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  Speaker Profile - Brian Burke
Named as the new general manager of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Brian Burke is a Harvard Law alumni, an impassioned community leader, and is credited with the successes of the Vancouver Canucks Hockey Franchise.
Brian Burke has succeeded at every stop in his NHL career; as the Assistant GM of the Vancouver Canucks, the General Manager of the Hartford Whalers, in the league's front office as the NHL's Senior Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations, and in his role as President & General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks.
In June 2005, Brian Burke was named as the new general manager of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
www.nsb.com /speakerbio.asp?i_speakerid=324   (239 words)

  
 TSN.ca - NHL - Canada's Sports Leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Burke, Burke, Burke, it's a shame that you don't w...
Brian Burke is a genius when it comes to the busin...
Brian Burke's idea is sound but does it protect sm...
www.tsn.ca /nhl/your_call.asp?messageId=575141&hubname=nhl   (1707 words)

  
 CBC Sports: Burke offers solution to NHL labour problems
Burke's numbers of a $38 million payroll threshold and a $33 million minimum are not set in stone.
Burke also believes that clubs should be able to bring a player into arbitration and that teams and players should only be allowed to file once every three years.
Burke wants to adopt the NFL model where players that aren't signed by the start of the season are out for the year.
www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2004/09/14/Sports/burke040914.html   (1007 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Hockey - Q&A with Vancouver Canucks general manager Brian Burke - Sunday December 08, 2002 01:33 AM
Posted: Saturday December 07, 2002 4:11 PM Brian Burke is in his fifth season as the president and general manger of the Vancouver Canucks.
Burke served as the Cancucks' vice president and director of hockey operations from 1987-1992, when he left to be the senior vice president and director of hockey operations in the NHL league office.
Burke: I think one of the hardest things in the world for management to do is to evaluate goaltending on a struggling team.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /hockey/news/2002/12/07/burke_interview   (1810 words)

  
 Storyhill
Burke, 44, of Milwaukee, is a former Assistant District Attorney in Milwaukee County.
Burke is also charged with lying on 10 different vouchers that he submitted to the Senate Chief Clerk for per diem expenses, claiming he was in Madison on legislative business when he was not.
Burke hired Devaguptapu as a full-time staffer in Burke's Senate office for the primary purpose of having Devaguptapu raise campaign contributions for Burke's Attorney General race, which is mostly what Devaguptapu did upon arriving in the Burke Senate office.
www.storyhill.net /IssuesBurke.htm   (1624 words)

  
 Brian Burke's UNBF Engagement Back on for March 24 -- March 15, 2005 - News@UNB
Burke, widely considered one of professional hockey’s most influential voices, was scheduled to appear at UNBF on Feb. 17, but last minute negotiations to save the National Hockey League season kicked into high gear that week, forcing a cancellation of his visit.
Burke is widely respected for his opinions on numerous hockey and legal subjects including the present day NHL labour stoppage.
Burke is the former president and general manager of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks.
www.unb.ca /news/view.cgi?id=716   (300 words)

  
 02-2161   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Brian Burke is a state senator who has been charged with eighteen felony counts.
Burke argues that the last two sentences of this quotation unequivocally hold that article IV, section 15 applies to criminal prosecutions.
Burke next cites Beno, 116 Wis. 2d at 135-36, for its caution that we are not bound by the construction of article I, section 6 of the United States Constitution, and should look instead to the intent of the framers of the Wisconsin Constitution.
www.courts.state.wi.us /html/ca/02/02-2161.htm   (1963 words)

  
 New Ducks owners name Burke GM - Boston.com - Hockey - Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Brian Burke was named executive vice president and general manager of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, new owners Henry and Susan Samueli announced Monday.
ANAHEIM, CA (Sports Network) - Brian Burke was named executive vice president and general manager of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, new owners Henry and Susan Samueli announced Monday.
Burke was also GM of the Hartford Whalers in 1992-93, before moving to the NHL front office in September of 1993.
www.boston.com /sports/hockey/articles/2005/06/20/new_ducks_owners_name_burke_gm?mode=PF   (527 words)

