Sean Burke
Sean Burke
Sean Burkeis a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and Los Angeles Kings. Burke was born in Windsor, Ontario, but grew up in Toronto, Ontario...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth29 January 1967
anybody blame games hockey three win
It's three games to one. We've got to win some hockey games. To blame anybody right now, it's too late.
disaster involved stretch toughest
It's the toughest stretch I've been involved with in all the years I've played. It's just a disaster right now.
confidence good guy team
It's always a good feeling. You want to contribute, you want to be a guy your team has confidence in. When you can go out there and do the job, that's why you play.
bottom deserved found goal score tough
They probably deserved to score a goal there. They battled and made it really tough on us. But we found a way to win. That's the bottom line.
practice
Then we just went right into scrimmaging with the practice. It was really intense, very organized.
five halfway hard maybe miss school settled year
They've been in the same school for five years now. I need to get settled first and then maybe they'll come halfway through the year at the (Christmas) break. But, I don't know. It's hard. I will miss them and want them here, but I know how hard it will be on them to move.
knew throw
We knew they would throw everything at us.
franchise guy ice incredible respect saving utmost
I have the utmost respect for everything he did on the ice and everything he went through. And he's probably a guy responsible for saving a franchise in Pittsburgh. Just an incredible career.
best hard playing seen start team worry
I haven't seen anything like this in my 16 years in this league, ... What am I going to say? You've got to think about what's best for the team and you don't worry about individuals. Everybody's playing hard to keep this thing going right now, and I'm not going to start anything.
career deal helps obviously realize stay stronger time veteran
It helps to be a veteran when things go like that. Obviously it's not the first time in my career that I've had to deal with some of that stuff. I think you realize it makes you stronger and you try to stay with it. Every day is a new opportunity.
coach good sure wants
I don't know how good a coach he'll be. But I'm sure if he wants to be a good one, he will. He'll be as competitive as he always was as a player.
points
We didn't find a way to win. It's unfortunate because we need these points right now.
boards buildings dull fans feeling funny good liked loud playing puck seems
Fans are loud in here. It's a good feeling in here. Some buildings it seems dull or whatever. The boards are funny in some other buildings, you never know how the puck is going to bounce. Here, though, they're pretty true. ... I've always liked playing in Tampa. Very comfortable playing here.
definitely hard imagine needed saying win
We needed a win bad. It's hard to imagine saying that in January. But that was definitely the case. We needed to win bad.