Kevin Bailie (born January 3, 1992) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current corporate lawyer. He played hockey for the

Oshawa Generals The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor (commercial), sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. ...

and London Knights in the Ontario Hockey League prior to attending

Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to: *Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada *Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK **Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950) **Queen's University of Belfast ...

. During both his undergraduate and graduate studies he continued playing for the Gaels at Queen's University and had brief tryouts with the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League before ultimately retiring in favour of a career in law.

Post-sports life

Bailie is a lawyer with the Canadian business law firm

Stikeman Elliott Stikeman Elliott LLP is a Canadian business law firm founded in 1952 by H. Heward Stikeman and Fraser Elliott. The firm has offices located in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, London and Sydney. Since 2021, the firm's cha ...

, specializing in private equity and

mergers and acquisitions Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...

Playing career

Major junior

Bailie was drafted in the first round, 16th overall by the

in the 2008 OHL Draft. Notable moments in Bailie's

OHL OHL or Ohl may refer to: Initialisms *Latvian Hockey Higher League, known in Latvian as the ''Optibet hokeja līga'' *Oberste Heeresleitung, the Supreme Army Command of Germany in World War I *Obrascón Huarte Lain, a Spanish construction company * ...

career include playing alongside

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superstar John Tavares, helping propel the London Knights to a 24-game winning streak, and winning a record setting 19-round shootout against the Mississauga Steelheads.

Collegiate

During his time at

Bailie was distinguished several times for both academic and athletic achievements, leading him to be described as "a true professional in every sense of the word". In 2015 Bailie was named the 30th recipient of the Robinson-Kelleher Memorial Award which is presented by the City of Belleville annually to the individual selected as its athlete of the year. Past winners include other local hockey players Andrew Raycroft and Andrew Shaw.

Career statistics

Tournament

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

Eliteprospects.com
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The Internet Hockey Database
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Queen's University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bailie, Kevin Living people 1992 births Ice hockey people from Belleville, Ontario Oshawa Generals players London Knights players Queen's Golden Gaels players 21st-century Canadian lawyers Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey