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Purdy: Sharks benefit when Brent Burns shouts own number

Related Topics: Brent Burns, Joe Pavelski, Defenceman

ST. LOUIS -- History was made here Tuesday night. Some of it had to do with the noise that escapes through the tangled poison ivy beard that surrounds Brent Burns' mouth. The noise happens whenever he wants to shoot the puck.

Which is, as Burns admits, is pretty much every waking minute of the day."I always call for the puck, even when I'm not open," the Sharks' defenseman said. This time, though, Burns truly was open."He did give a little call," acknowledged teammate Joe Pavelski, explaining how he came to slide a perfect setup to Burns, who then blasted the first of his two mammoth power play goals against the St.