Patrick John Joseph Burns[1] (April 4, 1952 – November 19, 2010) was a National Hockey League head coach. Over 14 seasons between 1988 and 2004, he coached in 1,019 games with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, and New Jersey Devils.

Nov 20, 2010 · Pat Burns died Friday afternoon after a lengthy battle with cancer. At 58, he died while surrounded by his family at La Maison Aube-Lumière in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Pat Burns was one of...

May 15, 2015 · Patrick John Joseph Burns, police officer, hockey coach (born 4 April 1952 in Saint-Henri, QC; died 19 November 2010 in Sherbrooke, QC). Burns is regarded as one of the National Hockey League ’s best coaches, having won three Jack Adams Awards for coaching as well as the Stanley Cup in 2003 with the New Jersey Devils.

Nov 20, 2010 · Pat Burns, a tough-minded, tight-lipped coach of four National Hockey League teams who led the New Jersey Devils to a Stanley Cup title in 2003, his first season with the team, died on Friday in...

Nov 19, 2010 · Burns, whose hopes of winning a second straight Cup ended when he was diagnosed with colon cancer just before the 2004 playoffs, died Friday at the age of 58 after his latest battle, with...

Nov 18, 2014 · Pat Burns will be remembered by the hockey world for how he took over floundering Habs, Leafs and Bruins teams and turned them into winners – and how he took over the Devils and put them...

Mar 12, 2014 · Pat Burns, who made an unconventional and accidental transition from police officer to hockey coach and was the only man voted the National Hockey League’s coach of the year three times, died...

Patrick John Joseph Burns (April 4, 1952 – November 19, 2010) was a National Hockey League head coach. Over 14 seasons between 1988 and 2004, he coached in 1,019 games with the Montreal...

Nov 19, 2010 · Pat Burns, one of the most successful NHL coaches of the past 20 years, died Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer. Burns, 58, died while surrounded by his family at La Maison Aube-Lumière...

Pat Burns began his NHL coaching career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1988. Born April 4, 1952 in Saint-Henri, a suburb of Montreal, like most other boys his age, Patrick Burns had dreams of one day playing on a Stanley Cup championship team.