page_title: Kirk McLean
section_title: Post-playing career
hierarchical_section_title: Kirk McLean / Post-playing career
caption_attribution_description: Retired Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kirk McLean with the Canucks alumni at a charity game in Smithers, British Columbia, in 2009. ( Full album here: http://aspectartsblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/canucks-alumni-vs-bc-conservation-officers/)
context_page_description: Kirk Alan McLean is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and New York Rangers. He played in the style of a stand-up goaltender.
  McLean played major junior hockey with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League and was drafted in the sixth round, 107th overall by the Devils in 1984. He played with the Devils' American Hockey League affiliate, the Maine Mariners, before being traded to the Canucks in 1987. He is best known for his 10 and a half seasons with the Canucks, during which time he was a finalist for two Vezina Trophies in 1989 and 1992, named to two NHL All-Star Games and received Second All-Star Team honours. In 1994, he backstopped the Canucks to the seventh game of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Rangers. In 1998, he was traded away and spent the final three seasons of his career with the Hurricanes, Panthers and Rangers, before retiring in 2001.
context_section_description: Following McLean's retirement, he was hired as a goaltending coach for the Kamloops Blazers of the WHL.  He served in that capacity for one season, in 2002–03.  McLean also returned to the Canucks organization as a broadcaster for the team's pay-per-view telecasts.
  McLean has also pursued the restaurant business in Vancouver, British Columbia.  He co-owns McLean's restaurant (opened June 24, 2010), the result of buying out other owners of So.cial at Le Magasin, a restaurant in the Gastown neighbourhood that opened in April 2007, with his former Canucks head coach, Bob McCammon.  McLean is also a part-owner in the Coquitlam Express, a Junior A team in the BCHL.  The ownership group includes several other former NHLers, including Darcy Rota, Bill Ranford and Dave Lowry.
  From Sept 3, 2010 to May 14, 2013, McLean served as Colorado Avalanche's goaltending consultant;. During the 2010–11 season, McLean was honoured by the Canucks in a ceremony prior to a game against the Avalanche on November 25, 2010. The organization made him the second inductee of the Canucks' Ring of Honour, commemorating the team's best players of all-time with plaques circling the Rogers Arena stands.
  McLean was named to BC's Hockey Hall of Fame on Jan 22, 2014.
caption: McLean with the Vancouver Canucks alumni in 2009
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