Former Vernon Vikings goaltender Ken Holland will be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The Edmonton Oilers named Holland General Manager and President of Hockey Operations May 7th, 2019.
Holland spent the past thirty three seasons with the Detroit Red Wings. Holland started as a scout with the 1985-86 Red Wings worked his way up to the team's General Manager/Ex. VP of hockey Operations.
Holland played one season in Vernon with the 1973-74 Vernon Vikings.
Holland was drafted 188th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in Round 12 of the 1975 NHL draft. Holland played in just four games with the Hartford Whalers & Detroit Red Wings before retiring from hockey and joining the Red Wings as a scout.
Ken Holland's Player Profile:
Holland headed to Hockey Hall of Fame
by Ryan Frankson / EdmontonOilers.com
June 24, 2020
Holland, who will be inducted to the HHOF as a builder, is currently in his first season as GM and President of Hockey Ops with the Oilers, following a 22-year tenure as GM of the Detroit Red Wings and more than 30 years total with the Motor City club.
The 64-year-old was Detroit's Assistant GM in 1997 when they won the Stanley Cup, and Holland went on to win three more championships with the Red Wings as their GM in 1998, 2002 and 2008.
"I am incredibly humbled by this honour," Holland said of his HHOF induction. "I am in this game because I loved it as a young man and I am happy to have been able to stay in the game."
Under his leadership as GM, the Red Wings also won the division title 10 times, the regular season conference title five times, the Presidents' Trophy four times, and won more regular season (789) and post-season (118) games than any other NHL team.
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