As a youth, Burke played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the St. Michael\'s minor ice hockey team from Toronto.\n', '

Burke was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the second round of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. He earned national attention from his international play, backstopping the Canada men\'s national junior ice hockey team to a silver medal in the 1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and a fourth-place finish for the men\'s national team at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.\n', '

Burke transitioned directly from Canada\'s Olympics national team to the Devils. He started 11 games for the Devils in the 1987–88 season, including an overtime victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on the final night of the season that qualified the Devils for their first Stanley Cup playoff series.\n', '

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