Kirk McLean
Ice Hockey, Ice hockey player
1966 –
Who is Kirk McLean?
Kirk Alan McLean is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and New York Rangers. He played in the style of a stand-up goaltender.
McLean played major junior hockey with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League and was drafted in the sixth round, 107th overall by the Devils in 1984. He played with the Devils' American Hockey League affiliate, the Maine Mariners, before being traded to the Canucks in 1987. He is best known for his 10 and a half seasons with the Canucks, during which time he was a finalist for two Vezina Trophies in 1989 and 1992, named to two NHL All-Star Games and received Second All-Star Team honours. In 1994, he backstopped the Canucks to the seventh game of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Rangers. In 1998, he was traded away and spent the final three seasons of his career with the Hurricanes, Panthers and Rangers, before retiring in 2001.
Since retiring, McLean has been a goaltending coach for the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League, worked in broadcasting with the Canucks' pay-per-view telecasts and became a part-owner of the British Columbia Hockey League's Burnaby Express. He has also become involved in the restaurant business in Vancouver.
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- Born
- Jun 26, 1966
Willowdale, Toronto - Spouses
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Lived in
- Willowdale, Toronto
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on July 23, 2013
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