JOHN PAUL KELLY

John grew up on a farm just outside of Lloydminster.  He played minor hockey in the Lloydminster system and one year of Midget hockey in Marwayne before playing one year of Junior B in Vermilion.
 

At age sixteen John left home and played Junior A Tier II in Maple Ridge, BC. From there he went to play three years of Major A Junior hockey with the New Westminster Bruins ins winning back to back Memorial Cup Championships. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 1979 going fiftieth overall in the third round. John played over four hundred games in the seven seasons he was with the Kings.


He now lives northwest of Lloydminster with his wife Lorraine (nee Leier) and their family and farms the original family farm.