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Sean Burke

G | 6'4", 211 lbs. |

Birth Date:January 29, 1967 (46 years old)
Place of Birth:Windsor, Ont.
Catches:L

Experience:18 years
Drafted:Drafted by New Jersey in 1985 (2/24).

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
NHL	Named to play in the NHL All-Star Game	2001-02, 2000-01, 1988-89
	Olympic Silver Medal	1992 (Canada)

Movements & Injuries

2007
9/18/2007	Announced his retirement.
1/18/2007	Claimed off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning.
2006
9/26/2006	Assigned to Springfield (AHL).
4/01/2006	Missed 7 games (fractured finger).
3/16/2006	Fractured finger, sidelined indefinitely.
2005
11/15/2005	Missed 8 games (groin).
10/29/2005	Groin, day-to-day.
8/09/2005	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Tampa Bay Lightning to a two-year contract.
2004
2/09/2004	Acquired from the Phoenix Coyotes.
2003
4/04/2003	Missed 7 games (groin).
3/21/2003	Groin, early April.
3/20/2003	Groin, left Thursday's game.
2/21/2003	Missed 19 games (sprained knee).
2/19/2003	Sprained knee, day-to-day.
2/04/2003	Sprained knee, mid-February.
1/04/2003	Sprained knee, late January.
2002
12/28/2002	Missed 29 games (sprained ankle).
12/22/2002	Sprained ankle, late December.
10/24/2002	Sprained ankle, late November.
10/22/2002	Ankle injury, early November.
9/27/2002	Re-signed by the Phoenix Coyotes to a multi-year contract extension.
3/19/2002	Missed 1 game (groin).
3/17/2002	Groin, day-to-day.
1/28/2002	Missed 7 games (groin).
1/12/2002	Groin, late January.
2001
11/27/2001	Missed 3 games (groin strain).
11/19/2001	Groin strain, day-to-day.
3/14/2001	Missed 4 games (groin).
3/04/2001	Groin, day-to-day.
2/16/2001	Missed 2 games (knee injury).
2/13/2001	Knee injury, day-to-day.
2000
11/01/2000	Named NHL Player of the Month for October.

Career Transactions

2007
1/18/2007	Los Angeles Kings claimed Sean Burke off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning.
2005
8/09/2005	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
2004
2/09/2004	Philadelphia Flyers traded Mike Comrie to the Phoenix Coyotes for Sean Burke, Branko Radivojevic and the rights to Ben Eager.
1999
11/19/1999	Phoenix Coyotes traded Mikhail Shtalenkov and a 4th round selection (Chris Eade) in 2000 to the Florida Panthers for Sean Burke and a 5th round selection (Nate Kiser) in 2000.
1998
9/11/1998	Signed as a unrestricted free agent by the Florida Panthers.
3/04/1998	Vancouver Canucks traded Sean Burke to the Philadelphia Flyers for Garth Snow.
1/03/1998	Carolina Hurricanes traded Enrico Ciccone, Sean Burke and Geoff Sanderson to the Vancouver Canucks for Kirk McLean and Martin Gelinas.
1997
6/25/1997	Rights transferred to the Carolina Hurricanes after the Hartford Whalers franchise relocated.
1992
8/28/1992	New Jersey Devils traded Sean Burke and Eric Weinrich to the Hartford Whalers for Bobby Holik and a 2nd round selection (Jay Pandolfo) in 1993.
1985
6/15/1985	Drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 2nd round (24th overall) in 1985.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GPI	W	L	T	OT	Min	SO	GA	SHA	GAA	SV%	G	A	PIM
2006-07	Los Angeles	NHL	23	6	10	-	5	1310	1	68	687	3.11	.901	-	-	-
	Springfield	AHL	7	2	5	-	0	345	0	26	181	4.52	.856	-	-	-
2005-06	Tampa Bay	NHL	35	14	10	-	4	1713	2	80	764	2.80	.895	-	-	-
2004-05	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Philadelphia	NHL	15	6	5	2	-	825	1	35	389	2.55	.910	-	-	-
	Phoenix	NHL	32	10	15	5	-	1795	1	84	913	2.81	.908	-	-	-
	Total Phx/Phi	NHL	47	16	20	7	-	2620	2	119	1302	2.73	.909	-	-	-
2002-03	Phoenix	NHL	22	12	6	2	-	1248	2	44	632	2.12	.930	-	-	-
	Canada	WC	6	-	-	-	-	329	1	7	156	1.28	-	-	-	-
2001-02	Phoenix	NHL	60	33	21	6	-	3587	5	137	1711	2.29	.920	-	-	-
2000-01	Phoenix	NHL	62	25	22	13	-	3644	4	138	1766	2.27	.922	-	-	16
1999-00	Phoenix	NHL	35	17	14	3	-	2074	3	88	1022	2.55	.914	-	-	10
	Florida	NHL	7	2	5	0	-	418	0	18	208	2.58	.913	-	-	2
	Total Fla/Phx	NHL	42	19	19	3	-	2492	3	106	1230	2.55	.914	-	-	12
1998-99	Florida	NHL	59	21	24	14	-	3402	3	151	1624	2.66	.907	-	-	27
1997-98	Philadelphia	NHL	11	7	3	0	-	632	1	27	311	2.56	.913	-	-	0
	Carolina	NHL	25	7	11	5	-	1415	1	66	655	2.80	.899	-	-	6
	Vancouver	NHL	16	2	9	4	-	838	0	49	396	3.51	.876	-	-	14
	Total Van/Car/Phi	NHL	52	16	23	9	-	2885	2	142	1362	2.95	.896	-	-	-
1996-97	Hartford	NHL	51	22	22	6	-	2985	4	134	1560	2.69	.914	-	-	14
	Canada	WC	11	7	1	3	-	608	3	22	-	2.17	-	-	-	-
1995-96	Hartford	NHL	66	28	28	6	-	3669	4	190	2034	3.11	.907	-	-	16
1994-95	Hartford	NHL	42	17	19	4	-	2418	0	108	1233	2.68	.912	-	-	0
1993-94	Hartford	NHL	47	17	24	5	-	2750	2	137	1458	2.99	.906	-	-	0
1992-93	Hartford	NHL	50	16	27	3	-	2656	0	184	1485	4.16	.876	-	-	0
1991-92	San Diego	IHL	7	4	2	1	-	424	0	17	-	2.41	-	-	-	0
	Canada	Olympic	7	5	2	0	-	429	0	17	-	2.38	-	-	-	-
	Canada	Can-Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990-91	New Jersey	NHL	35	8	12	8	-	1870	0	112	875	3.59	.872	-	-	0
	Canada	WEC	8	5	1	2	-	479	0	21	-	2.63	-	-	-	-
1989-90	New Jersey	NHL	52	22	22	6	-	2914	0	175	1453	3.60	.880	-	-	0
1988-89	New Jersey	NHL	62	22	31	9	-	3590	3	230	1823	3.84	.874	-	-	0
	Canada	WEC	5	-	-	-	-	275	-	10	-	2.18	-	-	-	-
1987-88	New Jersey	NHL	13	10	1	0	-	689	1	35	300	3.05	.883	-	-	0
	Canada	Olympic	4	1	2	1	-	238	0	12	-	3.03	-	-	-	-
1986-87	Canada	WEC	5	2	2	1	-	300	0	12	-	2.40	-	-	-	-
1985-86	Toronto	OHL	47	16	27	3	-	2840	0	233	-	4.92	-	-	-	0
	Canada	WJC	2	1	1	0	-	120	0	7	-	3.50	-	-	-	-
1984-85	Toronto	OHL	49	25	21	3	-	2987	0	211	-	4.24	-	-	-	0
1983-84	St. Michael's	MTJHL	25	-	-	-	-	1482	0	120	-	4.86	-	-	-	-
NHL	Total	NHL	820	324	341	101	9	46442	38	2290	23299	2.96	.902	-	-	-
AHL	Total	AHL	7	2	5	-	0	345	0	26	181	4.52	.856	-	-	-
IHL	Total	IHL	7	4	2	1	-	424	0	17	-	2.41	-	-	-	-
OHL	Total	OHL	96	41	48	6	-	5827	0	444	-	4.57	-	-	-	-
Can-Cup	Total	Can-Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MTJHL	Total	MTJHL	25	-	-	-	-	1482	0	120	-	4.86	-	-	-	-
Olympic	Total	Olympic	11	6	4	1	-	667	0	29	-	2.61	-	-	-	-
WC	Total	WC	17	-	-	-	-	937	4	29	-	1.86	-	-	-	-
WEC	Total	WEC	18	-	-	-	-	1054	-	43	-	2.45	-	-	-	-
WJC	Total	WJC	2	1	1	0	-	120	0	7	-	3.50	-	-	-	-

