Charlie Burns
Charlie Burns | |||
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Born |
Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | February 14, 1936||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Center | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Detroit Red Wings Boston Bruins Oakland Seals Pittsburgh Penguins Minnesota North Stars | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 1952–1974 |
Charles Frederick Burns (born February 14, 1936) is a retired American-born Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 749 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Oakland Seals, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Minnesota North Stars. Burns was mainly known for being an excellent skater, playmaker and defensive player who performed checking and penalty-killing. His trademark was the heavily padded helmet that he was forced to wear after suffering a serious head injury while playing junior hockey in 1954–55.
In 1959, he was the only US-born player in the NHL. Although Burns was born in Detroit, Michigan, his family moved to Toronto, Ontario when he was a child.[1] Burns chose Canadian citizenship when he turned 21[2] and later played for the 1958 World Champion Whitby Dunlops.
Burns had three spells as a player-coach, twice with the San Francisco Seals (1965-66 & 1966-67) and one with the Minnesota North Stars (1969–70). He coached the Stars again in 1974-75 after his retirement. Curiously, all of these were midseason assignments. He currently coaches youth hockey for the Wonderland Wizards of Bridgeport, Connecticut in his spare time.[3]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1952–53 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA-Jr | 33 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1953–54 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA-Jr | 59 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1954–55 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA-Jr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1955–56 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA-Jr | 20 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1956–57 | Whitby Dunlops | OHA-Sr | 40 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1957–58 | Whitby Dunlops | OHA-Sr | 31 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1958–59 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 70 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1959–60 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 62 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1960–61 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 62 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1960–61 | Kingston Frontenacs | EPHL | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1961–62 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 70 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1962–63 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 68 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1963–64 | San Francisco Seals | WHL | 68 | 33 | 36 | 69 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
1964–65 | San Francisco Seals | WHL | 51 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1965–66 | San Francisco Seals | WHL | 40 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
1966–67 | California Seals | WHL | 71 | 22 | 38 | 60 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
1967–68 | Oakland Seals | NHL | 73 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1968–69 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 76 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1969–70 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 50 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
1970–71 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 76 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
1971–72 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 77 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
1972–73 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 65 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1973–74 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 64 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | ||
NHL Totals | 749 | 106 | 198 | 304 | 252 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
Coaching record
Team | Year | Regular season | Post season | |||||||||
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G | W | L | T | Pct | Finish | G | W | L | Result | |||
MIN | 1969–70 | 44 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 0.364 | 3rd in West | 6 | 2 | 4 | Lost in quarter-finals | |
MIN | 1974–75 | 42 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 0.310 | 4th in Smythe | Did not qualify | ||||
Total | 86 | 22 | 50 | 14 | .204 | - | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 playoff appearance |
References
- ^ Shorthanded: The Untold Story of the Seals: Hockey's Most Colorful Team (p. 47), by Brad Kurzberg, AuthorHouse (2006), ISBN 1425910289
- ^ The Pappy Line, Time Magazine, March 2, 1959
- ^ Kurzberg, p.48
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1936 births
- Living people
- American men's ice hockey centers
- American ice hockey coaches
- Boston Bruins players
- California Golden Seals coaches
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Canadian ice hockey coaches
- Detroit Red Wings players
- Ice hockey people from Michigan
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Minnesota North Stars coaches
- Minnesota North Stars players
- Oakland Seals players
- Pittsburgh Penguins players
- Sportspeople from Detroit
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Ice hockey player-coaches
- Canadian ice hockey centre, 1930s births stubs