Brian Burke and Mike Milbury join Vermont Law School Sports Law Institute
We are thrilled to announce that NHL executives Brian Burke and Mike Milbury have joined our Vermont Law School Sports Law Institute as members of the Board of Advisors.
As I'll detail later this week, we are close to finalizing plans for Milbury to speak at Vermont Law School on Tuesday, November 27 at 2 pm on the NHL Lockout and where things go from here.
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Brian Burke is an American-Canadian ice hockey executive who is currently the President and General
Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Burke has also served as General
Manager of the Anaheim Ducks—leading the club to its first Stanley Cup
championship—as well as the Vancouver Canucks and Hartford Whalers.
Burke previously worked in the NHL front office as Executive Vice
President and Director of Hockey Operations, spent six years as a player
agent, and played professional hockey for the Marine Mariners of the
American Hockey League. He received the 2008 Lester Patrick Award for
his outstanding service to hockey in the United States. Burke is a
graduate of Providence College and Harvard Law School.
Mike
Milbury is an American sportscaster currently working as an ice hockey
analyst for the NHL on NBC and Comcast Sports New England. He has also
presented on ESPN, Versus, and CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. Milbury
played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League as a defenseman for
the Boston Bruins. He coached the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Finals and
the President’s Trophy for the best record in the league. Milbury spent
11 seasons with the New York Islanders, where he worked as the team’s
General Manager, Head Coach, and Senior Vice President. He is an
inductee of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, and holds a degree
from Colgate University.
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