Former Leafs GM, NHL executive Brian Burke makes brief cameo in ‘I Play Rocky’

TORONTO — “I Play Rocky” is about the making of the classic boxing movie, but hockey fans may recognize a familiar face in the film, too.

Former NHL executive Brian Burke makes a brief cameo in the film, which recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to much fanfare.

“I Play Rocky” tells the story of how a young Sylvester Stallone wrote and then starred in the iconic 1976 film “Rocky.”

The film’s director Peter Farrelly says Burke is an old friend from Providence College in Rhode Island.