Josh Blackburn

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Josh Blackburn
Born (1978-11-13) November 13, 1978 (age 45)
Del Rio, Texas, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Goaltender
Played for Augusta Lynx
Columbia Inferno
Corpus Christi Rayz
NHL Draft 116th overall, 1998
Phoenix Coyotes
Playing career 20022005

Josh Blackburn (born November 13, 1978, in Del Rio, Texas [1] ) is a retired American ice hockey goaltender.

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Playing career

He played college hockey for the Michigan Wolverines. After turning professional, he played for the Augusta Lynx and Columbia Inferno in the ECHL and the Corpus Christi Rayz of the Central Hockey League.

After retiring from professional hockey in 2005, Blackburn became a goaltending consultant and opened his own goaltending school. [2] In 2007, Blackburn returned to the University of Michigan as a volunteer assistant coach. [3] In 2018, Blackburn joined Total Package Hockey, a hockey development program, as a goaltending coach. [4]

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-CCHA Rookie Team 1998–99
CCHA All-Tournament Team 1999 [5]
All-CCHA Second Team 2000–01 [6]
CCHA All-Tournament Team 2002 [5]

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References

  1. Munn, Scott (April 3, 2001). "Picking and, hopefully, winning at playoff time". The Oklahoman. Retrieved November 11, 2023. In fact, he was born in Del Rio, Texas. The family moved when he was two, and Josh grew up playing hockey, mostly in Alaska.
  2. "JOSH BLACKBURN". mgoblue.com. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  3. "Alumnus Blackburn Returns as Volunteer Assistant Coach". mgoblue.com. September 19, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  4. "Josh Blackburn hired as new goaltending coach at Detroit CoE". totalpackagehockey.com. September 18, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  5. 1 2 "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  6. "All-CCHA Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 27, 2013.