John Choyce
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John Leslie Choyce was a Canadian
ice hockey
coach. For seven seasons (1971 – 1980) he was a head coach in the Central Hockey League (CHL).
Choyce started his coaching career with the Kansas City Blues
when he was awarded the head coaching position in January 1971 during a mid-season shake-up that also saw Cliff Fletcher
appointed as the team's new general manager.
Choyce, who was born in Montreal
, Quebec
, was named the 1976-77 CHL Coach of the Year and was awarded the Jake Milford Trophy.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
coach. For seven seasons (1971 – 1980) he was a head coach in the Central Hockey League (CHL).
Choyce started his coaching career with the Kansas City Blues
Kansas City Blues (ice hockey)
The Kansas City Blues were a minor-league hockey team based in Kansas City, Missouri that played in the Central Hockey League from 1967 to 1972, and again in the 1976-77 season, mainly as an affiliate of the in-state St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. On February 21, 1971, Michel Plasse...
when he was awarded the head coaching position in January 1971 during a mid-season shake-up that also saw Cliff Fletcher
Cliff Fletcher
George Clifford Fletcher is a National Hockey League executive and is a former general manager of the Atlanta Flames/Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Phoenix Coyotes . He is currently a Senior Advisor to the Toronto Maple Leafs...
appointed as the team's new general manager.
Choyce, who was born in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, was named the 1976-77 CHL Coach of the Year and was awarded the Jake Milford Trophy.