Matt Berlin
Matthew Berlin (born January 20, 1998)[1] is a Canadian amateur ice hockey player. He appeared in one game for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2022–23 season as an emergency goaltender who was put in a game against the Chicago Blackhawks on January 28, 2023, with 2:26 remaining in the game.[2][3][4]
| Matt Berlin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
January 20, 1998 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
| Played for | Edmonton Oilers | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2023–present | ||
Playing career
Berlin was drafted 148th overall by the Spokane Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft.[5] In January 2016, he was reassigned to the Drayton Valley Thunder of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.[6] The Chiefs traded Berlin to the Seattle Thunderbirds in October 2016, where he spent two seasons and amassed a 19–9–4–1 record. Berlin was traded to the Kootenay Ice in January 2018.[7]
In the 2018–19 season, Berlin played as a starter for the AJHL Sherwood Park Crusaders, who had first acquired him from the Drayton Valley Thunder in 2016. After finishing the season with 28 wins in 38 games, he signed with the University of Alberta Golden Bears for the 2019–20 season.[8]
Berlin was an emergency backup goalie for the Colorado Avalanche on April 22, 2022, against the Edmonton Oilers.[9] On January 28, 2023, the Edmonton Oilers signed him to an amateur tryout contract, after regular goaltender Stuart Skinner was pulled from the lineup before game time due to illness. Berlin served as the backup to Jack Campbell and entered the game for the final 2 minutes in the Oilers' 7–3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, saving his lone shot faced.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | OTL | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 2015–16 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 233 | 17 | 0 | 4.38 | .851 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Drayton Valley Thunder | AJHL | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 816 | 61 | 1 | 4.49 | .873 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 11.54 | .615 | ||
| 2016–17 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6.07 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 702 | 33 | 1 | 2.82 | .902 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Sherwood Park Crusaders | AJHL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 9 | 0 | 2.97 | .902 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 24 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1,359 | 77 | 1 | 3.40 | .893 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 13 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 729 | 44 | 0 | 3.62 | .875 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Sherwood Park Crusaders | AJHL | 38 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 2,267 | 97 | 3 | 2.59 | .917 | 12 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 3.11 | .911 | ||
| 2019–20 | University of Alberta | CIS | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 814 | 26 | 3 | 1.92 | .907 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 1.53 | .923 | ||
| 2021–22 | University of Alberta | CIS | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 249 | 9 | 0 | 2.17 | .917 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | University of Alberta | CIS | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 319 | 14 | 0 | 2.63 | .888 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- "Matt Berlin". Elite Prospects. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- "Oilers EBUG Matt Berlin comes in late for Campbell, makes one save". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- Nugent-Bowman, Daniel (January 29, 2023). "Oilers give a third-string university goalie the experience of his lifetime". The Athletic. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- "'You're going in': Night of a lifetime for Edmonton Oilers emergency backup goalie". Edmonton Sun. 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- "Kootenay Ice trade fifth-round pick to Seattle for goalie Matt Berlin – Cranbrook Daily Townsman". www.cranbrooktownsman.com. 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- "GOALIE MATT BERLIN REASSIGNED – Spokane Chiefs". Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- "With emergence of Hughes, T-Birds deal Berlin to Kootenay". Seattle Sports. 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- "U of A Golden Bears welcome Berlin to team". sherwoodparknews. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- Kane scores 3 as Oilers beat Avs 6–3, clinch playoff spot
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database