Vegas GM Kelly McCrimmon Honors Late Brother with Stanley Cup Visit

Vegas general manager Kelly McCrimmon’s day with the Stanley Cup was spent in his adopted hometown of Brandon, Manitoba.

He posed with the Cup at the Keystone Centre, where the Brandon Wheat Kings play, a Western Hockey League team he once owned. Behind him were two posters — one of his late brother Brad, and former Wheat Kings star Brian Propp.

Brad McCrimmon was one of the Flyers’ best defensemen. His partnership with Mark Howe on the blue line might have been the Flyers’ best defensive duo in history. Brad McCrimmon played in Philadelphia from 1982-87, helping the Flyers advance to the Stanley Cup finals in 1985 and 1987.

Brad McCrimmon died in a plane crash in September 2011. He was on a private jet carrying a Russian professional hockey team when it crashed soon after takeoff. Brad McCrimmon was 52.

Kelly McCrimmon brought the Cup to Brandon, where Brad played junior hockey from 1976-79. Brad won the Stanley Cup in 1989 with Calgary,

“It was something I thought of when we [Vegas] got to the finals that it was a possibility and certainly when we won that night, it was front and center in my mind,” Kelly McCrimmon told CTV News-Winnipeg.

“Just makes it that much more meaningful. Pretty unique that there’s an opportunity to join him on the Stanley Cup.”

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