| Birth Date: | February 20, 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Youngstown, Alberta, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 187 |
| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Played For: | New York Rangers |
| Career Start: | 1938 |
| Career End: | 1949 |
Norman Carlyle Burns (February 20, 1918 – February 23, 1995) was a Canadian ice hockey centre. He played 11 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers during the 1941–42 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1939 to 1949, was spent in the minor leagues.[1] Burns was born in Youngstown, Alberta.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1938–39 | Sherbrooke Red Raiders | QPHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1939–40 | Atlantic City Sea Gulls | EAHL | 49 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1939–40 | Rivervale Skeeters | EAHL | 14 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1940–41 | Washington Eagles | EAHL | 64 | 67 | 26 | 93 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1941–42 | New York Rangers | NHL | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1941–42 | New Haven Eagles | AHL | 35 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1942–43 | Montreal RCAF | QSHL | 25 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1943–44 | Toronto RCAF | OHA Sr | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1943–44 | Toronto Fuels | TMHL | 9 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 1945–46 | St. Paul Saints | USHL | 54 | 30 | 22 | 52 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1946–47 | New Haven Ramblers | AHL | 29 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1946–47 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ) | ||
| 1947–48 | Minneapolis Millers | USHL | 57 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1948–49 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 21 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | Washington Lions | AHL | 18 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||