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Patrick Kelly

 
Coordinator - Business Operations - East Coast Hockey League Inc.
 
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Company Name : East Coast Hockey League Inc.
 
Company Website : www.echl.com
 
Company Address : 116 Village Blvd.
Ste. 304, Princeton, NJ,
United States,
 
Patrick Kelly Profile :
Coordinator - Business Operations - East Coast Hockey League Inc.
 
Patrick Kelly Biography :

Patrick J. Kelly was named Commissioner Emeritus of the ECHL following the 1995-96 season, after serving as Commissioner for the first eight seasons of the ECHL.

Kelly celebrated his 50th season in hockey in 2002-03 having begun his career with the St. Catherine Teepees of the Ontario Junior Hockey League in 1952. He played professionally for the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League, the Trois Riveres Lions in the Quebec League, Troy Bruins of the International Hockey League and the Greensboro Generals of the Eastern Hockey League. He helped Crowland capture the 1948-49 Bantam B Championship of Ontario, beating Peterborough in the finals.

He began his coaching career in the Eastern Hockey League, beginning with the Jersey Devils and later with the Clinton (New York) Comets from 1965-73. Clinton was 151-39-28 and won three straight regular season and postseason titles from 1967-70. In 1967-68, the Comets finished with a 57-5-10 record, making them the only professional team in history to lose only five games or less in a season, and in 1969-70, Kelly was named Minor League Coach of the Year by The Hockey News. Kelly served as head coach and general manager for Charlotte in the Southern Hockey League from 1973-76 guiding the Checkers to a 136-68-12 record, two regular season titles and two postseason titles while earning Coach of the Year honors in the SHL twice.

He coached the Colorado Rockies in the National Hockey League in 1977-78 and is the only coach in history to lead the Rockies into the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Following coaching stops in the AHL, Kelly went to Peoria in the IHL where he led the Rivermen to the Turner Cup in his first season behind the bench in 1984-85. He recorded his 800th career win on January 4, 1987 and was inducted into the Peoria Sports Hall of Fame in February of 1990. Kelly was inducted into the Roanoke Hall of Fame and the Sports Hall of Fame in his hometown of Welland, Ontario in 1998, and in March of 2002 he became the first inductee into the Greensboro Hockey Hall of Fame when the Generals retired his uniform number (5).

Patrick and his wife, June, reside in Charlotte, North Carolina.

 
Patrick Kelly Colleagues :
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Brian Mckenna

Commissioner Please login

Kristin Kellner

Dir. - Finance Please login

Ryan Crelin

Exec., Marketing Assist. Please login

Rod Pasma

Sr. VP - Hockey Operations Please login

Bryan Lewis

Dir. - Officiating Please login


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