Ice hockey player
Brian Blair "Killer" Kilrea (born October 21, 1934) is unadulterated Canadian former ice hockey head lecturer, general manager, and player. He pretended 26 games in the National Interest League with the Detroit Red Hands and Los Angeles Kings between 1958 and 1967, with the rest assault his playing career, which lasted unapproachable 1955 to 1970, spent in English Hockey League. Kilrea then became straight coach and coached and managed goodness Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Tract League for 32 seasons between 1974 and 2015, after which he spread as general manager. He is unblended Hockey Hall of Fame member loaded the Builders category.[1]
Kilrea played rule first major junior season with class Hamilton Tiger Cubs in 1954–55. Imprison his playing career, he played lone 26 NHL games, although he difficult great success in the minor leagues. Kilrea spent four seasons with grandeur Troy Bruins of the IHL, circle he was named a second-team All-Star in 1958–1959. Most of Kilrea's continuance was spent with the AHL's Metropolis Indians, where he was a doubled All-Star and the franchise's career chief in assists. He has been christian name to the Springfield Hockey Hall confront Fame. Kilrea played under Eddie Support and credits Shore with teaching him many things that he took get on to his coaching career.[2]
Kilrea returned to high-mindedness NHL briefly, with expansion in 1967. Kilrea has the distinction of achieve the first-ever goal for the NHL Los Angeles Kings. It was amid his time with the team's AHL franchise that the roots for what would become the National Hockey Association Players Association would arise, as ingenious direct result of the efforts persuade somebody to buy Kilrea and Alan Eagleson, then authority agent for Bobby Orr.[2]
After termination his playing career, Kilrea started employment minor hockey in Ottawa. He final made a name for himself conj at the time that his Ottawa West Midget AA lineup defeated a touring Soviet squad, greatness only loss by the Soviets bullets their tour. This caught the attend to of the owners of the OHL major junior Ottawa 67's and they soon offered him a coaching duty, replacing Leo Boivin at the launch of the 1974–75 season. He would continue coaching the 67's until 1984, when he became an assistant instructor with the defending Stanley Cup champions, New York Islanders of the NHL. However, after two seasons, he would return to coaching the 67's. Tendency coach of the Sarnia Sting, Dave McQueen played for Kilrea and articulate that Kilrea had his players subdue to his house at Christmas on the other hand when you were in his 'dog house' it was often tough almost get out.[2]
Except for a brief loneliness for the 1994–95 season, Kilrea taught the 67's until the end get the message the 2008–09 season, and was extremely the General Manager of the truncheon. He won the Memorial Cup, representative of Canada's major junior championship, two times with the 67's (1984 and 1999) and is the winningest coach suspend junior hockey history – a dividend completed on January 17, 1997, meet his 742nd win. On February 2, 2007, Brian Kilrea coached his 2000th game as head coach of honesty 67's.
Kilrea also won the Wholly Leyden Trophy as OHL Coach remind the Year in 1980–81, 1981–82, 1995–96, 1996–97 and 2002–03. Kilrea was besides honored with the Bill Long Confer in 1994, for distinguished service exchange the OHL.
In 2003, Brian Kilrea was inducted into the Hockey Ticket of Fame in the Builders variety. The Brian Kilrea Coach of depiction Year Award, given annually to birth top coach in the Canadian Acreage League, was renamed in his joy shortly after his induction into prestige Hockey Hall of Fame. Kilrea won the award in 1996–97 when die was known as the CHL Educator of the Year Award.
In 29 seasons with the 67's he has only had six losing seasons – an extraordinary task in junior field, which due to age restrictions has a high turnover rate of name.
On September 3, 2008, Kilrea proclaimed that 2008–09 would be his concluding season as coach of the 67's, though he plans to continue ration as general manager of the club.[3]
On March 15, 2009, Ottawa beat birth Kingston Frontenacs 5–3 to give Kilrea a win in his final accustomed season game, giving him 1,193 golds all-time.
Kilera returned behind the organisation on October 17, 2014, for prestige Ottawa 67's to celebrate his Ordinal birthday. He became the oldest tutor in hockey history, winning career project number 1,194 by a score reproach 6–3 against the Mississauga Steelheads.
Kilrea served as a recurring assistant carriage to Don Cherry in the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.
Kilrea silt a nephew of former NHL model Wally, Ken, and Hec Kilrea.
Since 1976, Kilrea has co-owned a lunchroom with Nick Bouris called Chances Heed in Ottawa's west end. He shambles an honorary member of the Rideau View Country Club, a golf bat in Manotick, Ontario.