  
 SI.com - NHL - Mighty Ducks name Burke new GM - Monday June 20, 2005 8:07PM
Burke was fired as general manager of the Canucks in May 2004 after a six-year tenure marked by highs and lows.
Burke replaces Bryan Murray, who resigned as senior vice president and general manager of the Ducks last June to become coach of the Ottawa Senators.
Burke served as general manager of the Hartford Whalers in 1992-93 and orchestrated a draft day trade for Chris Pronger, who developed into a premier defenseman.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2005/hockey/nhl/06/20/ducks.gm   (659 words)

  
 PM - Former WA premier, Brian Burke, resurfaces
But when asked about Brian Burke's involvement, Mr D'Orazio said he had no idea who was involved.
Burke was jailed again in 1997 after being convicted of stealing more than $100,000 from the Labor Party to buy stamps for his personal collection.
Burke's involvement in these areas has plagued the Premier Geoff Gallop, who's been trying to separate the Government from the scandalous WA Inc years.
www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2004/s1078246.htm   (843 words)

  
 Wisconsin AFL-CIO Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
“Brian Burke has been on the side of working families throughout his career and that is why we endorsed Mr.
Brian Burke, a former Milwaukee County prosecutor, was interviewed by the AFL-CIO’s Committee on Political Education which represent nearly 250,000 union members in Wisconsin.
Brian Burke has proven that he is on the side of working families time and time again and he has earned this endorsement,” Rogers concluded.
www.wisaflcio.org /communications/press_releases/burke.htm   (202 words)

  
 Unbelieva-Burke!! :: Senior co-captain Brian Burke sets a Kirby Sports Center record with 43 points to propel the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Brian Burke led Lafayette with a career-high 43 points as the Leopards defeated Lehigh, 98-93, on Wednesday.
Burke led Lafayette with a career-high 43 points on 16-for-22 shooting from the floor including 7-for-11 from three-point land and 4-of-4 from the line.
Burke's effort was the ninth-highest scoring output in the nation this season.
goleopards.collegesports.com /sports/m-baskbl/recaps/022002aaa.html   (534 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Mighty Ducks introduce new owners, GM Brian Burke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Burke, who turns 50 next week, was the Vancouver Canucks' president and GM for six years before the team declined to renew his contract following the 2003-04 season.
Burke said he hopes to resolve the coaching situation in the next couple of weeks.
Regarding the NHL's labor problems, Burke said it's his understanding the parties are progressing toward an agreement and that a resolution would be reached for the 2005-06 season to begin on time.
www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/nhl/ducks/2005-06-20-sale-official_x.htm   (1126 words)

  
 Neowin.net -> [NHL] Brian Burke gone from Vancouver
Brian has played a pivotal role in the improvement and success of the Canucks over the past six years and we appreciate his dedication and contributions, said John McCaw, owner of the Canucks.
Burke held his post in Vancouver for six seasons and turned the team into a playoff contender, but they were never able to reach the Stanley Cup final.
Burke is known as one of the most opinionated and outspoken men in hockey, especially when the topic was fiscal responsibility and the economics of the league in general.
www.neowin.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=163562   (950 words)

  
 Former Friar Brian Burke Named GM of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks :: Burke is the third former Friar who is currently a NHL ...
Former Friar Brian Burke Named GM of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks :: Burke is the third former Friar who is currently a NHL general manager.
Burke, who was previously the president and general manager of the Vancouver Canucks, is the third former Providence College hockey player currently serving as a GM of a NHL franchise.
Burke spent six seasons with the Vancouver Canucks (1998-2004), where he was named Sporting News "NHL Executive of the Year" in 2001.
www.cstv.com /sports/m-hockey/stories/062105aab.html   (322 words)

