• Brian Blair "Killer" Kilrea (born October 21, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey head coach, general manager, and player. He played 26 games in the...
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    the 67's hired a young up-and-coming coach named Brian Kilrea as both coach and general manager. Kilrea coached the team to three successive improved winning...
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    The Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award is given out annually to the coach of the year in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Originally called the CHL...
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  • coached by celebrities Don Cherry and Bobby Orr, joined by assistants, Brian Kilrea, Blair Machasey, and Bob Loucks. Team Cherry won 9–3, led by Lance Ward...
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  • team with star forwards Pidhirny, Anderson, Ken Schinkel, Bruce Cline, Brian Kilrea, and defensemen Ted Harris, Kent Douglas, Noel Price and Bob McCord,...
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  • Trophy George Parsons Trophy Hap Emms Memorial Trophy Ed Chynoweth Trophy Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award CHL Player of the Year CHL Top Scorer Award CHL...
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    Killer (2010), a collection of stories from legendary junior hockey coach Brian Kilrea, the essay collection The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys (2010),...
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  • career Kilrea worked for the Ford Motor Company. His brothers Ken Kilrea, and Wally Kilrea, and nephew Brian Kilrea also played in the NHL. Brian would...
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  • Fame coach Brian Kilrea for his longevity and Roger Neilson for respect in the hockey world. "His name should be put up there with Brian Kilrea's in terms...
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  • Dale Hunter twice, in 2003–04 and 2004–05. Dale Hunter also won the Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award, emblematic of CHL Coach of the Year honours...
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  • major junior national championships, in 2009 and 2010 and won the CHL's Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award twice, in 2008 and 2009. Boughner grew up in...
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    Trophy as the WHL's top coach, and also won the Canadian Hockey League's Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award. Calgary improved to 51–13–8 in 1998–99, finishing...
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    Memorial Cup champions. The Ottawa 67's, coached by the "legendary" Brian Kilrea, finished in a distant 6th place in their conference but made a strong...
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  • Chet Pickard: 2007–08 CHL Top Scorer Award Brendan Shinnimin: 2011–12 Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award Jim Hiller: 2011–12 Four Broncos Memorial Trophy...
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  • commentary for Spitfires games, alongside Bill Kelso on play-by-play and Brian Trenholm with analysis. However, in August 2012, TVCogeco announced that...
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  • village Kilrea, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, a townland; see List of townlands in County Armagh Brian Kilrea, coach and former player Hec Kilrea, player...
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  • in Ottawa, Ontario. Ken was the brother of Hec Kilrea and Wally Kilrea and the uncle of Brian Kilrea. Biographical information and career statistics...
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  • Award Year All-WCHA Second Team 1991–92 AHCA West Second-Team All-American 1991–92 Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award 2011–12...
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    Award Year QMJHL Ron Lapointe Trophy 2005–06 OHL Matt Leyden Trophy 2018–19, 2019–20 CHL Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award 2019–20...
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  • brian-kilrea-award-excellence-coaching Mayor Watson announces 2016 Order of Ottawa inductees and Brian Kilrea Award for Excellence...
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  • aside as coach in 2007 and his brother, Brian Sutter, took over the reins of the team for the 2007–08 season. Brian was with the team for just one season...
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  • eclipsing the 100,000 mark in 2012–13 and again in 2013–14. 2000–2001, Brian O'Leary 2001–2002, Frank Carnevale 2002–2007, Mike Stothers 2007–2011, Mark...
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    Shore suspended the two players who spoke for the team, one of whom was Brian Kilrea. Alan Eagleson, then a little-known lawyer and sometime politician, was...
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    goals and 86 assists for 111 points. He won the Memorial Cup under coach Brian Kilrea in 1984 scoring 12 points. At age 19, he made his NHL debut with the...
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  • Hossa Gordie Howe Mark Howe Syd Howe Brett Hull Duke Keats Red Kelly Brian Kilrea Igor Larionov Herbie Lewis Nicklas Lidstrom Ted Lindsay Harry Lumley...
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  • His brothers Hec and Ken also played in the NHL, as did his nephew Brian Kilrea. His son Wally Jr. was an All-American at Yale. "1953-1954 All-American...
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    RBC Cup: 1997 Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Fame: inducted 2001 Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award: 2010, 2011 IIHF World Championship – gold medal:...
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  • Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2007. "Brian Kilrea". Legends of Hockey. Retrieved April 11, 2007. "?". Hockeygoalies.org...
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    28, 2017. "Mayor Watson Announces 2016 Order of Ottawa Inductees and Brian KilreaAward for Excellence in Coaching Recipient". City of Ottawa. November...
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  • Award Year All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 1991–92 Ron Lapointe Trophy (QMJHL) 2012–13 Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award (CHL) 2012–13...
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