A guy who gave up Joe Sakic's 1st career goal and always answered when Team Canada came calling.
2007-09-18 15:36:53 · 14 answers · asked by Bob Loblaw 7 in Sports ➔ Hockey
I salute him for putting on the red and white as often as he did but I never felt he ever lived up to what others thought he could do. He was brilliant in the one Olympics he played in though I'll give him that.
Goalies, who can figure them. Couldn't pay me to do that job. LOL
2007-09-18 15:41:16 · answer #1 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Burke was the man responsible for getting the Devils into the 88 playoffs going 10-1 after he joined the team after the Olympics (I know I know - John MacLean helped in OT of the final game). For that, and being the first Canadian goaltender to lead Canada to an Izvestia tournament win.
Anybody remember the 1987-88 season?
Wayne and Mario are magic at the Canada Cup
Canada wins the World Juniors
Canada wins the Spengler
Canada wins the Izvestia (beating the powerful Soviets)
Calgary hosts the Olympics and Canada is a favourite, all the newspapers are reporting Canada as the team to beat..............then we got Jim Peplinski! Now we would be unstoppable.
But...twas not to be. Sean did lead Canada to a 4th place finish
2007-09-19 09:52:06 · answer #2 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While he will not go down as one of the all time greats, he was a very solid goalie who logged 20 NHL seasons. Despite the obvious reasons he is heralded for his international play, I think he was a little under rated for his NHL career. Despite never living up to the standard he set in his early years with the Devils, he was always servicable and reliable. 20 years is nothing to sneeze at, you don't hang on that long without having something going on. I cannot speak for the other teams he was with, but at least in his time with the Flyers he was a team player primarily as a backup, not making waves and supporting the younger goaltenders coming through their system.
2007-09-18 23:05:20 · answer #3 · answered by Lubers25 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My best friend at McQuaid high school in Rochester, NY was named Sean Burke..nice kid. Oh yea, the other Sean Burke was a pretty good goalie too. Maybe he never lived up to the hype that accompanied him early in his New Jersey tenure, but he certainly had longevity on his side!
2007-09-18 22:42:55 · answer #4 · answered by MnM 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Goodbye Burke that you so old to play the game anymore
2007-09-19 21:17:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Burke was class all the way. Sorry to see him retire. Wish him the best.
2007-09-19 09:22:44 · answer #6 · answered by ripbolts 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's doing the right thing. It's just sad to see players drag their careers out too long. He's smart, knows when to quit, I always did like him, for some unknown reason, lol.
2007-09-19 02:27:29 · answer #7 · answered by N/A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll always remember the 88 playoff run with the Devs, I became a Devs fan that year.
2007-09-19 00:56:56 · answer #8 · answered by Wedge_Antilles_72 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, good for him. He helped a lot of teams and I'm glad his career took him through Philly.
2007-09-18 23:21:50 · answer #9 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heres to the guy that bailed us out a few years ago when John "Grahame Cracker" was choking as usual
2007-09-19 06:30:27 · answer #10 · answered by TBL 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