Sean Burke
Sean Burke
Sean Burkeis a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and Los Angeles Kings. Burke was born in Windsor, Ontario, but grew up in Toronto, Ontario...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth29 January 1967
franchise guy ice incredible respect saving utmost
I have the utmost respect for everything he did on the ice and everything he went through. And he's probably a guy responsible for saving a franchise in Pittsburgh. Just an incredible career.
again formula home points putting start win
Right now, we've got to find a way to win home or away. We've got to find that formula again and start putting some points on the board.
focus next perfect plan
I haven't been in a shootout in a long time, so my plan was just to focus on the puck. On Mats' play, I didn't give him a lot. On the next one, if he was going to score, he was going to have to make the perfect shot.
crunch
We know we are desperate. We know it's crunch time. We don't need to be told.
knew
We all knew they would come after us hard.
changed hard loose tight
We all know what's at stake. If we lose, the season's over. You have to try and play loose every game. I don't think anything has changed in all the years I've played. If you're not loose and having fun, it's hard to play. We were tight at times in the series, and it showed.
motivational hockey winning
It's too easy when you're not winning to look for excuses and point at others for reasons. You ca say 'Oh well, it's this guys fault or they don't do this well', or you can say 'I've got to play better and contribute more'. You've got to find another gear and come up with big games.
goals happy saw time
Two goals I wasn't happy about, but I saw a lot of pucks and that's what you need at this time of year.
burn call create fights free hope locked lots optimistic owners season
We didn't strike, we were locked out. I've often thought the owners set this all up to burn a season and create lots of free agents. That's not what I call negotiating fairly. I hope the PA (executive) fights for it, but I'm not optimistic they'll win.
points
We didn't find a way to win. It's unfortunate because we need these points right now.
bit early focus game hand knew playing
We knew how big of a game it was. I don't think it's too early (to be concerned), but on the other hand ... our focus was playing one game and making a little bit of a statement.
describe fought hard
We fought hard there and went into the third, and all of a sudden, there are some penalties. And it was over. I don't know how to describe it.
knew throw
We knew they would throw everything at us.
definitely hard imagine needed saying win
We needed a win bad. It's hard to imagine saying that in January. But that was definitely the case. We needed to win bad.