Pat Burns: Stanley Cup-Winning NHL Coach Dies at 58

Pat Burns was a Canadian hockey coach. Born on April 4, 1952, in Montreal, he was a police officer in Gatineau for 16 years before coaching.

He coached the Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Bruins and Devils for 1,019 NHL games between 1988 and 2004, and won the Stanley Cup with New Jersey in 2003. He won the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year three times, the most by any coach. He was posthumously inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2014.

Burns was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2004 and later had cancer in his lungs. He died in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on November 19, 2010, at age 58.

Achievements: Stanley Cup champion (2003), three-time Jack Adams Award winner.

Birth: April 4, 1952 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Profession: Hockey coach.

Interesting Facts: He lied about his age to join the police at 17.