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
falls period playing road tonight
I thought tonight was going to be that night. We're 0-0 after the first period on the road and playing well. But then it all falls apart.
angles catch clear defense rebounds shots took trying
I thought they took some funny-angle shots in the beginning, trying to catch me. But the rebounds just bounced out from those angles and you're going to give up some rebounds, but our defense was right there to clear them away.
disgusted fans giving ice knowing player sit standing totally watch
I was embarrassed. You don't want to be standing out there on the ice as a player knowing that fans are just totally disgusted and you're not even giving them their money's worth. I think we're embarrassed for ourselves, but we were embarrassed for them, too, to have to sit there and watch it.
challenged full game hard pleased ugly
Just the ugly getting uglier, ... I challenged myself to concentrate hard for a full 60-minute game and I was pleased with that.
competitor far great guy team
He's a great guy, a great team guy. Always a great guy to play with. As far as a player, he's as great a competitor as you'd want to play with.
beside critical fourth game learn third time
It all unraveled in the second. They got their third goal, and then the fourth one and now it's just kind of beside ourselves. We just have to learn from this and not make any more of it than what it was and that was a one game defeat, all be it in an important game at a critical time of the year. But all it is one game.
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.