Chris Kelland

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Position	Defence
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg/12 st 12 lb)
Pro clubs	Murrayfield Racers Nottingham Panthers Sheffield Steelers Solihull Blaze Hull Thunder Coventry Blaze
Nationality	Canada &  United Kingdom
Born	December 22, 1957 (1957-12-22) (age 50), Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
Pro career	1980 – 2001

Chris Kelland (born December 22, 1957(1957-12-22) in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a retired Canadian 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.

Contents 1 Awards and honours 2 Career statistics 2.1 Club 2.2 International 3 Footnotes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] 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]

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Club

				Regular season[4][5]						Playoffs[5]
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

[edit] International

				Tournament[5]
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

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

• A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey entry
• British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry
• Chris Kelland – player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net
• Chris Kelland's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Persondata
NAME	Kelland, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	1957-12-22
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH