Chris Kelland Explained

Position:	Defence
Played For:	Murrayfield Racers Nottingham Panthers Sheffield Steelers Solihull Blaze Hull Thunder Coventry Blaze
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	10
Weight Lb:	180
Ntl Team:	GBR
Birth Date:	22 December 1957
Birth Place:	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Career Start:	1980
Career End:	2001

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.

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.^[1]
• Named World Championships Pool C Group A Best Defenceman in 1992.^[2]
• Inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.
• Number 21 shirt retired by Edinburgh Capitals on 15 December 2007.^[3]

Career statistics

Club

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				Regular season^[4]						Playoffs^[5]
	Team	League		GP						GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1980–81				20	11	15	26	73
1981–82	Murrayfield Racers	Northern / SNL		19	22	15	37	102
1982–83	Murrayfield Racers			24	26	23	49	95		2	1	0	1	9
1983–84	Murrayfield Racers			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		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		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
	Sheffield Steelers			42	2	7	9	20		8	0	0	0	2
	Sheffield Steelers	ISL		25	0	4	4	10		8	0	1	1	6
1998–99				21	10	35	45	28
1999–00				6	0	4	4	10		6	0	3	3	22
2000–01		BNL		5	0	1	1	2

International

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				Tournament
Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991				7	3	2	5	22
1992	Great Britain	World Championships Pool C		5	1	4	5	4
1993	Great Britain			5	0	0	0	4
1994	Great Britain			6	0	0	0	8

References

• A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey
• European Hockey.Net
• Ice Hockey Journalists UK
• The Internet Hockey Database

External links

• • A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey entry
• British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ice Hockey Journalists UK . All Star Team . 2007-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927022716/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/allstarteams.htm . 2007-09-27 . dead .
2. Web site: A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey . World Championship Best Defenceman Award Winners . 2007-11-20 .
3. Web site: Edinburgh Capitals . Capitals gearing up for Kelland's shirt retirement . 2007-12-12 . 2007-12-17 .
4. Web site: Chris Kelland's profile at hockeydb.com . 2007-11-20 . The Internet Hockey Database .
5. Web site: Chris Kelland - player profile and career stats . 2007-11-20 . European Hockey.Net .