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Barry Melrose, former NHL player-turned-coach and broadcaster, dead at 70

CBC Sports · September 9, 2026 at 10:00 p.m.

Barry Melrose, former NHL player-turned-coach and broadcaster, dead at 70

Barry Melrose, a hockey player-turned-coach who led the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final before going on to a long career in broadcasting the sport, has died.

He was 70.

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