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 StatsRegular 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 Record1947/48 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 ===================================== Season G W L T Pts Win% Title(s) ===================================== 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 ===================================== 106 62 37 7 0.617 * - LBR Built on University Avenue (Open Sat. Nov. 26th, 1955) |
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