Brent Burns

Brent Burns

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
team = Minnesota Wild
league = NHL
position = Defence
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 5
weight_lb = 219
nickname = The Chainsaw, Burnsie, Inglewood Jack
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1985|3|9
birth_place = Ajax, ON, CAN
draft = 20th overall
draft_year = 2003
draft_team = Minnesota Wild
career_start = 2003

Brent Burns (born March 9, 1985 in Ajax, Ontario) is an ice hockey defenceman.

Playing career

Burns was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the first round (20th overall). Burns spent most of his OHL career as a right wing. However, Burns has since played defence for the Minnesota Wild and will likely remain a defensemen due his exceptional play at the position. Burns spends his summers in Barrie, Ontario. Brent Burns spent a portion of his minor hockey career playing in a league then called the Metropolitan Toronto Hockey league (M.T.H.L.) now called the Greater Toronto Hockey League (G.T.H.L.) for the North York Canadiens, along with fellow NHL draftees Anthony Stewart and Geoff Platt.

Off the ice, Burns is a noted animal enthusiast. His suburban Saint Paul home is nicknamed "Burns Zoo", due to his collection of dogs, cats, and dozens of reptiles, mainly snakes. Burns Zoo was subject of a CBC Hockey Night In Canada feature with Elliotte Friedman.

Awards

* IIHF World Championships best defenceman - 2008

International play

Played for Canada in:

*2008 World Championships (silver medal)

International statistics

External links

*hockeydb|71733


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