The Lethbridge Hurricanes have named the latest group that will be inducted the Western Hockey League team’s Wall of Honour.
Corey Lyons, Ben Wright and Herb Beswick will be celebrated on Friday, February 7, 2025 when the Hurricanes host the Prince Albert Raiders at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena.
COREY LYONS
The 54-year-old Corey Lyons from Calgary will be inducted into the Players Category. He spent parts of three seasons with the Lethbridge team from 1988 until 1990. Appearing in 145 career regular season games with the Hurricanes, he accumulated 254 career points (116 goals, 138 assists), along with 62 penalty minutes. In 27 post-season games, Lyons recorded 39 career points (15 goals, 24 assists) to go along with 11 penalty minutes.
In 1989-1990, he set a career high with 63 goals and 142 points, adding 26 points (11 goals, 15 assists) in 19 playoff games, where he helped the Hurricanes get to their first WHL championship series. The Calgary skater ranks 11th all-time in Hurricanes history for goals (116), 13th all-time for assists (138) and 15th all-time for points (254), while also ranking second all-time in points per game (1.75). The 142 points he scored during the 1989-1990 campaign is the most points a Hurricane has recorded in a single season in the team’s history, with his 63 goals being the second-most scored in a single season.
Lyons was the Hurricanes Co-Rookie of the Year in 1988-1989 and he was drafted 63rd overall, in the third round, of the 1989 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. He went on to play 11 professional seasons in various leagues, including the IHL, ECHL, WCHL and in Europe before retiring from playing in 2004.
BEN WRIGHT
Ben Wright hails from Foremost and will be inducted into the Players Category. The 36-year-old skated in 259 career games with the Lethbridge club in parts of six seasons from 2003 until 2009. He collected 135 career points (24 goals, 111 assists), along with 404 penalty minutes. Wright added 23 career playoff points (four goals, 19 assists), along with 42 penalty minutes in 36 post-season matchups.
The defenceman recorded three straight campaigns of 32 or more points, including a career-high 47 points (10 goals, 37 assists), along with 108 penalty minutes in 2006-2007. He served as the Hurricanes’ captain for his last two seasons with the club, leading them to the 2008 WHL championship series, where he recorded 10 points (one goal, nine assists), along with 17 penalty minutes in 19 playoff games. Currently, he sits 14th all-time in games played in team history at 259, and ranks 20th all-time in penalty minutes at 404. Additionally, Wright sits fifth all-time in points by a d-man (135) in team history.
He was drafted by Columbus 113th overall, in the fourth round, of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Wright went on to play 26 professional games with the ECHL’s Elmira Jackals, where he collected six points (two goals, four assists) along with 17 penalty minutes in 2009-2010. He went on to attend the University of New Brunswick for parts of four seasons. During his stint with the Varisity Reds, he played in 72 regular season games, totalling 31 points (five goals, 26 assists), along with 141 penalty minutes. He helped lead the team to the 2013 University Cup National Championship.
HERB BESWICK
Herb Beswick is set to be inducted into the Builders Category. This will be his second time inducted by the club. Beswick was one of the 15 members of the team’s 1986 Board of Directors that was inducted into the Wall of Honour in 2006.
The team says as part of his role on that Board, he was instrumental in helping with the acquisition of the franchise from Calgary.
The Lethbridge junior team played from 1974 to 1986 as the Lethbridge Broncos. Originally the Swift Current Broncos, the club returned to Saskatchewan in 1986. The WHL and City of Lethbridge did not want Lethbridge to be without a team, so one year later, the Calgary Wranglers were relocated to Lethbridge and became the Hurricanes.
Along with his firm Davidson & Williams LLP, Beswick serves as the Hurricanes General Counsel to the Board of Directors. He is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian Bar Association and the Lethbridge Bar Association, with whom he served as a previous president. Beswick will become the seventh Builders Category induction and the fifth individual inducted in that category.
