Pat Burns has lost his last fight. Whoever opposed to a tough enemy, cancer.
The former coach of the Hull Olympiques was swept away by the merciless disease last Friday Sherbrooke, confirmed the family and the New Jersey Devils, his last club in the NHL last night. He was 58 years.
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lung cancer who had appeared in 2009, after those of the colon and liver that was fought in 2004 and 2005, however, have had the last word.
Born April 4, 1952 in St-Henri, a suburb of Montreal, Burns arrived in Ottawa at the age of 8 years and after his playing career in minor hockey and junior (three games with the London Knights) he was a police officer in Ottawa and Gatineau for 16 years.
During his last years with the police, he combined this work with the assistant coach of the Olympics, before taking a sabbatical to try his luck as a head coach in 1983-1984. He never returned to the police, following the advice of the owner at the time of the Olympics, Wayne Gretzky.
He led the Olympiques to the first President's Cup in their history in 1986 when they set a QMJHL record by winning 15 consecutive games without defeat in the playoffs. They then raked the Memorial Cup final in Portland against the Guelph Platers directed by Jacques Martin.
He led the Canadiens Sherbrooke, American League for one season before succeeding Jean Perron at the helm of the Montreal Canadiens, he led the Stanley Cup final in his first season in 1988-1989. He later led the Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and the Devils, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2003.
He is the only coach in NHL history to win the Jack Adams trophy for coach of the year three times with three different teams.
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In 15 seasons in the NHL, Pat Burns has compiled a 501-353-165 record in parts in 1019 and 78-71 in playoff playoffs, only one of his club (the Bruins 1999-2000) has failed.
The former coach of the Hull Olympiques was swept away by the merciless disease last Friday Sherbrooke, confirmed the family and the New Jersey Devils, his last club in the NHL last night. He was 58 years.
(...)
lung cancer who had appeared in 2009, after those of the colon and liver that was fought in 2004 and 2005, however, have had the last word.
Born April 4, 1952 in St-Henri, a suburb of Montreal, Burns arrived in Ottawa at the age of 8 years and after his playing career in minor hockey and junior (three games with the London Knights) he was a police officer in Ottawa and Gatineau for 16 years.
During his last years with the police, he combined this work with the assistant coach of the Olympics, before taking a sabbatical to try his luck as a head coach in 1983-1984. He never returned to the police, following the advice of the owner at the time of the Olympics, Wayne Gretzky.
He led the Olympiques to the first President's Cup in their history in 1986 when they set a QMJHL record by winning 15 consecutive games without defeat in the playoffs. They then raked the Memorial Cup final in Portland against the Guelph Platers directed by Jacques Martin.
He led the Canadiens Sherbrooke, American League for one season before succeeding Jean Perron at the helm of the Montreal Canadiens, he led the Stanley Cup final in his first season in 1988-1989. He later led the Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and the Devils, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2003.
He is the only coach in NHL history to win the Jack Adams trophy for coach of the year three times with three different teams.
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In 15 seasons in the NHL, Pat Burns has compiled a 501-353-165 record in parts in 1019 and 78-71 in playoff playoffs, only one of his club (the Bruins 1999-2000) has failed.
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