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| 6th June, 2008 - 9:04 pm |  RealGM Staff Report - Anaheim Ducks Executive Vice President/General Manager Brian Burke was named the General Manager of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team today by USA Hockey. The 2010 Olympic Winter Games are scheduled to take place from February 12-28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
?I?m very grateful and honored to be part of the U.S. Olympic Team,? said Burke, whose previous international experience includes serving as General Manager of the U.S. Men?s National Team at the 1993 International Ice Hockey Federation Men?s World Championship in Munich and Dortmund, Germany. ?We hope to put a team together for 2010 that Americans can be proud of.?
Ranked as the No. 1 General Manager in the NHL in The Hockey News? Annual GM Rankings (March 2008), Burke led the Ducks to a Stanley Cup championship in 2007, the first-ever by a California-based club. Including a run to the 2006 Western Conference Finals, Burke has helped guide the Ducks to six series wins in the last three years, tied with Detroit for the most in the NHL during that span.
?We could not be more pleased than to have Brian as our General Manager,? said Ron DeGregorio, President of USA Hockey. ?His record of accomplishment speaks for itself. Brian?s drive and fire for the game rub off on you and it?s that type of passion that will help lead us to our ultimate goal of winning the gold medal." [READ] |
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