| Position | Centre/Left wing |
|---|---|
| Played for | New York Rangers |
| Shoots | Right |
| Height | 5 ft |
| Height in | 8 |
| Weight lb | 180 |
| Birth date | September 11, 1922 |
| Birth place | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Death date | November 21, 1991 (aged 69) |
| Career start | 1940 |
| Career end | 1954 |
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.[1]
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 season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ^ Baptism: "Web: Prince Edward Island, Baptism Index, 1788-1943"
Original data: Prince Edward Island Baptismal Index. Prince Edward Island, Canada: Public Archives and Records Office. http://www.gov.pe.ca/archives/baptismal/search_index.php: accessed 16 March 2012; URL: http://www.gov.pe.ca/parosearch/vital/vital-event-search/eventType/Baptism
Ancestry Record: 9195, 79192, ca (accessed 8 February 2025)
Thomas Weston Trainor baptism on 18 Sep 1921 (born 11 Sep 1921), child of J. J. Trainor & Johanna Shea, in Prince Edward Island, Canada.