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Burke Talks Hockey With The BBC
by Paul on 09/21/07 at 01:15 PM ET
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from the BBC,
A week before the new NHL ice hockey season begins in the US, Extratime talks to one of the most outspoken managers in the competition.
In June 2007 Brian Burke led the once-unfancied Anaheim Ducks to win ice hockey’s greatest prize, the Stanley Cup.
Burke makes no apologies for his team’s combative style and says he looks for “pugnacity, truculence, belligerence, hostility and testosterone” in his players.
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Here’s the ironic part. The English consider themselves to be the most civilized and tamed but in this interview, it was Burke who kept his cool under pressure while the interviewer just kept growling at him.
Posted by PaulZ from San Francisco on 09/22/07 at 02:01 AM ET
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Right On Burkie!! What eloquence!!
Posted by GregoryG from San Jose on 09/21/07 at 02:41 PM ET