| Garrett Burnett | |
| |
| Position | Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Teams | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| Nationality |  Canadian
|
| Born | September 23, 1975, Coquitlam, BC, CAN |
| Died | April 11, 2022 (aged 46), Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Pro Career | 1995 – 2007 |
Garrett "Rocky" Burnett (September 23, 1975 – April 11, 2022) is a professional ice hockey player who played with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim of the NHL in the 2003-04 season.
NHL career[]
Burnett's first career goal came against Brent Johnson of 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.
According to hockeyfights.com, Burnett participated in 22 fights in his sole NHL season with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. 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 one way contract for the 2004/05 season plus a one year option.
Minor League Career[]
In Burnett's minor league career, he amassed 2,562 penalty minutes for 13 different teams. In the 1999–2000 season, in only 58 games with the Kentucky Thoroughblades of the AHL, he had 506 penalty minutes.
Played briefly and was the player-assistant coach for the Danbury Trashers of the UHL in 2004.
He last game played was in the Quebec-based Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH) on December 17, 2006. While playing for the Summum Chiefs, he was suspended for 36 games for throwing a net at an opposing goalie and for "making a spectacle of himself on the ice during a brawl."
Assault[]
Burnett was assaulted in the early hours of December 26, 2006 inside and outside of a night club in 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.[2] In November of 2011 Burnett lost his negligence lawsuit against a suburban Vancouver municipality of Delta and its police department.
Death[]
Burnett died on April 11, 2022 at the age of 46.[3]
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[]
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedNet - ↑ Ex-NHL player sues Delta police over Bar brawl. Canada.com (2008-12-04).
- ↑ OHL Mourns the Loss of Garrett Burnett. ontariohockeyleague.com (2022-04-13).
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database