Position: | Defence |
Shoots: | Right |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lb: | 194 |
Birth Date: | 25 April 1989 |
Birth Place: | Skellefteå, Sweden |
Career Start: | 2007 |
Career End: | 2018 |
Played For: | Skellefteå AIK HC Fassa LHC Les Lions SønderjyskE Ishockey Étoile Noire de Strasbourg |
Johan Burlin (born April 25, 1989 in Skellefteå) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player.[1]
Burlin progressed through the youth hockey system maintained by Skellefteå AIK, including playing 31 games with their Elitserien club during the 2008-09 season. On 14 May 2009 left Skellefteå AIK and signed with Borås HC of the HockeyAllsvenskan.[2] He played 12 games with the club before moving to Piteå HC in Division 1, the tier 3 league in Sweden, to complete the season. During the 2010-11 season, Burlin played the majority of the season with Molot-Prikamye Perm a Russian team competing in the VHL. In 2011-12, Burlin returned to Sweden to play for IF Sundsvall Hockey, which was then competing in HockeyAllsvenskan. Burlin was on the move once more for the 2012-13 season, when he played for Lausitzer Füchse in 2nd Bundesliga, the German Tier 2 league. In 2013-14, he played for HC Fassa in Serie A, the top tier league in Italy. In the 2014 off-season, Burlin signed for KH Sanok in the PHL but was later released from the team without playing a single game. He was signed shortly after by Manchester Phoenix, 2014 champions of the EPIHL for the 2014-15 season.[3]