# Chris Kelland

Chris Kelland (born December 22, 1957) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defender who played his entire professional career in the United Kingdom. He also played for the Great Britain national team between 1991 and 1994. He was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame 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 in 2002.
* Number 21 shirt retired by Edinburgh Capitals on 15 December 2007.

## Career statistics
### Club

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1980–81 | Murrayfield Racers | Northern / SNL | 20 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 73 | | | | | |
| 1981–82 | Murrayfield Racers | Northern / SNL | 19 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 102 | | | | | |
| 1982–83 | Murrayfield Racers | BHL 1 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 1983–84 | Murrayfield Racers | BHL Prem | 20 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 58 |
| 1984–85 | Murrayfield Racers | BHL Prem | 32 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 145 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 1985–86 | Murrayfield Racers | BHL Prem | 35 | 33 | 58 | 91 | 139 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| 1986–87 | Murrayfield Racers | BHL Prem | 35 | 18 | 93 | 111 | 107 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 14 |
| 1987–88 | Murrayfield Racers | BHL Prem | 31 | 28 | 65 | 93 | 111 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 15 |
| 1988–89 | Murrayfield Racers | BHL Prem | 35 | 30 | 78 | 108 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1989–90 | Murrayfield Racers | BHL Prem | 23 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 1990–91 | Murrayfield Racers | BHL Prem | 36 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 112 | | | | | |
| 1991–92 | Nottingham Panthers | BHL Prem | 36 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 118 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 1992–93 | Nottingham Panthers | BHL Prem | 27 | 11 | 42 | 53 | 42 | | | | | |
| 1993–94 | Sheffield Steelers | BHL Prem | 42 | 7 | 41 | 48 | 127 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 1994–95 | Sheffield Steelers | BHL Prem | 44 | 14 | 54 | 68 | 90 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| 1995–96 | Sheffield Steelers | BHL Prem | 35 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 1996–97 | Sheffield Steelers | ISL | 42 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997–98 | Sheffield Steelers | ISL | 25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1998–99 | Solihull Blaze | ENIHL | 21 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 28 | | | | | |
| 1999–00 | Hull Thunder | BNL | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| 2000–01 | Coventry Blaze | BNL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |

### International

| | | | Tournament | Tournament | Tournament | Tournament | Tournament |
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1991 | Great Britain | World Championships Pool C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| 1992 | Great Britain | World Championships Pool C | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 1993 | Great Britain | World Championships Pool B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1994 | Great Britain | World Championships Pool A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |

## Footnotes

* ↑ "All Star Team". Ice Hockey Journalists UK. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
* ↑ "World Championship Best Defenceman Award Winners". A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
* ↑ "Capitals gearing up for Kelland's shirt retirement". Edinburgh Capitals. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
* ↑ "Chris Kelland's profile at hockeydb.com". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
* 1 2 3 "Chris Kelland - player profile and career stats". European Hockey.Net. Retrieved 20 November 2007.