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Duthie Mr Kilreas Opus LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityeotText SizeHmm this is a problemHow do you write an accurate Brian Kilrea tribute when all the good stories have too many expletives to repeatIf they ever film The Brian Kilrea Story HBO will be the only optionI remember this one game we lost 72 says Brian Patafie the 67s longtime athletic trainer I came home and my wife asked What did Killer say after the game I said Do you want me to include all the expletives She said No So I said He didnt say anythingThe punch line works because you know its true We just interviewed a dozen current and former Kilrea players for an upcoming piece on his retirement and not one had a good yarn that could be told without editing to the point of distortion Theres nothing I can repeat on television laughs Doug Willson And Michael Peca And Gary Roberts And Brian Campbell And Nick Boynton And Brendan Bell And all of themSo instead we turn to the serious stuff the WhatKillerMeantToMe material And sometimes the words wouldnt come easy here either For a different reasonTake goalieturnedanalyst Darren Pang one of the most cheerful chatty characters youll ever meet This is a man who frequently makes monkey faces on national television (Panger does a monkey better thanmost monkeys) just to crack up the host He has also done his hilarious Kilrea imitation every single time I have worked with him which is now in triple digitsAnd yet when we asked him to send a message to his old coach on camera he lost it KillerI just cant say enough Thats as far as Panger got before breaking down And you know what No more words were requiredSeeing Panger get that emotional and hearing the countless other testimonials from Kilreas former players this week I keep thinking of Mr Hollands Opus I know Killer isnt quite as warm and fuzzy as Richard Dreyfuss was in that tearjerker about a music teacher who finally realizes how many lives he has touchedBut as you sit and read the alphabetical list of every player who has come through Killers dressing room 500 strong you realize they are Mr Kilreas OpusI can remember when Steve Payne was with the team and in his last year we lost out in the playoffs in Peterborough Kilrea remembers sitting in the 67s empty dressing room One of our guys came in and said Steves Dad wants to see you So I went out and he said I just wanted to thankyou I gave you a boy and you are giving me back a manKillers eyes well up That meant a lotAnd isn...