Barry McKinlay

Barry McKinlay (born August 8, 1967) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman.

Early life and education McKinlay in 1967 in Edmonton, Alberta. He McKinley attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he played NCAA college hockey with the UIC Flames men's ice hockey team, earning him a Second Team All-CCHA spot.

Career McKinlay was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 10th round (206th overall) of the 1987 NHL entry draft.

McKinlay did not play regular season NHL games National Hockey League but went on to play 13 seasons of professional hockey, mostly in the Colonial Hockey League/United Hockey League, where he played 640 regular season and playoff games. McKinlay is one of seven defencemen in history to score 100 points in a professional hockey season (126) in 1997–98. He was a three-time UHL Defenceman of the year, and a four-time 1st Team All-Star.

McKinlay played the 2000–01 season with the Tupelo T-Rex of the Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL) where he was recognized by his peers as having the hardest shot in the WPHL, and was selected as the league's second best offensive defenceman (behind Mark DeSantis). Won the Hardest shot competition at the WPHL All-Star game (103.9 mph).

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1984–85 St. Albert Saints AJHL — — — — — — — — — — 1985–86 St. Albert Saints AJHL 52 21 51 72 102 — — — — — 1986–87 University of Illinois Chicago NCAA 33 9 14 23 35 — — — — — 1987–88 University of Illinois Chicago NCAA 38 15 31 46 81 — — — — — 1991–92 Thunder Bay Thunder Hawks CoHL 48 17 28 45 25 13 2 6 8 8 1992–93 Thunder Bay Thunder Hawks CoHL 55 17 39 56 47 11 2 3 5 11 1993–94 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 17 2 5 7 6 — — — — — 1993–94 Thunder Bay Senators CoHL 40 14 43 57 53 9 3 6 9 11 1994–95 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 8 1 5 6 0 — — — — — 1994–95 Thunder Bay Senators CoHL 65 26 54 80 100 11 4 13 17 4 1995–96 Thunder Bay Senators CoHL 54 10 43 53 87 19 1 18 19 30 1996–97 Thunder Bay Thunder Cats CoHL 65 32 58 90 82 11 6 10 16 16 1997–98 Thunder Bay Thunder Cats UHL 74 36 90 126 40 5 3 4 7 2 1998–99 Bracknell Bees BISL 11 6 6 12 4 — — — — — 1998–99 Thunder Bay Thunder Cats UHL 34 15 27 42 24 13 5 4 9 8 1999–00 Rockford IceHogs UHL 37 11 23 34 26 — — — — — 2000–01 Tupelo T-Rex WPHL 59 21 47 68 20 10 3 6 9 12 2001–02 Lubbock Cotton Kings CHL 64 15 43 58 45 — — — — — 2002–03 Lubbock Cotton Kings CHL 55 15 20 35 55 — — — — — 2003–04 Port Huron Beacons UHL 68 10 35 45 66 8 1 3 4 6 AHL totals 25 3 10 13 6 — — — — — CHL totals 119 30 63 93 100 — — — — — UHL (CoHL) totals 540 188 440 628 550 100 27 67 94 96

Awards and honours Award Year All-CCHA Second Team 1987-88