Brian Burke
Hockey Player and Sports Executive
These Toronto Maple Leafs Need Your Patience...team would want to admit, continued patience this season is called for once again. With the much anticipated and heralded signing of Brian Burke, many assumed the team would change immediately and begin a new culture of winning. This culture... In this article: Phil Kessel, Brian Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto, Stanley Cup, John Mitchell, Luke Schenn, Ron Francis, and Carl Gunnarsson |
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Bleacher Report | 1 day ago
Brian Burke, Carl Gunnarsson Help the Toronto Maple Leafs Shine Down South
...BEEP...what is that annoying noise? BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEEP! Amazingly enough, all it took for Brian Burke to momentarily escape the doghouse in Leafs Land was for his son Brendon to "come out ". Good for him for...
In this article: Toronto Maple Leafs, Carl Gunnarsson, Luke Schenn, Ron Wilson, Panthers, Tampa Bay, and Bryan McCabe
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thestar.com | 2 days ago
Thursday Mail Bag
...for Phil Kessel, even though he's an excellent player, the Leafs will have no first rounders for the next two years. Even if Brian Burke trades for a first rounder now it will most likely not be at the level they've given up already. The...
In this article: Phil Kessel, Nikolai Kulemin, Kyle Turris, Ron Wilson, Luke Schenn, and Tampa, Florida
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thestar.com | 3 days ago
Burke lauded for support of gay son
...know,' says Leafs coach of long-time friend Brendan Burke and his dad, Leafs general manager Brian Burke. TAMPA, FLA.-Brian Burke can be gruff and macho, belligerent and truculent. He can scowl and snarl with the best of them. In short,...
In this article: Jamal Mayers, Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos, James Duthie, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Lightning
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Cox: A son's secret, Brian Burke's love
`I hope the day comes - and soon - when this is not a story' Brian Burke Brendan Burke and his dad, Leafs general manager Brian Burke. rian Burke loves telling stories about his kids, all six of them. Of his son Brendan, he in particular...
In this article: Espn.com, John Buccigross, California, Florida, Homophobia, Tobacco, and University of Miami
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National Post | 4 days ago
No limits placed on Burke's love for son
...during halftime of a Toronto Raptors game. "It's about my son, and his courage. It's not about me." He is only partly right. When Brian Burke took the general manager's job in Vancouver in 1998, it was because nobody else was hiring. He had...
In this article: John Buccigross, Vancouver, Espn.com, Homophobia, Stanley Cup, and University of Miami
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Cox: Clock ticking on Leaf coach Wilson
...Buffalo, last coached Isles in 2007-08. Fourth on all-time list for coaching victories I t is honourable and right for Brian Burke to stand by his coach, even more because he didn't hire Ron Wilson to guide the Maple Leafs. Too many...
In this article: Ron Wilson, Wayne Gretzky, Toronto Maple Leafs, Randy Carlyle, Toronto, New York Rangers, and Air Canada Centre
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Leafs' Burke holding out for turnaround
...O'Connor, National Post Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 Mike Cassese for National Post Toronto Maple Leafs general manger Brian Burke's goal going into the season was to make the playoffs, and the general manager believed he had the...
In this article: Toronto, Toronto Maple Leafs, Lee Stempniak, Jason Blake, Rickard Wallin, and NHL
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Brian P. Burke (born June 30, 1955 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an executive in the National Hockey League and currently the general manager and executive vice president of the Anaheim Ducks and the general manager of the U.S. National Ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in Edina, Minnesota , Burke graduated from Providence College in 1977 with a BA in History. While attending Providence, he played for the Friars Division-I ice hockey team, where, during his senior year, he served as captain. The team was coached by Lou Lamoriello. In 1977 Burke played seven games with the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League. Burke then proceeded to play one full year in the AHL with the Maine Mariners, who won the AHL Calder Cup Championship that year. After one year in the AHL, Burke attended Harvard, where he graduated with an J.D in 1981.
He is known in Vancouver for wearing his heart on his sleeve and occasionally feuding with certain members of the media, such as sports talk host David Pratt, as well as fellow GM Kevin Lowe for his signing of restricted free agent Dustin Penner, who was free to sign with any team he wanted.
A dual citizen of the United States and Canada , Burke is married to Jennifer Mather, a former TV and radio journalist in Vancouver. They have 2 young daughters, Mairin and Fiona Grace. Burke has four children from a previous marriage—Katie, Patrick (a scout for the Philadelphia Flyers ), Brendan, and Molly.
Burke won the Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks as the GM in the 2007 season. It was his second year as an executive with the club.
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