Chris Kelland

Chris Kelland (born 22 December 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.

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. Named World Championships Pool C Group A Best Defenceman in 1992. Inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002. Number 21 shirt retired by Edinburgh Capitals on 15 December 2007.

Career statistics

Club Regular season 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 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

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