Brian Kilrea Brian Blair Kilrea ( born October 21 , 1934 in Ottawa , Ontario ) is a head coach , general manager and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame . Kilrea is a nephew of former NHL players Wally , Ken , and Hec Kilrea . Playing career . Kilrea played his first major junior season with the Hamilton Tiger Cubs in 1954 – 55 . In his playing career he played only 26 NHL games , although he had great success in the minor leagues . Kilrea spent four seasons with the Troy Bruins of the IHL , where he was named a second team All - Star in 1958 – 1959 . Most of Kilrea ' s career was spent with the AHL ' s Springfield Indians , where he was a multiple All - Star and the franchise ' s career leader in assists . He has been named to the Springfield Hockey Hall of Fame . Kilrea played under Eddie Shore and credits Shore with teaching him many things that he took into his coaching career . Kilrea returned to the NHL , briefly , with expansion in 1967 . Kilrea has the distinction of scoring the first - ever goal for the NHL Los Angeles Kings . Coaching career . After ending his playing career , Kilrea started coaching minor hockey in Ottawa . He first made a name for himself when his Ottawa West Midget AA team defeated a touring Soviet squad , the only loss by the Soviets on their tour . This caught the attention of the owners of the OHL major junior Ottawa 67 ' s and they soon offered him a coaching job , replacing Leo Boivin . He began coaching the at the start of the 1974 – 75 season . He would continue coaching the 67 ' s until 1984 , when he became an assistant coach with the defending Stanley Cup champions , New York Islanders of the NHL . However , after two seasons , he would return to coaching the 67 ' s . Head coach of the Sarnia Sting , Dave McQueen played for Kilrea and says that Kilrea had his players over to his house at Christmas but when you were in his ' dog house ' it was often tough to get out . Except for a brief retirement for the 1994 – 95 season , Kilrea has coached the 67 ' s ever since , and is also the General Manager of the club . He has won the Memorial Cup , emblematic of Canada ' s major junior championship , twice with the 67 ' s ( 1984 and 1999 ) and is the winningest coach in junior hockey history - a task completed on January 17 , 1997 with his 742nd win . On February 2 , 2007 , Brian Kilrea coached his 2000th game as head coach of the 67 ' s . Kilrea has also won the Matt Leyden Trophy as OHL Coach of the Year in 1980 – 81 , 1981 – 82 , 1995 – 96 , 1996 – 97 and 2002 – 03 . Kilrea was also honoured with the Bill Long Award in 1994 , for distinguished service to the OHL . In 2003 , Brian Kilrea was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builders category . The Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award , given annually to the top coach in the Canadian Hockey League , was renamed in his honour shortly after his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame . Kilrea won the award in 1996 – 97 when it was known as the CHL Coach of the Year Award . In twenty - nine seasons with the 67 ' s he has only had six losing seasons - an extraordinary task in junior hockey , which due to age restrictions has a high turnover rate of players . On September 3 , 2008 , Kilrea announced that 2008 – 09 would be his final season as coach of the 67 ' s , though he plans to continue serving as general manager of the club . On March 15 , 2009 , Ottawa beat the Kingston Frontenacs 5 - 3 to give Kilrea a win in his final regular season game , giving him 1 , 193 wins all - time . Career statistics . " Note : GP = Games played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , Pts = Points , GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against , PIM = Penalties in minutes " External links . 1 . http : / / www . cbc . ca / sportsnews / story / 2008 / 09 / 03 / ot - kilrea - 080903 . html