Kenneth Edward Berry (born June 21, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey
winger.
Early life
Berry was born in
Burnaby
Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard I ...
,
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
. As a youth, he and teammate
Glenn Anderson
Glenn Chris Anderson (born October 2, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues. Ander ...
played in the 1972
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
The Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament (french: Tournoi international de hockey pee-wee de Québec) is an annual minor ice hockey event in Quebec City. The tournament was founded in 1960 to coincide with the Quebec Winter Carnival, ...
with a
minor ice hockey
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team from Burnaby. He played major junior hockey with the
New Westminster Bruins
The New Westminster Bruins were a major junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League. There were two franchises that carried this name:
* 1971–1981 (formerly the Estevan Bruins, now the Kamloops Blazers)
* 1983–1988 (formerly the Nan ...
, winning the
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup () is the national championship of the Canadian Hockey League, a consortium of three major junior ice hockey leagues operating in Canada and parts of the United States. It is a four-team round-robin tournament played between t ...
in 1978. He next played with the
University of Denver Pioneers, where he was selected to the All-
WCHA
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Second Team in 1980–81.
Career
Berry played major professional hockey with the NHL's
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...
and
Vancouver Canucks
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, tallying 8 goals and 10 assists for 18 points in 55 games. He later played in
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
/
Germany
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, mostly in the second tier
2nd Eishockey-Bundesliga, with ESV
Bayreuth
Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of U ...
and
EC Hedos München.
Berry twice represented Canada in hockey at the Olympics, at the
1980 Winter Olympics
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Lake Placid was elected ...
held in
Lake Placid and the
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, MohkÃnsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts†...
held in
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
. At the 1980 Tournament, Berry scored a hat-trick in Canada's 10-1 victory over the Netherlands.
Berry retired from hockey after the
1992–93 Bundesliga season (his only season in Germany's top level
Eishockey-Bundesliga
The Eishockey-Bundesliga ("Federal Ice Hockey League") was formed in 1958 as the elite hockey competition in the Federal Republic of Germany, replacing the '' Oberliga'' in this position.Klein, p. 12 From the 1994-95 season, it was in turn repla ...
), returning to Canada to become a stockbroker. , Berry is chairman of Kootenay Silver Inc.
Personal life
Berry is the younger brother of
Doug Berry, who also played in the NHL and the Eishockey-Bundesliga.
In Nov. 2022, Berry was elected to a four-year term as mayor o
Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lions-bay-council-situation-2023-1.6742080]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Awards and honors
References
External links
*
Legends of Hockey
1960 births
Living people
Canadian ice hockey forwards
Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey players
Edmonton Oilers players
Sportspeople from Burnaby
Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) players
Moncton Alpines (AHL) players
New Westminster Bruins players
Nova Scotia Oilers players
Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
Vancouver Canucks draft picks
Vancouver Canucks players
Wichita Wind players
Ice hockey people from British Columbia
Bellingham Blazers players
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