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 (age 66)
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

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Career statistics

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Club

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    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

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    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

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

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