Chris Kelland

Chris Kelland (born December 22, 1957) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defender who played his entire professional career in the United Kingdom. He also played for the Great Britain national team between 1991 and 1994. He was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.

Chris Kelland
Born	(1957-12-22) December 22, 1957 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Defence
Played for	Murrayfield Racers Nottingham Panthers Sheffield Steelers Solihull Blaze Hull Thunder Coventry Blaze
National team	Great Britain
Playing career	1980–2001

Kelland was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. After retiring from ice hockey, he joined the South Yorkshire fire service as crew manager at Mansfield Road Fire Station and appeared on TV series Total Emergency

Awards and honours

• Named to the All-star First Team in 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87 and 1987–88.[1]
• Named World Championships Pool C Group A Best Defenceman in 1992.[2]
• Inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.
• Number 21 shirt retired by Edinburgh Capitals on 15 December 2007.[3]

Career statistics

Club

				Regular season[4][5]						Playoffs[5]
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1980–81	Murrayfield Racers	Northern / SNL		20	11	15	26	73
1981–82	Murrayfield Racers	Northern / SNL		19	22	15	37	102
1982–83	Murrayfield Racers	BHL 1		24	26	23	49	95		2	1	0	1	9
1983–84	Murrayfield Racers	BHL Prem		20	12	26	38	58		5	2	4	6	58
1984–85	Murrayfield Racers	BHL Prem		32	18	34	52	145		6	3	6	9	23
1985–86	Murrayfield Racers	BHL Prem		35	33	58	91	139		6	3	6	9	8
1986–87	Murrayfield Racers	BHL Prem		35	18	93	111	107		6	5	9	14	14
1987–88	Murrayfield Racers	BHL Prem		31	28	65	93	111		5	7	10	17	15
1988–89	Murrayfield Racers	BHL Prem		35	30	78	108	78		3	1	1	2	4
1989–90	Murrayfield Racers	BHL Prem		23	9	23	32	30		6	2	3	5	10
1990–91	Murrayfield Racers	BHL Prem		36	10	29	39	112
1991–92	Nottingham Panthers	BHL Prem		36	10	38	48	118		8	0	3	3	14
1992–93	Nottingham Panthers	BHL Prem		27	11	42	53	42
1993–94	Sheffield Steelers	BHL Prem		42	7	41	48	127		8	1	7	8	24
1994–95	Sheffield Steelers	BHL Prem		44	14	54	68	90		8	5	4	9	8
1995–96	Sheffield Steelers	BHL Prem		35	8	23	31	51		8	2	3	5	6
1996–97	Sheffield Steelers	ISL		42	2	7	9	20		8	0	0	0	2
1997–98	Sheffield Steelers	ISL		25	0	4	4	10		8	0	1	1	6
1998–99	Solihull Blaze	ENIHL		21	10	35	45	28
1999–00	Hull Thunder	BNL		6	0	4	4	10		6	0	3	3	22
2000–01	Coventry Blaze	BNL		5	0	1	1	2

International

				Tournament[5]
Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991	Great Britain	World Championships Pool C		7	3	2	5	22
1992	Great Britain	World Championships Pool C		5	1	4	5	4
1993	Great Britain	World Championships Pool B		5	0	0	0	4
1994	Great Britain	World Championships Pool A		6	0	0	0	8

Footnotes

1. "All Star Team". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
2. "World Championship Best Defenceman Award Winners". A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
3. "Capitals gearing up for Kelland's shirt retirement". Edinburgh Capitals. 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
4. "Chris Kelland's profile at hockeydb.com". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
5. "Chris Kelland - player profile and career stats". European Hockey.Net. Retrieved 2007-11-20.

References

• A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey
• European Hockey.Net
• Ice Hockey Journalists UK
• The Internet Hockey Database

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from The Internet Hockey Database
• A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey entry
• British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry