Pat Burns
Pat Burns
Patrick John Joseph Burnswas a National Hockey League head coach. Over 14 seasons between 1988 and 2004, he coached in 1,019 games with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, and New Jersey Devils. Burns retired in 2005 after being diagnosed with recurring cancer, which eventually claimed his life five years later...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 April 1952
CountryCanada
kids careers over-you
As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'You don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.' That's the main thing. I'm very happy that it happened.
stupid hockey winning
After referees negated a line change that led to Tampa Bay"s winning goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: After all these years in the league, am I that stupid that I would put four forwards and one defenseman in a 3-3 tie, in the third period? I think everybody that knows me here knows I"m not that stupid. I might be halfway stupid, but not that stupid.
sorry hockey life-is
Don't feel sorry because my life is over. Be happy that it happened.
hockey tree
He's as old as some trees.
hockey naked accepted
An avowed homosexual, that would never be accepted in hockey - never! Because it's a milieu where everyone is often naked.
happy-person private-life persons
I'm not an overly happy person. There are times when I'm happy, and that's usually in my private life.
hockey people nasty
People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.
believe hockey player
If one of my players ever wants to hit me, he better do it really hard because otherwise, I'll find a rock, a stick, or a piece of wood and believe me, it's gonna be a brawl...