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Brent Burns

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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. During the shortened 2012–13 season and continuing through the 2013–14 season, the Sharks used Burns as a forward. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Brent Burns is the 587th most popular hockey player (down from 473rd in 2024), the 1,473rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 1,356th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Brent Burns ranks 587 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 1,384. Before him are Maeve Dermody, Christine Girard, Abia Akram, 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 1,474 out of 1,622. Before him are Kathleen Munroe (1982), Nicole Oliver (1970), Cordelia Fine (1975), Christine Girard (1985), Karen Clark (1972), and Silken Laumann (1964). After him are Kevin McKenna (1980), Ian James Corlett (1962), Jean-Sébastien Giguère (1977), Omar Khadr (1986), Hugo Houle (1990), and Karen Cockburn (1980).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Brent Burns ranks 101. Before him are Trevor Linden (1970), Kris Draper (1971), Brad Richards (1980), Ed Jovanovski (1976), Greg Johnson (1971), and Claude Giroux (1988). After him are Marc-Édouard Vlasic (1987), Jason Spezza (1983), Maxim Lapierre (1985), Daniel Brière (1977), Todd Bertuzzi (1975), and Marty Turco (1975).

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