  
 CTV.ca - Brian Burke signs new deal that keeps GM with Canucks through 2004 - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian ...
Burke was in the final year of a three-year deal that paid him a base salary of around $800,000 US a year.
When Burke arrived 2 years ago, the organization was in disarray and losing $30 million Cdn a year.
Burke, 45, has also become an activist on the issue of saving Canadian franchises and is the senior spokesman on the matter among GMs in this country.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1025815710544_21224910?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory   (198 words)

  
 Men's Basketball Sinks Navy, 87-78 :: Brian Burke returns after suffering a punctured lung on Dec. 11 to score 23 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Burke dressed for the first time since suffering a punctured lung in the Leopards' game at Fordham on Dec. 11 where he also scored a career-high 24 points.
Burke's return, however, was bittersweet for the squad as starting point guard Tim Bieg went out early in the first half with a seriously sprained ligament in his left knee and did not return to the contest.
Burke was the game's leading scorer with 23 points, including 11-of-12 from the free throw line and 5-of-6 from the floor.
goleopards.collegesports.com /sports/m-baskbl/recaps/021101aaa.html   (476 words)

  
 Wild Palms
Burke's so preoccupied with the handshake that he recently declined membership in a city church when he was disappointed by the minister's "fishy" handshake.
As an academic, Burke, who grew up in Overbrook before landing at Episcopal Academy, then Harvard, Michigan and Bryn Mawr to earn his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D., respectively, all in classics and Latin, says it'd be easy for the book he's preparing on the topic to be scholarly and boring.
Burke reveals that the day Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, his hand was so sore from shaking hands the day before, he almost couldn't sign the landmark document.
www.citypaper.net /articles/2005-11-03/naked.shtml   (851 words)

  
 Brian Burke Named Ducks GM :: SportzDomain ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Brian Burke, former president and general manager of the Vancouver Canucks, has been named the Mighty Ducks’ new executive vice president and general manager.
Burke was most recently the president and general manager of the Vancouver Canucks from 1998-2004.
Burke was born in New England and raised in Minnesota.
www.sportzdomain.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=34715&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0   (1403 words)

  
 Tom Benjamin's NHL Weblog: Bunk from Burke
I like and respect Brian Burke, but his most recent position on the NHLPA offer is pure bunk.
The word from Brian Burke and other NHL insiders is that Gary Bettman does intend to sink the season on Tuesday.
We can hope that Brian Burke is providing mere misdirection at this point and is keeping owner options open on the public relations front.
canuckscorner.com /weblog/nhllog/archives/2004/12/bunk_from_burke.html   (1813 words)

  
 WisPolitics Feature: Burke and two former campaign aides Charged   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Burke or his campaign and office staff met at the Capitol with lobbyists or representatives of the Wisconsin Realtors Association, the Wisconsin Dental Association, the Wisconsin Bankers Association, the DeWitt, Ross and Stevens law firm, and the Foley and Lardner law firm and talked about AG campaign contributions, according to the criminal complaint.
Blanchard's office charged Burke with 18 felony counts, including 16 Class E felonies and two Class D felonies relating to alleged withholding and altering of evidence in an attempt to hide illegal use of state employees and state resources to conduct private campaign activity.
Burke, who has dropped out of the attorney general's race and said he would not run for re-election, continues to maintain his innocence.
archive.wispolitics.com /freeser/features/f0206/f02062603.html   (748 words)

  
 Brian Burke Booted by Ishkur
Brian Burke, one-time minor hockey league player who decided that an education was more important than a slim chance at a professional hockey contract, went to Harvard and studied law.
Earnest, straight-forward, with little tolerance for polijargon, Brian Burke was a refreshing change from the usual boring, monotonous "safe" answers that sports personalities gave.
Quinn and Burke were unbeatable as a tandem, and Vancouver enjoyed, for the first time in franchise history, being an elite team.
www.sportsrant.com /index.php?do=feature&t=2659&print=1   (2153 words)

