The full name of Doug Gilmour is Doglas Robert Gilmour. Presently, he is retired professional ice hockey player. He played the particular sport of ice hockey for the Canadian national team. Doug was born on 25th June in the year 1963. After his retirement from the game of ice hockey, he still had certain attachments with the game of ice hockey. Currently, he is the general manager for the team of Kingston Frontenacs. This particular hockey team is the part of Ontario Hockey League or OHL.
In his entire career of ice hockey, Doug particularly played for seven national hockey league clubs. The clubs for which this particular player played are Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils, Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks. He also played the role of captain particularly for the teams of Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames.
In the year 1989, Doug Gilmour was successful in winning the Stanley Cup. At this time he was plating for the team of Calgary Flames. In the year 1993, Doug won the Frank J. Selke Trophy. At that time he was playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs team and he won this particular award in the category of best defensive forward. Doug was nickname as the Killer by his fans. He had small body figure while compared with the average physique of ice hockey players. Despite of having small figure, he never felt it to be its disadvantage instead, he always gave a very tough competition to its opponent in the defensive position. He had made many achievements in the particular sport of ice hockey. He is regarded as one of the best defenseman of his age. In the year 2011, the name of Doug Gilmour was included in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Doug has married for three times. In his three marriages, he has got four children. He has got two daughters and two sons. His elder daughter is of his first marriage, the two sons are of his second marriage. The name of the youngest daughter is Victoria. Victoria is the daughter of this third marriage. The name of his third wife is Sonja Gilmour. The names of his sons are Tyson and Jake Gilmour. Both his sons are promising hockey players of the young generation. On 17th of November in the year 2008, Doug Gilmour became the manager of Kingston Frontenacs.
