Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Kilrea's Final Season

Brian Kilrea the current Ottawa 67's Head Coach and General Manager will his coaching career after this season. This was announced in a press conference this morning. Chris Byrne who's the current assistant coach will be the head coach starting in the 2009-2010 season.

That's amazing that Kilrea has lasted this long. Talk about an institution in Ottawa. I am not to familar with Kilrea but to survive 32 years in one place is amazing. Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden are the two coaches that come to mind with long careers with one team.

Why can't the Ottawa Senators be patient like the 67's. It seems like they are changing coaches every year. I know the NHL is a different beast then major juniors.

Brian's record speaks for itself, 1,153 wins in 2,008 appearances. Not too mention the two Memorial Cups and three OHL Championships. The CHL has already honored him when they renamed the coaches award to the Brian Kilrea Award in 2003. In the same year, he was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

It would be nice to see him honored this winter at World Junior Championship. Maybe Hockey Canada has something in store but I don't know.


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(Nathan can be reached at fbbhgfan@aol.com)

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