Colorado Avalanche extends contract with defenseman Brent Burns
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- The Colorado Avalanche have signed 41-year-old defenseman Brent Burns to a new one-year contract.
- He is the oldest player in the NHL and has the second-longest shutout streak in league history.
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The NHL's Colorado Avalanche has signed a new contract with defenseman Brent Burns. This was reported on the team's website.
The new agreement with the 41-year-old hockey player is for one season.
Burns was the oldest player in the NHL last season. In 82 regular-season games, he scored 35 (12+23) points; in the playoffs, the defender played 13 games and scored 4 (0+4) points.
This will be Burns' second season with Colorado. In total, he has already played 1,007 games in a row (without missing a game), this is the second most in NHL history; Burns' streak dates back to 2013. Next season he could break Phil Kessel's record of 1,064 consecutive games.
Burns is the winner of the James Norris Trophy, the prize for the best defenseman of the NHL season (2017). He was selected to participate in the NHL All-Star Game six times and won gold at the 2015 World Cup with Team Canada.
