On the Sheet: Patrick Burke on Brian Burke Being Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

Jeff Marek· Host0:00

[upbeat music] In the meantime, pleased to welcome aboard to the program, no stranger here, and is here for a different reason other than to talk about the All-Star Game or the Department of Player Safety or suspensions. Uh, he's the VP of Player Safety, but today he is Brian Burke's son, who's going into the Hockey Hall of Fame, uh, Patrick Burke. Um, do I call you Little Burkie to Big Burkie? How would you like to be referred to? Or son of a Hall of Famer? How do you want it, Pat?

Patrick Burke· Guest0:23

Hall of, Hall of Fame bloodline sounds pretty good to me. [laughs] But, uh, you know, I, when I first started working for the Flyers, there was a guy on staff who started calling me Little Burkie, and I immediately went, "Absolutely not." [laughs] Started calling Big Burkie Big Burkie, and that has stuck. So- Okay ... I avoided the Little Burkie tag by making him Big Burkie.

Jeff Marek· Host0:40

All right. Well, uh, Patrick, thank you so much for stopping by. Listen, it was, um, I was so happy for your father yesterday. I think we all were. And I, I think that, like, right away I got phone calls from a couple of players from the PWHL that were so happy, "Hey, give me Brian's number. Hey, give me Brian's number." And there's a number of different areas that, um, that Big Burkie touched, and that to me is the definition of someone who helped build the game, capital G game, and left it in a better place than when he started. I mean, you know your dad's bio, high school hockey student, or high school hockey player. Um, American Hockey League player with the Maine Mariners, agent, manager, worked at the league, uh, won a Stanley Cup, outstanding broadcaster, initiatives with LGBTQ+, and, um, initiatives with the PWHL. And I remember your, your dad would always say to me, "It's not enough just