US EditionWhat's in Burns' backpack? Maybe the secret to Avalanche defenseman soon playing in 1,500th NHL game
Brent Burns enters his 22nd NHL season with a 927-game Iron Man streak, ranking fourth longest in league history, while aiming for the Stanley Cup with Colorado.
- On Saturday, Brent Burns, defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche, is slated to play his 1,500th NHL game against Dallas, embarking on his 22nd season after signing a one-year deal this summer.
- Long ago, Burns made his NHL debut on Oct. 8, 2003 with the Minnesota Wild and reached the 2016 Stanley Cup final, losing to Sidney Crosby's Pittsburgh Penguins in six games.
- Durability-Wise, Brent Burns hasn't missed a contest since 2013, running an Iron Man streak ranked fourth all-time, which Gavin Brindley called `That's wild, just wild` while Scott Wedgewood described him as `Just a big kid in a big man's body`.
- Burns has quickly emerged as another leader for the Avalanche, joining Gabriel Landeskog, Avalanche captain, while Cale Makar, fellow defenseman, said `He came here for a reason`.
- Motivated by the chase, Brent Burns says he loves the game and expects a packed arena, noting `I feel like I'm going to be one of the first cars in the parking lot, and it's packed`.
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Avalanche’s Brent Burns plays 1,500th NHL game
Brent Burns made NHL history Saturday night, playing in his 1,500th career game as the Colorado Avalanche hosted the Dallas Stars. Burns, 40, becomes the 23rd player in NHL history to reach the 1,500-game mark and just the eighth defender to do so. Going into Saturday night, Burns has compiled 261 goals, 649 assists and 910 points, putting him ninth on the all-time goals list among defenseman, 14th in assists and 12th for points. Burns also has …
Avalanche's Brent Burns Reflects on Career Ahead of 1,500th Game
Brent Burns played his third career game against Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Adam Foote, Paul Kariya, Teemu Selanne, Rob Blake, and the rest of the 2003-04 Colorado Avalanche. Fast-forward 22 years, and he’s one shift away from becoming the 23rd player in NHL history to reach 1,500 regular-season games. Something that neither of those legends has accomplished. “Those are the guys that I looked up to when I was a kid, those are the guys that I lov…
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