Brent Bruns had a busy year. He put up career points with 76 (29 goals, 47 assists) and snagged himself the Norris Trophy as the league’s best defenseman. This summer, while on a visit to Disney Land, Burns was mistaken for a pirate and signed autographs for unknowing kids.
Now Burns has stripped down to appear in ESPN’s Body Issue along with his best bearded buddy, Joe Thornton.
Coming soon to ESPN’s Body Issue: the Beards will bare it all. https://t.co/3fi3wEp2mN pic.twitter.com/yu3PDGh5a9
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) June 25, 2017
The (former?) teammates debated who had better abs. Thornton more than hinted that he wins that battle.
“I think I have good abs underneath. You just can’t see them.”
– @Burnzie88 pic.twitter.com/5rkQP78hab— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) June 25, 2017
According to former teammate and current Panthers defenseman Jason Demers, this isn’t the first time this has happened. Demers also changed his Twitter header image to the photo.
Oddly enough this isn’t the first time this has happened #ESPNBODYISSUE @Burnzie88 @espn pic.twitter.com/ZXl4ra6fuu
— jason demers (@jasondemers5) June 25, 2017
In October, Thornton was photographed walking around Pittsburgh shirtless. He’s also why the Sharks made an interesting fashion decision.
“Joe’s the reason we got bathrobes in San Jose,” Thornton’s cousin Scott Thornton told Sports Illustrated. “After a game he’d be doing interviews naked or he’d have a jock strap on, innocent things for him, so they went out and bought us official San Jose Sharks bathrobes.”
Burns and Thornton now have new robes to add to their collection.
Hey #SJSharks/hockey fans, guess who’s bringing some “body check” to ESPN The Magazine’s 2017 Body Issue? Hint, things might get…beard pic.twitter.com/ArJjDmHSkh
— Ben Guerrero (@brguerrero) June 25, 2017
Sounds like a fun day, and it didn’t even take four goals to get Thornton to take it off this time.
