Kenneth Priestlay (born August 24, 1967) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played in the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

with the

Buffalo Sabres The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team was established in 1970, along w ...

and

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between 1986 and 1992. With the Penguins he won the Stanley Cup in 1992. Priestlay also spent several years playing in the

British Hockey League The British Hockey League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1980 until 1996 (with a short break between 1981 and 1982), when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League. The league r ...

and

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before retiring in 1999, though he briefly played again in 2002–03.

Post-hockey

Priestly worked in Vancouver, BC as General Manager at Dunbar Lumber Supply, and contributes to sport radio on Sportsnet 650.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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Awards and achievements

* WHL West Second All-Star Team – 1986, 1987 * Stanley Cup — 1992

Bibliography

An autobiography was co-written with Bob Westerdale entitled "Lord Of The Rinks", published by Breedon Books Publishing in September 1997.

External links

* 1967 births Living people Buffalo Sabres draft picks Buffalo Sabres players Canadian ice hockey centres Cleveland Lumberjacks players Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000) players Muskegon Lumberjacks players Sportspeople from Richmond, British Columbia Pittsburgh Penguins players Rochester Americans players Sheffield Steelers players Ice hockey people from Vancouver Stanley Cup champions Victoria Cougars (WHL) players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England {{Canada-icehockey-centre-1960s-stub