[Newsbot]

Title: Former NHL coach Pat Burns loses battle with cancer
Category: Sports
Posted By: WDHIII
Date: 2010-09-17 08:56:29
Canadian

[snookums]

RIP Pat...

[martin14]

Sorry to hear that, cancer sucks.

RIP Pat.

[WDHIII]

BURNS REFUTES REPORTS TO TSN THAT HE HAS PASSED AWAY

In contrast to several erroneous reports earlier in the day, former NHL head coach Pat Burns is alive,

Burns phoned TSN on Friday.

"Here we go again," said the three-time NHL coach of the year. "They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead. I'm not dead, far (expletive) from it. They've had me dead since June. Tell them I'm alive. Set them straight."

A report on Thursday suggested that Burns' condition had taken a turn for the worse.

The 58-year old has returned home to Magog, Quebec to be with his family.

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Apparently The Calgary Herald jumped the gun.....

[DerbyX]

Glad to hear he's alive. He was always one of my favourite coaches.

[canuckns]

Pat Burns: 'I'm alive!'

[sandorski]

He's in Quebec, you call that Life?

[QBall]

sandorski wrote:

He's in Quebec, you call that Life?

[Regina]

[Proculation]

What a BAD MISTAKE to make

[snookums]

Awesome column by Bob McKenzie