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National team
  
Great Britain

Height
  
1.78 m

Position
  
Defenseman

Role
  
Ice hockey player

Career end
  
2001

Name
  
Chris Kelland

Career start
  
1980

Playing career
  
1980–2001

Weight
  
82 kg


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Born
  
December 22, 1957 (age 66) Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN (
1957-12-22
)

Played for
  
Murrayfield Racers, Nottingham Panthers, Sheffield Steelers, Coventry Blaze, Hull Thunder

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Chris Kelland (born December 22, 1957 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a retired Canadian 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. 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

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Fireman Chris


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.

    • References

    Chris Kelland Wikipedia
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