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• Barry Melrose is a former National Hockey League player and coach, as well as an announcer for ESPN. Melrose began the 2008-09 NHL season as head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, however was dismissed on November 14, 2008, just 16 games into the season.ESPN.com: Tocchet to Take over As Interim Coach After Melrose Gets Fired Melrose is set to return to broadcasting with ESPN on January 1, 2009.ESPN.com: Melrose Returns to ESPN as Analyst

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Barry James MelroseLegends of Hockey: Barry Melrose
  2. Born: July 15, 1956HockeyDB.com: Barry Melrose Career Stats
  3. Birthplace: Kelvington, Saskatchewan, CanadaHockeyDB.com: Barry Melrose Career Stats
  4. Position: DefensemanHockeyDB.com: Barry Melrose Career Stats
  5. Shoots: RightHockeyDB.com: Barry Melrose Career Stats
  6. Played in the NHL from 1979 to 1986Legends of Hockey: Barry Melrose
  7. Began his coaching career in 1987ESPN Media Zone: Barry Melrose
  8. Joined ESPN as a full time analyst in 1996ESPN Media Zone: Barry Melrose
  9. Appeared as himself in the 1999 hockey film Mystery, AlaskaESPN Media Zone: Barry Melrose

• Playing Career

  Melrose began playing minor league hockey in 1972 with the Weyburn Red Wings. In 1976, he was drafted 36th overall in the NHL draft by the Montreal Canadiens and 37th overall by the Cincinnati Stingers in the World Hockey Association draft. Melrose played with the Stingers for three years before joining the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL in 1979. After being traded to the Quebec Nordiques, Melrose was waived and picked up by the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 30, 1980. He stayed in Toronto for three seasons, then signed with the Detroit Red Wings on July 5, 1983. Melrose split the next four years between the Red Wings and their minor league affiliate, the Adirondack Red Wings, before retiring in 1987.Legends of Hockey: Barry Melrose

• Off The Ice

  In 1987, Melrose was hired to coach the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Western Hockey League. He continued to coach several minor league hockey teams over the next seven years before he was named head coach of the Los Angeles Kings in 1992. He spent three seasons with the Kings, then took an analyst position with ESPN in 1996. In June of 2008, the NHL announced that Melrose was selected as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning.ESPN Media Zone: Barry Melrose

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