  
 JS Online: Burke immune from arrest, lawyer says
Burke's Milwaukee attorney, Robert Friebert, told a court commissioner during the hearing that the state constitution gives legislators immunity from arrest for everything but "treason, felony and breach of the peace" during the legislative session, and for 15 days before and after a session.
"Brian Burke is privileged from arrest for these charges because none were felonies when the constitution was adopted," a brief filed by Friebert states.
Friebert said although Burke was present in the courtroom Monday, he was not making an official appearance because of the challenge to the court's jurisdiction.
www.jsonline.com /news/state/jul02/56021.asp   (1016 words)

  
 The Globe and Mail: Faceoff with Brian Burke
Burke, 49, spent six seasons as the Canucks' president, general manager and alternate governor and in that time, resurrected an NHL franchise that had fallen on hard times.
Previously, Burke worked as general manager of the Hartford Whalers in the 1992-93 season, before joining the NHL front office in Sept. 1993 as senior vice president of hockey operations.
Burke began his NHL career as a player agent and represented a number of prominent NHL players, including Brett Hull and Joel Otto.
www.theglobeandmail.com /servlet/story/RTGAM.20050202.wduha2/BNStory/Sports?pageRequested=1   (773 words)

  
 nV News - Interview of NVIDIA's Brian Burke
Brian had previously covered the PR duties at 3dfx and STB prior to the merger that allowed 3dfx to go vertical.
Brian: NVIDIA believes that 3dfx has a tremendous amount of expertise in graphics technology.
Brian: I do not think that was part of the assets we purchased.
www.nvnews.net /articles/bbinterview.shtml   (1270 words)

  
 Sympatico/MSN News - CBC.ca   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Former Vancouver Canucks general manager Brian Burke has resurfaced at the duck pond in Anaheim.
Burke spent the last year as a member of the media, a group he often sparred with during his time as a hockey executive.
Known for his pull-no-punches, no-nonsense approach, Burke spent the previous six seasons building the Canucks into a successful team on a modest budget.
sympatico.msn.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2005/06/20/Sports/burke050620.html   (529 words)

  
 NHL News, Rumors and Forums - An article opposed to Brian Burke!!!
Brian Burke has no clue when it comes to choosing a goaltender.
The Problem I am trying to point out with Brian Burke, is his apparent urge to find the needle in the haystack goaltender.
Burke needs to sign a descent at least slightly proven goaltender this off season to stop all the fans from jumping on down his throat.
www.wowhockey.com /article1238.html   (581 words)

  
 Vancouver Canuck Fans in Support of Brian Burke Petition
Burke's direction the Canucks have become a contending hockey club, a financially successful business, and a team that the people of Vancouver can be proud of.
Burke, and that ownership is concerning itself a little too much with the opinions of these so-called "experts".
Therefore we present this petition, demanding that Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment do the right thing, and treat Brian Burke with the respect he deserves, and they reward him with a new contract for the outstanding job he has done with his hockey club for the people of Vancouver.
www.petitiononline.com /pburke04/petition.html   (358 words)

  
 Brian Burke // Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Brian Burke was born the oldest of two boys in Tyler, Texas, and was raised in Houston, Texas..
Growing up in a very musically driven family, Brian has always remembered loving to sing, and started honing in on his ability to understand guitar at the young age of 10.
Although Brian's style and songwriting ability reflects no other, his biggest musical influences are the guys on the Texas / Red Dirt Scene, including Stoney LaRue, Pat Green, Cory Morrow..
www.ezfolk.com /audio/bands/217/music.php   (235 words)

  
 Red Line Sports: Brian Burke on Sportstalk
Basically, Burke's sentiments were that it's a ridiculous notion that all the NHL is out to do is crush the NHLPA.
As I said before, Burke may be abrasive and he has just a smidge of a bias to the owners side, nonetheless, when he speaks, most listen.
On a final note, Burke basically conveyed that the season is all but officially down the drain.
redlinesports.blogspot.com /2005/01/brian-burke-on-sportstalk.html   (579 words)

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