Barry Melrose, who coached the Wayne Gretzky -led Los Angeles Kings team that helped put the NHL and hockey on the map in the U.S., and who later became ESPN ‘s signature hockey analyst for almost two...

The news of Barry Melrose passing away at 70 hit the hockey world hard.

In his first season as an NHL head coach, the 36-year-old Melrose took Wayne Gretzky, Luc Robitaille and the Los Angeles Kings all the way to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final.