Barry Melrose, the former NHL coach, professional hockey player and Emmy-winning television analyst who became one of the sport’s most recognizable personalities in the United States, has died at the age of 70. Melrose died on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, three years after stepping away from broadcasting following his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in 2023. For more than five decades, Melrose remained closely connected to hockey as a player, coach and television analys