Guyle Fielder, the American-born Canadian ice hockey centre who became the defining star of the Seattle Totems and a minor pro scoring standard-bearer, died February 21, 2026. He was 95. His family said he died in Arizona after a massive stroke.
Fielder was packing in Arizona for a planned permanent move to live with family in Sammamish, Washington, when he suffered the stroke early Tuesday morning before the drive.
Best known for his long run in the Western Hockey League from 1952 to 1973, Fielder captained Seattle and won three WHL championships with the Totems in 1959, 1967, and 1968. He won the league’s Most Valuable Player award six times and set a then-pro-hockey record with 122 points in 1957. He also appeared in the NHL with the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings, among other stops.
He finished with 2,037 professional points, placing him fourth on pro hockey’s all-time list behind Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, and Jaromir Jagr, and he retired as the career leader in minor-league points. In the Seattle Kraken era, the NHL club repeatedly highlighted his Totems records as a living link to Seattle’s pre-NHL pro hockey history, keeping the Totems story connected to the city’s modern franchise.