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	'''Michael Elwin Kitchen''' (born February 1, 1956) is a [[Canadians\|Canadian]] former [[defenceman]] and coach. He most recently was an assistant coach for the [[Florida Panthers]] of the [[National Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=63340 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203053542/http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=63340 \|archive-date=2012-02-03 \|title=Mike Kitchen Bio - Chicago Blackhawks - Team}}</ref> As of February 2016, ~~Kitch~~ has coached in over 2400 NHL games including playoffs. In 2012/2013 he assisted in coaching the Hawks to their longest winning streak without a loss. He also spent time as the head coach of the Lake Simcoe Snappers, the Georgina Men’s League Champions.		'''Michael Elwin Kitchen''' (born February 1, 1956) is a [[Canadians\|Canadian]] former [[defenceman]] and coach. He most recently was an assistant coach for the [[Florida Panthers]] of the [[National Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=63340 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203053542/http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=63340 \|archive-date=2012-02-03 \|title=Mike Kitchen Bio - Chicago Blackhawks - Team}}</ref> As of February 2016, Kitchen has coached in over 2400 NHL games including playoffs. In 2012/2013 he assisted in coaching the Hawks to their longest winning streak without a loss. He also spent time as the head coach of the Lake Simcoe Snappers, the Georgina Men’s League Champions.

	He was selected in the third round of the [[1976 NHL Amateur Draft]], 38th overall, by the [[Kansas City Scouts]]. He was also taken in the seventh round of the [[1976 WHA Amateur Draft]], 83rd overall, by the [[Toronto Toros]], although Kitchen ultimately chose to enter the NHL. Kitchen was born in [[Newmarket, Ontario]], but grew up in [[Schomberg, Ontario]].		He was selected in the third round of the [[1976 NHL Amateur Draft]], 38th overall, by the [[Kansas City Scouts]]. He was also taken in the seventh round of the [[1976 WHA Amateur Draft]], 83rd overall, by the [[Toronto Toros]], although Kitchen ultimately chose to enter the NHL. Kitchen was born in [[Newmarket, Ontario]], but grew up in [[Schomberg, Ontario]].

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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1956)}}
{{for|the English actor|Michael Kitchen}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| position = [[Defenceman|Defence]]
| image = Mike Kitchen.jpg
| caption = Kitchen as an assistant coach for the Blackhawks
| image_size = 230px
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 185
| played_for = [[Colorado Rockies (NHL)|Colorado Rockies]]<br>[[New Jersey Devils]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|2|1}}
| birth_place = [[Newmarket, Ontario|Newmarket]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| draft = 38th overall
| draft_team = [[Kansas City Scouts]]
| draft_year = 1976
| wha_draft = 83rd overall
| wha_draft_year = 1976
| wha_draft_team = [[Toronto Toros]]
| career_start = 1976
| career_end = 1985
}}
'''Michael Elwin Kitchen''' (born February 1, 1956) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former [[defenceman]] and coach. He most recently was an assistant coach for the [[Florida Panthers]] of the [[National Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=63340 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203053542/http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=63340 |archive-date=2012-02-03 |title=Mike Kitchen Bio - Chicago Blackhawks - Team}}</ref> As of February 2016, Kitch has coached in over 2400 NHL games including playoffs. In 2012/2013 he assisted in coaching the Hawks to their longest winning streak without a loss. He also spent time as the head coach of the Lake Simcoe Snappers, the Georgina Men’s League Champions.

He was selected in the third round of the [[1976 NHL Amateur Draft]], 38th overall, by the [[Kansas City Scouts]]. He was also taken in the seventh round of the [[1976 WHA Amateur Draft]], 83rd overall, by the [[Toronto Toros]], although Kitchen ultimately chose to enter the NHL. Kitchen was born in [[Newmarket, Ontario]], but grew up in [[Schomberg, Ontario]].

Mike is well known for his charitable work and has used his day with the Stanley Cup to raise funds for [[Southlake Regional Health Centre]] and other local charities.

Kitchen is the older brother of [[Bill Kitchen (ice hockey)|Bill Kitchen]], also a former hockey player.

