Garrett Burnett

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Garrett Burnett
Burnett with the Iowa Stars in 2005
Born (1975-09-23)September 23, 1975
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Died April 11, 2022(2022-04-11) (aged 46)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 235 lb (107 kg; 16 st 11 lb)
Position
Left wing
Shot Left
Played for
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1995–2006

Garrett "Rocky" Burnett (September 23, 1975 – April 11, 2022) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim of the National Hockey League in the 2003–04 season.

Playing career

Undrafted, Burnett played primarily in the then-named

penalty minutes for 13 different teams. In the 1999–2000 season, in only 58 games with the Kentucky Thoroughblades of the American Hockey League
(AHL), he had 506 penalty minutes.

After signing with the

Phoenix Coyotes on March 17, 2004. The enforcer played 39 games and registered 184 penalty minutes while scoring one goal and adding two assists. Burnett participated in 22 fights in his sole NHL season with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.[1] His reputation for having a "face of stone" was solidified in his March 19, 2004, fight against San Jose's Scott Parker
, who sustained a broken hand from fighting Burnett.

Burnett signed an NHL

2004–05 NHL lockout only played briefly as the player-assistant coach for the Danbury Trashers of the United Hockey League (UHL) in 2004. Burnett became a free agent and was signed by the Dallas Stars for the 2005–06 season, in which he played for Dallas' minor league affiliates the Iowa Stars and Phoenix RoadRunners.[2]

His last game played was in the

Summum Chiefs. The league suspended him for throwing a net at an opposing player.[1]

Two-sport athlete

Burnett also tried his hand at lacrosse, signing with the Arizona Sting of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) in 2006, landing on their practice roster. He had not played an NLL game as of the 2006 season. During the 2006 season he played lacrosse for the New Westminster Salmonbellies of the Western Lacrosse Association Vancouver.

Victim of assault

Burnett was assaulted in the early hours of December 26, 2006, inside and outside of a

North Delta, British Columbia. He was in a coma in a Vancouver hospital.[1]
According to family, he was on life support and in a coma for three weeks and doing much better, yet he was also recovering/rehabilitating and being treated regularly as an outpatient four years later. As of 2010, no charges had been laid in the incident.

In December 2008, Burnett sued the Delta Police Department and Corporation of Delta among others as well as the owners of the nightclub Cheers, and bouncers in relation to the 2006 incident.[3] In November 2011 Burnett lost his negligence lawsuit.

Death

Burnett died on April 11, 2022, at the age of 46.[4]

Career statistics

Regular season
 Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1994–95 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 14 0 1 1 78 — — — — —
1994–95 Kitchener Rangers OHL 22 0 1 1 74 3 0 1 1 23
1995–96 Utica Blizzard
CoHL
 15 0 1 1 78 — — — — —
1995–96
 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 3 0 0 0 20 — — — — —
1995–96 Tulsa Oilers CHL 6 1 0 1 94 — — — — —
1995–96
Nashville Knights
 ECHL 3 0 0 0 22 — — — — —
1995–96 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 8 0 1 1 38 1 0 0 0 0
1996–97
 Knoxville Cherokees ECHL 50 5 11 16 321 — — — — —
1997–98
 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 34 1 1 2 331 — — — — —
1997–98
 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 14 1 2 3 129 — — — — —
1998–99 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 31 1 0 1 186 — — — — —
1999–2000 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 58 3 3 6 506 4 0 0 0 31
2000–01 Cleveland Lumberjacks
IHL
 54 2 4 6 250 — — — — —
2001–02 New Haven Knights UHL 4 1 0 1 40 — — — — —
2001–02 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 32 1 0 1 175 — — — — —
2002–03 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 62 6 1 7 346 1 0 0 0 2
2003–04
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
NHL
 39 1 2 3 184 — — — — —
2004–05 Danbury Trashers UHL 7 0 1 1 48 — — — — —
2005–06 Iowa Stars AHL 10 0 1 1 104 — — — — —
2005–06 Phoenix RoadRunners ECHL 29 1 2 3 74 — — — — —
2006–07
Saint-Jean Chiefs
LNAH
 4 0 0 0 70 — — — — —
NHL totals 39 1 2 3 184 — — — — —

References

  1. ^
    Canada.com. 2007-02-15. Archived from the original
    on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  2. ^ "Stars signs Free Agent wings Garrett Burnett and Mike Siklenka to one-year deals". Dallas Stars. 2005-08-15. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  3. Canada.com. 2008-12-04. Archived from the original
    on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  4. ^ "OHL Mourns the Loss of Garrett Burnett". ontariohockeyleague.com. 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

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