Education
Kilpatrick attended the United States Naval Academy where he was an All-American soccer player.
Kilpatrick attended the United States Naval Academy where he was an All-American soccer player.
He was an original owner of the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League (AHL). He also served as senior vice president and general counsel for the AHL. After returning from the war, he earned a law degree from Yale Law School and practiced law in Branford, Connecticut, forming the firm of Kilpatrick, Kahl and Josephson with other former Navy officers. In 1970 he was approved as an owner of the expansion team, the New Haven Nighthawks, which began play with the 1972-1973 AHL season.
In the summer of 1997, the American Hockey League created the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy, which is presented annually to the AHL team that finishes the regular season with the most points.
Macgregor Kilpatrick died on August 30, 1997. In 2010, Kilpatrick was posthumously inducted into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame.