Pat Burns
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Pat Burns 🇨🇦

Patrick John Joseph Burns
NHL Head Coach, Stanley Cup Champion, Police Officer
Born Jan 06, 1952 🇨🇦 Montreal, Canada
Passed Away Nov 19, 2010 Sherbrooke, Canada
Lifespan 58 years old
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Archival Overview

Formidable Canadian NHL head coach and former police officer who won the Stanley Cup with the New Jersey Devils and is the only coach to win the Jack Adams Award with three different franchises.

Biographical Record

Patrick John Joseph Burns served as a detective with the Gatineau police department while coaching junior hockey in the QMJHL. In 1988, he was hired as head coach of the Montreal Canadiens, reaching the Stanley Cup Finals in his rookie season and winning the Jack Adams Award as NHL Coach of the Year.

Burns went on to coach the Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, and New Jersey Devils, winning the Jack Adams Award with Montreal (1989), Toronto (1993), and Boston (1998). In 2003, he reached the pinnacle of hockey coaching by leading the New Jersey Devils to the Stanley Cup championship.

Key Life Milestones

1998

Unprecedented Third Jack Adams Award

Became the only coach in NHL history to win Coach of the Year honors with three distinct franchises.

2003

Stanley Cup Champion with New Jersey

Coached the New Jersey Devils to a Game 7 Stanley Cup Finals victory over the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Montreal, Canada
GPS: 45.5031, -73.6067
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