Metro Prystai

Dmytro "Metro" Prystai (November 7, 1927 – October 8, 2013) was a Canadian ice hockey forward.

Metro Prystai
Born	(1927-11-07)November 7, 1927 Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died	October 8, 2013(2013-10-08) (aged 85) Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Chicago Black Hawks Detroit Red Wings
Playing career	1947–1958

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.^[1]

He died on October 8, 2013, in a nursing home in Wynyard, Saskatchewan. He was 85.^[2]

Early life

Prystai's parents Harold and Annie Prystai were from Ternopil, Ukraine.