==Playing career==
A defensive defenceman, Kitchen played his amateur career with the [[Toronto Marlboros]] of the [[Ontario Hockey Association]], winning a [[Memorial Cup]] in 1975. He turned professional for the [[1976–77 NHL season]], serving a brief, 14-game apprenticeship [[Providence Reds|Rhode Island Reds]] of the [[American Hockey League|AHL]], before making his NHL debut. Kitchen joined the newly relocated [[Colorado Rockies (NHL)|Colorado Rockies]] in his first professional season, and spent his entire NHL career with the same franchise, becoming the only player to play for the Rockies in all six seasons of their existence. The team moved to [[New Jersey]] after the [[1981–82 NHL season]], and Kitchen went on to play two more seasons for the [[New Jersey Devils]]. Kitchen was sent to the [[Maine Mariners (AHL)|Maine Mariners]] of the AHL for the entire [[1984–85 NHL season]], and decided to retire following that season's conclusion.

==Coaching career==
Kitchen was hired as an assistant coach by the [[Newmarket Saints]] of the AHL for the [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89 season]], and was subsequently hired for the same position by the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], where he spent eight seasons helping them to conference finals appearances in 1993 and 1994. He then left Toronto for the same position with the [[St. Louis Blues]] franchise, a position he held until his elevation to head coach halfway through the [[2003–04 NHL season]]. The Blues struggled and were 9th place in the Western Conference when they fired Joel Quenneville and replaced him with Kitchen as head coach. However under Kitchen, they picked up their play and went 10–7–4 in the process to make the playoffs once again.

In the 2005–2006 NHL season, Mike Kitchen led a younger group of Blues to a 21–46–15 record. 2006–2007 started the same as the Blues stumbled out of the gate to a 7–17–4 mark. On December 11, 2006, after a seven-game losing streak, Kitchen was fired as head coach of the St. Louis Blues and replaced by former [[Los Angeles Kings]] head coach [[Andy Murray (hockey player)|Andy Murray]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Blues fire Kitchen, hire Murray|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2694645|work=ESPN.com|access-date=16 August 2013|date=December 12, 2006}}</ref> Blues president [[John Davidson (ice hockey)|John Davidson]] indicated that he would like Kitchen to remain with the organization in a different capacity.

At the end of that season, Kitchen left the Blues to become an assistant coach with the [[Florida Panthers]] in 2007. He stayed with the club through the 2009-2010 season. With that contract having expired, on July 12, 2010 Mike agreed to a contract with the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] which saw him reunited with head coach [[Joel Quenneville]]. Joel and Mike had coached together in St. Louis from 1998 - 2003, leading the [[St. Louis Blues|Blues]] to a franchise record 114 points in 1999-2000 while winning the President’s Trophy.

The Hawks were fresh off their first Stanley Cup victory in 49 years. Since arriving, Kitchen helped the team win two more Stanley Cups, in 2012-2013 and in 2014-2015.

Kitchen was relieved of his duties with the Blackhawks, which focused on defense and the penalty kill, on April 24, 2017 following the team's second consecutive first-round playoff exit, this time against the [[Nashville Predators]] after a 4-0 sweep.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Price|first1=Satchel|title=Blackhawks fire assistant coach Mike Kitchen|url=http://www.secondcityhockey.com/2017/4/24/15409064/mike-kitchen-fired-blackhawks-coaching-change-2017|access-date=April 25, 2017|publisher=SB Nation-Second City Hockey|date=April 24, 2017}}</ref>

In 2018, Kitchen joined Team Canada for the first time as an assistant coach. The team participated in the [[2018_Spengler_Cup#Teams_participating|92nd Spengler Cup]], which was held from 26 to 31 December 2018 at the Vaillant Arena, Davos. Canada placed second in this tournament.

After being away from hockey for two seasons, Kitchen reunited once more with Joel Quenneville this time with the [[Florida Panthers]] again for the second time In his career as an assistant coach with the team, this time instead working under Quenneville’s watch for the upcoming 2019-20 NHL Season.

