Kevin Kemp

Kevin Glen Kemp (born May 3, 1954) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman who played three games in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers during the 1980–81 season.

Playing career Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Kemp was drafted 138th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1974 NHL amateur draft but never played for them, instead he had spells in the United States Hockey League for the Milwaukee Admirals, the Southern Hockey League for the Hampton Gulls, the International Hockey League for the Saginaw Gears and the Central Hockey League for the Oklahoma City Blazers. He followed that with two full seasons with the Gears in the IHL before moving on the New Brunswick Hawks of the American Hockey League. He was then claimed in the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft by the Hartford Whalers and went on to have full seasons in the AHL with the Springfield Indians and the Binghamton Whalers but did manage to play three regular season games in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers, going scoreless. Kemp retired at the end of the season.

Despite never playing for the Ottawa Senators, Kemp is a member of the Senators' Alumni, appearing at events with the alumni including Hockey Day in Whitehorse in 2011.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1971–72 Ottawa M&W Rangers CJHL 28 2 8 10 — — — — — — 1972–73 Ottawa M&W Rangers CJHL — — — — — — — — — — 1973–74 Ottawa 67s OHA 59 4 8 12 205 7 0 2 2 24 1974–75 Saginaw Gears IHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1974–75 Hampton Gulls SHL 5 0 0 0 17 — — — — — 1974–75 Milwaukee Admirals USHL 33 4 14 18 59 — — — — — 1975–76 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 33 0 1 1 31 3 1 0 1 2 1976–77 Saginaw Gears IHL 50 2 11 13 186 19 1 3 4 99 1977–78 Saginaw Gears IHL 78 10 18 28 267 5 0 0 0 26 1978–79 Saginaw Gears IHL 13 0 4 4 28 4 1 1 2 6 1978–79 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 44 1 4 5 113 — — — — — 1979–80 Springfield Indians AHL 77 0 19 19 180 — — — — — 1980–81 Hartford Whalers NHL 3 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1980–81 Binghamton Whalers AHL 75 0 5 5 204 5 0 2 2 4 AHL totals 196 1 28 29 497 5 0 2 2 4 IHL totals 144 12 33 45 481 28 2 4 6 131 NHL totals 3 0 0 0 4 — — — — —