Stuart Burnie is a retired professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player, most notably with the

Springfield Indians The Springfield Indians were a minor professional ice hockey franchise, originally based in West Springfield, Massachusetts and later Springfield, Massachusetts. The Indians were founding members of the American Hockey League. They were in existen ...

of the

American Hockey League The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary Minor league#Ice hockey, developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). Since the 2010–11 AHL se ...

History

College career

Burnie played his college hockey with the Broncos of Western Michigan University. He received All-Academic honorable mention citations in 1985 and 1986. His collegiate career culminated with the team's first appearance in the NCAA hockey playoffs, in 1986; Burnie broke the school record for goals in a season and for a single game that season, as well as being named to the CCHA All-Tournament and Second Team All-Star teams. He finished his college career as the Broncos' second all-time goal scorer (behind teammate and future NHLer

Dan Dorion Daniel Norman Dorion (born March 2, 1963) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger who played four games with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1985–86 and 1987–88. The rest of his career, ...

) and seventh all-time point getter.

Professional career

Undrafted by any NHL team, Burnie signed a three-year minor league contract with the

New York Islanders The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ( ...

to play for their

farm team, and played the

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

and

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

seasons in Springfield. Although the team did not meet with success, Burnie was the second leading scorer for the team over those three seasons, behind minor league scoring legend

Bruce Boudreau Bruce Allan Boudreau (born January 9, 1955) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach currently serving as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks. He previously served as head coach of the Washington Capitals, Anaheim Ducks, and Minnesota Wild. ...

. The 1990 season saw Burnie signing with JoKP Joensuu of the Finnish

SM-liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...

. His tenure was not successful - he finished 14th in team scoring - and Burnie signed the following season with the

Albany Choppers The Albany Choppers were an independent professional ice hockey team in Albany, New York competing in the International Hockey League during the 1990–91 season. Creation The Fort Wayne Komets had been mainstays of the IHL for four decades. ...

of the International Hockey League. One of the more mismanaged teams in recent hockey history, the Choppers folded in February 1991. Burnie signed for the remainder of the season with the

Fort Wayne Komets The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey team in the ECHL. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This team was previously a member of the Central Hockey League, the original Inte ...

, after which he retired from professional hockey.

International play

Burnie played in two stints for the Canadian National Team, in 1986 and 1991, scoring a total of four goals and three assists in seven games.

Awards and honours

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burnie, Stu 1962 births Canadian ice hockey forwards Springfield Indians players Fort Wayne Komets players Ice hockey people from Ontario Jokipojat players Living people People from Orillia