Byron Brad McCrimmon - Born March 29, 1959 in Dodsland, Saskatchewan - Died September 7, 2011in Yaroslavl, Russia was a Canadian ice Hockey defenceman and coach.

- 1978 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Bronze Medal Winner with Team Canada.

- Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy Winner 1978 with Brandon Wheat Kings.

- Ed Chynoweth Cup (President's Cup) Champion 1979 with Brandon Wheat Kings.
Memorial Cup finalist and selected to Memorial Cup All-Star Team 1979.

- Prince of Wales Trophy Champion 1985, 1987 with Philadelphia Flyers.

- Clarence S. Campbell Bowl Champion 1989 with Calgary Flames.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1989 with Calgary Flames.
Stanley Cup finalist 1985, 1987.

- NHL President’s Trophy Champion 1988, 1989 with Calgary Flames.

McCrimmon played his junior Hockey with Prince Albert Raiders and Brandon Wheat Kings, helping Brandon win the Western Hockey League / WHL championship in 1979.

McCrimmon made his NHL debut with Boston Bruins on October 11, 1970 vs Winnipeg Jets at Boston Garden in a 4-0 Bruins win.

McCrimmon scored his 1st NHL goal vs Eddie Mio of Edmonton Oilers at 14:00 of 1st period on November 4, 1979 at Northlands Coliseum in a 2-1 Bruins win.

McCrimmon was traded to Philadelphia Flyers in June 1982 and would win the Flyers Barry Ashbee Trophy for the 1984-85 season and helped them reach the Stanley Cup finals in 1985 and 1987.

McCrimmon was traded to Calgary Flames in August 1987 and would help them win back to back NHL regular season championships in 1988 and 1989, also helping them win the 1989 Stanley Cup championship.

McCrimmon would be traded to Detroit Red Wings in June 1990, who later traded him to Hartford Whalers in June 1993.

McCrimmon would finish his playing days with Phoenix Coyotes in 1996-97 season.

McCrimmon played in 1222 regular season NHL games, scoring 81 goals (15 GWG), 322 assists with 1416 penalty minutes and 116 NHL playoff games, scoring 11 goals (2 GWG), 18 assists with 176 penalty minutes.

After retiring as a player, McCrimmon turned to coaching, 1st with Saskatoon Blades, then a assistant coach with Calgary Flames and Atlanta Thrashers.

McCrimmon would take on the head coaching position with the KHL Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, but on his was to their 1st KHL game of the 2011-12 season, their plane he was on, a Yakovlev Yak-42 regional jet aircraft operated by the Russian charter air carrier Yak-Service crashed on take-off from Tunoshna Airport in Yaroslavl, Russia and almost the entire team perished in the accident.

Brad McCrimmon was inducted into the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame in 2014