Gordon Lynn Strate (May 28, 1935 – September 5, 2012) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 61 games in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings as a defenceman between 1957 and 1959.
[1] After retiring from hockey, he owned a tire shop[2] in Fort St. John, British Columbia.
Gord and his wife eventually returned to Sherwood Park, Alberta, just outside his hometown, to retire.
He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[3] and died at the age of 77.
[4] This biographical article relating to a Canadian ice hockey defenceman born in the 1930s is a stub.