> Memorials - Pete Kelly

Coach Kelly Passes Away
Mar. 24th - Former UNB Athletics Director and Varsity Hockey Coach, Peter 'Pete' Kelly passed away on Monday. Pete coached UNB for 20 years, from 1947/48 to 1967/68. In that time the team UNB won 3 MIAU titles ('60, '62 & '64), their first since 1934, and a Bronze at the 2nd CIAU Nationals in Kingston ('64). The team also captured one MIAU-NB title ('48), 9 MIAU-NB/PEI titles ('49, '50, '52, '57, '58, '60, '62, '63, '64), one York County Intermediate Hockey League title ('49) and one Central NB Senior title ('59).

Pete won two Stanley Cups with Detroit during his professional career, 1936 & 1937.

A quick fact, the AUS (when it was the AUAA) named the East Division after Peter in 1985 when the league returned to using two divisons. The other division was named MacAdam after AJ. MacAdam who coached hockey at St. Dunstan's (now UPEI) in the 50's and 60's and was later the athletic director at SDU.

Read about Pete's life and experiences in the following articles...

UNB Player Stats

                   Regular Season           Playoffs
Season  League   GP   G   A  Pts PM    GP   G   A  PTS  PM
======= ======== ==  ==  ==  === ==    ==  ==  ==  ===  ==
1947-48 YCIHL     1   0   3   3   0  |  4   4   6   10   2
1948-49 YCIHL     3   2   1   3   0  |  3   5   5   10   0
1949-50 SNBIHL    5   7   5  12   4  |  1   0   0    0   0
                 ------------------    -------------------
                  9   9   9  18   4     8   9  11   20   2

UNB Coaching Record


1947/48   Only Playoffs               NB
1948/49   Only Playoffs               NB/PEI + YCIHL Champs
1949/50   Only Playoffs               NB/PEI
1950/51   Only Playoffs               
1951/52   Only Playoffs               NB/PEI
1952/53   Only Playoffs               
1953/54   Only Playoffs               
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Season    G    W    L   T  Pts  Win%  Title(s)
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1954/55   6    1    4   1    3  0.167 
1955/56   6    0    6   0    0  0.000 *
1956/57   6    6    0   0   12  1.000 NB/PEI
1957/58   4    3    1   0    6  0.750 NB/PEI
1958/59   6    2    3   1    5  0.333 CNBSHL Champs
1959/60   6    4    2   0    8  0.667 MIAU
1960/61   6    3    3   0    6  0.500 
1961/62   6    5    1   0   10  0.833 MIAU
1962/63  10    8    0   2   18  0.800 NB/PEI
1963/64  11    9    2   0   18  0.818 CIAU Bronze
1964/65  11    7    3   1   15  0.636 
1965/66  14    9    4   1   19  0.643 
1966/67  14    5    8   1   11  0.357 
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        106   62   37   7       0.617

* - LBR Built on University Avenue (Open Sat. Nov. 26th, 1955)

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