Ivan McLelland
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Born
March 15, 1931
South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada
Height
5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight
160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
Position
Goaltender
| Ivan McLelland | |||||||||||
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| Born |
March 15, 1931 South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||
| Position | Goaltender | ||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||
| Played for | Penticton Vees | ||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | ||||||||||
| Playing career | 1946–1957 | ||||||||||
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Ivan Harold McLelland (born March 15, 1931) was a Canadian ice hockey player with the Penticton Vees. He won a gold medal at the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships in West Germany.[1] In 2005, he was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.[2] He was born in South Porcupine, Ontario (now part of Timmins, Ontario).
At the 1955 IIHF world championship tournament, McLelland was outstanding. He recorded four shutouts for Canada, including a 5-0 whitewash of the Soviet Union in the game that decided the tournament's winner.
