Kelly Kisio

Kelvin Wade Kisio (born September 18, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who currently serves as a scout for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kisio played 761 games in the NHL as a centre for the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks, and Calgary Flames between 1983 and 1995, and was team captain for the Rangers for three and a half years.

Career Kisio played junior hockey with the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Red Deer Rustlers and Western Hockey League's Calgary Wranglers, producing consecutive 60 goal seasons for the latter. Kisio left three days later for the Detroit Red Wings where he became a valuable player in the NHL.

Kisio's best season in the NHL was in 1992–93 with the San Jose Sharks. That season he tied a career high in goals (26) and points (78) and represented the Sharks in the 1993 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal after Pat Falloon went down with a season-ending shoulder injury.

Kisio ended his playing career with the Calgary Flames in 1995, who were ousted by his former team, San Jose in the playoffs. He then joined the Flames' scouting staff. For the 1998–99 season, he was named general manager of the Calgary Hitmen, who are owned by the Flames. With Kisio as GM, the Hitmen made the playoffs every year but one and Kurtis (born June 30, 1984) played 59 games with the Austin Ice Bats of the Central Hockey League during the 2007–08 season.

Awards

1979 WHL Rookie of the Year, with the Calgary Wranglers 1990 Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award (shared with John Vanbiesbrouck) 1993 NHL All-Star 2004 Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy, top WHL executive

Legacy

In the 2009 book 100 Ranger Greats, the authors ranked Kisio at No. 80 all-time of the 901 New York Rangers who had played during the team's first 82 seasons.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1976–77 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 60 53 48 101 101 — — — — — 1977–78 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 58 74 68 142 66 — — — — — 1978–79 Calgary Wranglers WHL 70 60 61 121 73 15 12 16 28 4 1979–80 Calgary Wranglers WHL 71 65 73 138 64 2 1 0 1 4 1980–81 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 31 27 16 43 48 8 7 7 14 13 1980–81 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 41 10 14 24 43 — — — — — 1981–82 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 78 62 39 101 59 16 12 17 29 38 1982–83 HC Davos NDA 38 49 38 87 — — — — — 1982–83 Detroit Red Wings NHL 14 4 3 7 0 — — — — — 1983–84 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 23 37 60 34 4 1 0 1 4 1984–85 Detroit Red Wings NHL 75 20 41 61 56 3 0 2 2 2 1985–86 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 21 48 69 85 — — — — — 1986–87 New York Rangers NHL 70 24 40 64 73 4 0 1 1 2 1987–88 New York Rangers NHL 77 23 55 78 88 — — — — — 1988–89 New York Rangers NHL 70 26 36 62 91 4 0 0 0 9 1989–90 New York Rangers NHL 68 22 44 66 105 10 2 8 10 8 1990–91 New York Rangers NHL 51 15 20 35 58 — — — — — 1991–92 San Jose Sharks NHL 48 11 26 37 54 — — — — — 1992–93 San Jose Sharks NHL 78 26 52 78 90 — — — — — 1993–94 Calgary Flames NHL 51 7 23 30 28 7 0 2 2 8 1994–95 Calgary Flames NHL 12 7 4 11 6 7 3 2 5 19 NHL totals 761 229 429 658 768 39 6 15 21 52