George Burnett began his head coaching career 30 years ago as he guided the Niagara Falls Thunder to the third round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs. He spent three years in Niagara and made it to the third round all three years. Then the Oilers hired him to coach their AHL affiliate in Cape Breton. They won the Calder Cup in his first season, 1993, then made the playoffs in 1994. Glen Sather promoted hired him to coach the Oilers that summer, but he only l...
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