 0 0 MMHL totals 250 76 208 284 206 31 8 22 30 27 NHL totals 17 1 2 3 6 — — — — —