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Charlie Burns - Wikipedia

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Charlie Burns

Born

February 14, 1936
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

Died

November 5, 2021 (aged 85)
Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S.

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

Canada

Playing career

1952–1974

Medal record

Men's ice hockey

Representing Canada
World Championships
	1958 Oslo

Charles Frederick Burns (February 14, 1936 – November 5, 2021) was an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 749 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Oakland Seals, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Minnesota North Stars between 1958 and 1973. He later worked as the head coach of Minnesota in both 1970 and 1974–75. 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.

Playing career

In 1959, he was the only US-born player in the NHL. 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.

Post-playing career

Burns had three spells as a player-coach, twice with the San Francisco Seals (1965–66 and 1966–67) and one with the Minnesota North Stars (1969–70). He coached the North Stars again in 1974–75 upon his active career retirement. Curiously, all of these were midseason assignments. He coached youth hockey for the Wallingford Hawks of Wallingford, Connecticut, in his spare time.^[3] Burns died in Wallingford, Connecticut, on November 5, 2021, at the age of 85.^[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1952–53	Toronto Marlboros	OHA	33	5	7	12	17	—	—	—	—	—
1953–54	Toronto Marlboros	OHA	59	17	14	31	45	—	—	—	—	—
1954–55	Toronto Marlboros	OHA	3	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1955–56	Toronto Marlboros	OHA	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
Team	Year	G	W	L	T	Pct	Finish	G	W	L	Result
Minnesota North Stars	1969–70	44	10	22	12	0.364	3rd in West	6	2	4	Lost in quarter-finals
Minnesota North Stars	1974–75	42	12	28	2	0.310	4th in Smythe	Did not qualify
NHL totals		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
^ "Sport: The Pappy Line". Time. March 2, 1959.
^ Kurzberg, p.48
^ Charles F. Burns

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by Wren Blair Jack Gordon	Head coach of the Minnesota North Stars 1969–70 1975	Succeeded by Jack Gordon Ted Harris

Playing career

Post-playing career

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Coaching record

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