Kevin Kerr (ice hockey)
Kevin Kerr (born September 18, 1967) is a Canadian retired professional hockey player and former head coach of the Flint Generals of the United/International Hockey League.
| Kevin Kerr | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | September 18, 1967 North Bay, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Rochester Americans Utica Devils Portland Pirates | ||
| NHL draft | 56th overall, 1986 Buffalo Sabres | ||
| Playing career | 1987–2005 | ||
Career edit
Kerr was drafted in the third round, 56th overall of the 1986 NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres.
On February 4, 2015, Kerr was named the inaugural head coach of the Macon Mayhem of the Southern Professional Hockey League.[1] The club played their first game in October 2015. In his second season as Macon's head coach he won the SPHL's coach of the year,[2] and went on to win the league championship, giving Macon its first professional sports title since the 1962 Macon Peaches baseball team.[3]
Kerr left the Mayhem after the 2017–18 season[4] and was named the head coach of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits in the ECHL.[5] The Swamp Rabbits did not renew his contract after the 2019–20 season and he returned to Macon,[6] where he then won his second SPHL coach of the year for the abbreviated 2020–21 season after he led the team to a regular season championship.[7] Kerr resigned following the season due to personal and family reasons.[8]
Career statistics edit
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1983–84 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 66 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 138 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||
| 1984–85 | Windsor Compuware Spitfires | OHL | 57 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 189 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||
| 1985–86 | Windsor Compuware Spitfires | OHL | 59 | 21 | 51 | 72 | 266 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 55 | ||
| 1986–87 | Windsor Compuware Spitfires | OHL | 63 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 264 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 45 | ||
| 1987–88 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 72 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 352 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 42 | ||
| 1988–89 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 66 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 306 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 43 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 219 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | ||
| 1989–90 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Cincinnati Cyclones | ECHL | 36 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 228 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 23 | ||
| 1990–91 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Cincinnati Cyclones | ECHL | 37 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 203 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 64 | ||
| 1991–92 | Utica Devils | AHL | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Birmingham Bulls | ECHL | 39 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 217 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Cincinnati Cyclones | IHL | 39 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Flint Generals | CoHL | 45 | 57 | 55 | 112 | 299 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 79 | ||
| 1993–94 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | ||
| 1994–95 | Flint Generals | CoHL | 62 | 63 | 56 | 119 | 284 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1995–96 | Flint Generals | CoHL | 66 | 53 | 47 | 100 | 204 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 24 | ||
| 1996–97 | Flint Generals | CoHL | 68 | 72 | 53 | 125 | 200 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 35 | ||
| 1997–98 | Flint Generals | UHL | 67 | 63 | 48 | 111 | 208 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 62 | ||
| 1998–99 | Quad City Mallards | UHL | 49 | 32 | 36 | 68 | 108 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 29 | ||
| 1998–99 | Mobile Mysticks | ECHL | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Quad City Mallards | UHL | 68 | 49 | 49 | 98 | 162 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 24 | ||
| 2000–01 | Phoenix Mustangs | WCHL | 34 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Flint Generals | UHL | 30 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Toledo Storm | ECHL | 61 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 120 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Elmira Jackals | UHL | 33 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Rockford IceHogs | UHL | 18 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2003–04 | Flint Generals | UHL | 53 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Flint Generals | UHL | 26 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Kalamazoo Wings | UHL | 13 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| AHL totals | 169 | 43 | 33 | 76 | 707 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 63 | ||||
| ECHL totals | 185 | 115 | 121 | 236 | 825 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 87 | ||||
| UHL totals | 357 | 224 | 221 | 445 | 789 | 54 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 127 | ||||
References edit
- ^ "Macon Mayhem hire first head coach | Peach State Sports Blog | Macon.com". www.macon.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Macon's Kevin Kerr named SPHL Coach of the Year". SPHL. April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Raising Mayhem: Macon brings home SPHL title". macon. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
- ^ "Kevin Kerr steps down from Mayhem, accepting coaching opportunity". SPHL. May 23, 2018.
- ^ "Kevin Kerr Takes Over as Swamp Rabbits Head Coach". Greenville Swamp Rabbits. May 23, 2018.
- ^ "Coach Kevin Kerr back with Macon Mayhem". WMGT-TV. July 20, 2020.
- ^ "Macon's Kevin Kerr named SPHL Coach of the Year". SPHL. May 25, 2021.
- ^ "Head Coach Kevin Kerr Steps Down". OurSports Central. August 9, 2021.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database