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| 1972–73
| [[Aurora Tigers]]
| [[Ontario Junior Hockey League|OPJAHL]]
| 44 || 5 || 14 || 19 || 138
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1973–74 OHA season|1973–74]]
| [[Toronto Marlboros]]
| [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA]]
| 69 || 3 || 17 || 20 || 145
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1974–75 OMJHL season|1974–75]]
| Toronto Marlboros
| [[Ontario Hockey League|OMJHL]]
| 68 || 5 || 30 || 35 || 136
| 21 || 1 || 9 || 10 || 35
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1975 Memorial Cup|1974–75]]
| Toronto Marlboros
| [[Memorial Cup|M-Cup]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 8
|-
| [[1975–76 OMJHL season|1975–76]]
| Toronto Marlboros
| OMJHL
| 65 || 6 || 18 || 24 || 148
| 10 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 26
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1976–77 AHL season|1976–77]]
| [[Providence Reds|Rhode Island Reds]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 14 || 0 || 10 || 10 || 14
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1976–77 NHL season|1976–77]]
| [[Colorado Rockies (NHL)|Colorado Rockies]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 60 || 1 || 8 || 9 || 36
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]]
| Colorado Rockies
| NHL
| 61 || 2 || 17 || 19 || 45
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
| [[1978–79 NHL season|1978–79]]
| Colorado Rockies
| NHL
| 53 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 28
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]]
| Colorado Rockies
| NHL
| 42 || 1 || 6 || 7 || 25
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1979–80 CHL season|1979–80]]
| [[Fort Worth Texans]]
| [[Central Professional Hockey League|CHL]]
| 30 || 0 || 9 || 9 || 22
| 15 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 16
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81]]
| Colorado Rockies
| NHL
| 75 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 100
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1981–82 CHL season|1981–82]]
| Fort Worth Texans
| CHL
| 13 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 16
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]]
| Colorado Rockies
| NHL
| 63 || 1 || 8 || 9 || 60
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]
| [[New Jersey Devils]]
| NHL
| 77 || 4 || 8 || 12 || 52
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]
| New Jersey Devils
| NHL
| 43 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 24
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1984–85 AHL season|1984–85]]
| [[Maine Mariners (AHL)|Maine Mariners]]
| AHL
| 12 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 10
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 474 !! 12 !! 62 !! 74 !! 370
! 2 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2
|}

===Coaching record===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center; width:45em;"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Team !! rowspan="2" | Year !! colspan="7" | [[Regular season]] !! colspan="1" | [[Playoffs|Post season]]
|-
! G !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! Pts !! Finish !! Result
|-
! [[St. Louis Blues|STL]] || [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
| 21 || 10 || 7 || 4 || 0 || (91) || 2nd in [[Central Division (NHL)|Central]] || Lost in first round
|-
! STL || [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]
| 82 || 21 || 46 || – || 15 || 57 || 5th in Central || Missed playoffs
|-
! STL || [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]
| 28 || 7 || 17 || – || 4 || (81) || 3rd in Central || (fired)
|-
! colspan="2" | Total || 131 || 38 || 70 || 4 || 19
|}

==Transactions==

*July 15, 1976 - Kitchen's rights transferred to Colorado after the franchise relocated
*June 30, 1982 - Kitchen's rights transferred to New Jersey after the franchise relocated

==Awards==
*1975 - OMJHL First All-Star Team
*1975 - Memorial Cup Tournament All-Star Team
*[[2013 Stanley Cup Finals|2013]] and [[2015 Stanley Cup Finals|2015]] – [[Stanley Cup]] Champion
*2016 - Inducted into the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame in the category of Athlete/Hockey.

Click on the link and watch Kitchen’s induction ceremony and video documentary.
https://aurorashof.ca/inductee/mike-kitch-kitchen/

==See also==
* [[List of NHL head coaches]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{icehockeystats}}

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{{succession box | before = [[Joel Quenneville]] | title = [[List of St. Louis Blues head coaches|Head coach of the St. Louis Blues]] | years = 2004–06 | after = [[Andy Murray (ice hockey coach)|Andy Murray]] }}
{{s-end}}

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