Chris Kelland (born December 22, 1957) is a
Canadian
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retired
ice hockey
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defender who played his entire professional career in the
United Kingdom
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. He also played for the
Great Britain national team between 1991 and 1994. He was inducted into the
British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame
The British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame was founded in 1948 and is the third oldest ice hockey Hall of Fame in the world, behind the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame (also founded in 1948) and the International Hockey Hall of Fame (founded in 19 ...
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
The British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame was founded in 1948 and is the third oldest ice hockey Hall of Fame in the world, behind the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame (also founded in 1948) and the International Hockey Hall of Fame (founded in 19 ...
in 2002.
*Number 21 shirt retired by
Edinburgh Capitals on 15 December 2007.
Career statistics
Club
International
Footnotes
References
A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice HockeyEuropean Hockey.NetIce Hockey Journalists UKThe Internet Hockey Database
External links
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1957 births
British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
British ice hockey defencemen
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Edinburgh Capitals players
Coventry Blaze players
Hull Thunder players
Living people
Nottingham Panthers players
Ice hockey people from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Sheffield Steelers players
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England
Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
Naturalised sports competitors