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Brent Burns

1985 - Today

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Brent Burns (born March 9, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted as a right wing (20th overall) at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild, he was converted into a defenceman upon turning professional. Burns is known as a dynamic offensive player, and though he mostly plays defence, he has been utilized as a forward on several occasions during his career. Burns has also played for the San Jose Sharks and Carolina Hurricanes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brent Burns is the 508th most popular hockey player (down from 464th in 2019), the 1,378th most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,357th in 2019) and the 95th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Brent Burns ranks 508 out of 676. Before him are Viktor Tikhonov, Vasily Koshechkin, Yannick Weber, Sami Vatanen, Joe Pavelski, and Philipp Grubauer. After him are Tomáš Jurčo, Marcus Johansson, Wojtek Wolski, Elias Lindholm, Pedro Ibarra, and Artūrs Kulda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Brent Burns ranks 1,283. Before him are Nery Brenes, Ahmed Kantari, Christine Girard, Morten Rasmussen, Lukas Klapfer, and Jared Dudley. After him are Benny Feilhaber, Roger Rodrigues da Silva, Mateusz Bartel, Ramón, Éva Risztov, and Zhang Xi.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Brent Burns ranks 1,379 out of 1,622. Before him are Tim Hecker (1974), Kevin Pangos (1993), Nicole Oliver (1970), Cordelia Fine (1975), Christine Girard (1985), and Silken Laumann (1964). After him are Kevin McKenna (1980), Jean-Sébastien Giguère (1977), Omar Khadr (1986), Hugo Houle (1990), Karen Cockburn (1980), and Landon Liboiron (1991).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Brent Burns ranks 95. Before him are Shane Doan (1976), Trevor Linden (1970), Kris Draper (1971), Brad Richards (1980), Ed Jovanovski (1976), and Claude Giroux (1988). After him are Marc-Édouard Vlasic (1987), Jason Spezza (1983), Todd Bertuzzi (1975), Marty Turco (1975), Marc-André Gragnani (1987), and Jay Bouwmeester (1983).

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