George Burnett

George Burnett (born March 25, 1962) is the coach and general manager of the Belleville Bulls in the Ontario Hockey League. Burnett briefly coached the Edmonton Oilers for part of the 1994–1995 National Hockey League season before being fired by General Manager Glen Sather and replaced by Assistant Coach Ron Low. 
Burnett played junior hockey for the London Knights of the OHL, and also suited up for the McGill University Redmen. He returned to the OHL as a head coach for the 1989–90 season when he was hired mid-season by the Niagara Falls Thunder, after starting the season as an assistant coach with the Oshawa Generals. 
Burnett was awarded the Matt Leyden Trophy as the OHL coach of the year for the 1990–91 and 1991–92 seasons. Burnett was quickly promoted to coaching the Oilers' farm team in the American Hockey League, the Cape Breton Oilers, including a Calder Cup championship in 1993. Failing in his attempt at an NHL head coaching job, Burnett returned for a two-year stint with the Binghamton Rangers, then would return to the OHL for the 1997–98 season, winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup with the Guelph Storm, then coaching in the Memorial Cup.
Burnett returned to the NHL as an assistant coach with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for two seasons from 1998 to 2000. Burnett would later return to the Oshawa Generals as their coach and general manager, lasting four seasons from 2000 to 2004. 
==Coaching record==
Team	Year 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season 	Post Season
Team	Year 	G 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	Pts 	Finish 	Result
NF 	1989–90	46 	19 	25 	2 	- 	(50) 	6th in Emms 	Lost in third round
NF 	1990–91	66 	39 	18 	9 	- 	87 	2nd in Emms 	Lost in third round
NF 	1991–92	66 	39 	23 	4 	- 	82 	2nd in Emms 	Lost in third round
CAP 	1992–93	80 	36 	32 	12 	- 	84 	3rd in Atlantic 	Won Calder Cup
CAP 	1993–94	80 	32 	35 	13 	- 	77 	4th in Atlantic 	Lost in first round
EDM 	1994–95	35 	12 	20 	3 	- 	(38) 	5th in Pacific 	(Fired)
BNG 	1995–96	80 	39 	31 	7 	3 	88 	1st in South 	Lost in first round
BNG 	1996–97	80 	27 	38 	13 	2 	69 	5th in Empire State	Lost in first round
GUE 	1997–98	66 	42 	18 	6 	- 	90 	1st in Central 	Won J. Ross Robertson Cup
OSH 	2000–01	68 	20 	36 	7 	5 	52 	5th in East 	Missed playoffs
OSH 	2001–02	68 	23 	33 	7 	5 	58 	4th in East 	Lost in first round
OSH 	2002–03	68 	34 	30 	2 	2 	72 	4th in East 	Lost in Second round
OSH 	2003–04	68 	30 	29 	8 	1 	69 	3rd in East 	Lost in first round
BEL 	2004–05	68 	29 	29 	6 	4 	68 	3rd in East 	Lost in first round
BEL 	2005–06	68 	32 	28 	- 	8 	72 	3rd in East 	Lost in first round
BEL 	2006–07	68 	39 	24 	- 	5 	83 	1st in East 	Lost in third round
BEL 	2007–08	68 	48 	14 	- 	6 	102 	1st in East 	Lost in OHL Finals
BEL 	2008–09	68 	47 	17 	- 	4 	98 	1st in East 	Lost in third round
BEL 	2009–10	68 	20 	40 	- 	8 	48 	5th in East 	Missed playoffs
BEL 	2010–11	68 	21 	43 	- 	4 	46 	4th in East 	Lost in first round
==External links==
* hockeydb.com statistics
 
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