Brent Burns is on a quest for his first Cup in his NHL profession, now playing for the Colorado Avalanche. This quest has now hit 1,500 games for Burns. Burns played in his 1,five hundredth game within the third game of the season, and the league took notice.
“I believe there’s a whole lot of luck. Quite a lot of work and you simply got to enjoy it. I believe on daily basis, obviously every little thing’s lots harder as you grow old, but I just find it irresistible. Even a day like today, the body doesn’t feel too good. But, you get getting into practice and also you see guys get [a] sweat going and just start laughing. Those are the things you’ll be able to’t take as a right, that I believe you bought to enjoy it, be a part of it,” said Burns to the media prior to the sport, in response to the NHL. The Avalanche would fall in the sport, losing in a shootout to the Dallas Stars.
Hitting the marker of 1,500 games makes him just the eighth defenseman to succeed in this mark, and the twenty third overall player to affix the 1,500 game club. Alexander Ovechkin will likely join the group this yr, as he’ll play in his 1,494th game on Sunday evening.
Burns has been an iron man in his NHL profession. He last missed a game in November 2013, when he was playing for the San Jose Sharks. Since then, he has now played in over 900 straight games, with no sign of slowing down. In his time with the Sharks, he also played with one other man known for longevity, Patrick Marleau. Marleau has the NHL record for many games played within the NHL with 1,779. He also frolicked with Joe Thornton, who’s sixth all-time with 1,714 games played.
‘“[Marleau] was just so even keel and so skilled in the way in which he took care of himself,” noted Burns, “And [Thornton] just had an unbelievable mentality. He’d just say, ‘Just play 82 (games). You gotta play 82. There’s no nights off.’ His mentality was just unbelievable to see and be an element of and learn from. And definitely, each those guys were huge for me in some ways.”’
Now, the Avalanche hope to get a full 82 games from their blueliner. Burns hopes to lift the Stanley Cup for the primary time in his profession.