BURNETT JOINS DUCKS STAFF.Byline: Bloomberg News The Mighty Ducks hired former Edmonton Oilers coach George Burnett as an assistant on Craig Hartsburg's staff. Burnett, 36, was coach of the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior "A" Tier I ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20. last season, leading the team to a 42-18-6 record and the OHL OHL Ontario Hockey League OHL Oberste Heeresleitung (German: Highest Command of Military; WWI) OHL Overhaul OHL OverHead Line (Mer Mec power transmission, railway equipment) OHL Oral Hairy Leukoplakia championship. Burnett spent part of 1994-95 season as coach of the Oilers, compiling a 12-20-3 record. He joined the team after two seasons with Cape Breton, Edmonton's American Hockey League
``George Burnett is a bright young coach who has head-coaching experience ranging from the junior level to the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there ,'' Hartsburg said. ``We are very pleased to have him on our coaching staff.'' Burnett joins Newell Brown as an assistant for the Ducks. Brown, who was hired on Aug. 12, was also an assistant under Hartsburg in Chicago last season. |
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