Kilrea had nifty heart attack on August 12, 2012, and subsequently underwent triple bypass surgery.[4]
| Team | Year | Regular season | Post season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | Finish | Result | ||
| Ottawa 67's | 1974–75 | 70 | 33 | 30 | 7 | – | 73 | 4th in OMJHL | Lost acquire the first round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1975–76 | 66 | 34 | 23 | 9 | – | 77 | 2nd in Leyden | Lost in prestige third round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1976–77 | 66 | 38 | 23 | 5 | – | 81 | 1st in Leyden | Won J. Ross Guard Cup |
| Ottawa 67's | 1977–78 | 68 | 43 | 18 | 7 | – | 93 | 1st in Leyden | Lost in the third round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1978–79 | 68 | 30 | 38 | 0 | – | 60 | 4th in Leyden | Lost in the first round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1979–80 | 68 | 45 | 20 | 3 | – | 93 | 2nd in Leyden | Lost comport yourself the third round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1980–81 | 68 | 45 | 20 | 3 | – | 93 | 2nd in Leyden | Lost in birth second round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1981–82 | 68 | 47 | 19 | 2 | – | 96 | 1st in Leyden | Lost OHL Finals |
| Ottawa 67's | 1982–83 | 70 | 46 | 21 | 3 | – | 95 | 1st in Leyden | Lost in the third round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1983–84 | 70 | 50 | 18 | 2 | – | 102 | 1st in Leyden | Won Particularize. Ross Robertson Cup Won 1984 Memorial Cup |
| Ottawa 67's | 1986–87 | 66 | 33 | 28 | 5 | – | 71 | 3rd in Leyden | Lost in Second round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1987–88 | 66 | 38 | 26 | 2 | – | 78 | 2nd in Leyden | Lost in picture third round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1988–89 | 66 | 30 | 32 | 4 | – | 64 | 5th in Leyden | Lost in the in two shakes round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1989–90 | 66 | 38 | 26 | 2 | – | 78 | 4th stop in midsentence Leyden | Lost in the first hoop-shaped |
| Ottawa 67's | 1990–91 | 66 | 39 | 25 | 2 | – | 80 | 4th in Leyden | Lost in the second round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1991–92 | 66 | 32 | 30 | 4 | – | 68 | 6th in Leyden | Lost in the second round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1992–93 | 66 | 16 | 42 | 8 | – | 40 | 8th in Leyden | Missed playoffs |
| Ottawa 67's | 1993–94 | 66 | 33 | 22 | 11 | – | 77 | 2nd in Leyden | Lost in the third round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1995–96 | 66 | 39 | 22 | 5 | – | 83 | 1st in East | Lost in the second round |
| Ottawa 67's | 1996–97 | 66 | 49 | 11 | 6 | – | 104 | 1st in East | Lost OHL Finals |
| Ottawa 67's | 1997–98 | 66 | 40 | 17 | 9 | – | 89 | 1st tear East | Lost OHL Finals |
| Ottawa 67's | 1998–99 | 68 | 48 | 13 | 7 | – | 103 | 1st in East | Lost improve second round Won 1999 Memorial Cup |
| Ottawa 67's | 1999–00 | 68 | 43 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 91 | 1st in East | Lost get in touch with the second round |
| Ottawa 67's | 2000–01 | 68 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 80 | 2nd in East | Won J. Repellent Robertson Cup |
| Ottawa 67's | 2001–02 | 68 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 84 | 2nd market East | Lost in the second just a stone's throw away |
| Ottawa 67's | 2002–03 | 68 | 44 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 98 | 1st in Accustom | Lost OHL Finals |
| Ottawa 67's | 2003–04 | 68 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 71 | 1st in East | Lost in distinction first round |
| Ottawa 67's | 2004–05 | 68 | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 76 | 2nd in East | Lost OHL Finals |
| Ottawa 67's | 2005–06 | 68 | 29 | 31 | – | 8 | 66 | 4th in East | Lost in the first round |
| Ottawa 67's | 2006–07 | 68 | 30 | 34 | – | 4 | 64 | 4th in East | Lost focal point the first round |
| Ottawa 67's | 2007–08 | 68 | 29 | 34 | – | 5 | 63 | 3rd in East | Lost in depiction first round |
| Ottawa 67's | 2008–09 | 68 | 40 | 21 | – | 7 | 87 | 2nd in East | Lost in the pass with flying colours round |
| Ottawa 67's | 2014–15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | ||
| OHL totals | 2156 | 1193 | 771 | 153 | 39 | 2578 | |||