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GPI	W	L	T	OT	Min	SO	GA	SHA	GAA	SV%	G	A	PIM
2006-07	Los Angeles	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Springfield	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Tampa Bay	NHL	3	0	1	-	-	109	0	7	57	3.85	0.877	-	-	-
2004-05	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Philadelphia	NHL	1	0	0	-	-	40	0	1	9	1.5	0.889	-	-	-
2002-03	Phoenix	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	Phoenix	NHL	5	1	4	-	-	296.55	0	13	133	2.63	0.902	-	-	-
2000-01	Phoenix	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	Phoenix	NHL	5	1	4	-	-	296	0	16	167	3.24	0.904	-	-	-
1998-99	Florida	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	Philadelphia	NHL	5	1	4	-	-	283	0	17	138	3.6	0.877	-	-	-
	Carolina	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996-97	Hartford	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995-96	Hartford	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Hartford	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	Hartford	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992-93	Hartford	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991-92	San Diego	IHL	3	0	3	-	-	160	0	13	-	4.88	-	-	-	-
1990-91	New Jersey	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989-90	New Jersey	NHL	2	0	2	-	-	125	0	8	65	3.84	0.877	-	-	-
1988-89	New Jersey	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987-88	New Jersey	NHL	17	9	8	-	-	1001	1	57	515	3.42	0.889	-	-	-
1985-86	Toronto	OHL	4	0	4	-	-	238	0	24	-	6.05	-	-	-	-
1984-85	Toronto	OHL	5	1	3	-	-	266	0	25	-	5.64	-	-	-	-
1983-84	St. Michael's	MTJHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NHL	Total	NHL	38	12	23	-	-	2150.55	1	119	1084	3.32008	0.890221	-	-	-
IHL	Total	IHL	3	0	3	-	-	160	0	13	-	4.875	-	-	-	-
OHL	Total	OHL	9	1	7	-	-	504	0	49	-	5.83333	-	-	-	-

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games Played In	66	1995-96 (Hfd)
Wins	33	2001-02 (Phx)
Losses	31	1988-89 (NJ)
Minutes	3669	1995-96 (Hfd)
Shutouts	5	2001-02 (Phx)
Saves	1844	1995-96 (Hfd)
Goal Against Average	2.27	2000-01 (Phx)
Save percentage	.922	2000-01 (Phx)

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