Played For: | Augusta Lynx Columbia Inferno Corpus Christi Rayz |
Position: | Goaltender |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lb: | 190 |
Birth Date: | November 13, 1978 |
Birth Place: | Del Rio, Texas, U.S. |
Draft: | 116th overall |
Draft Year: | 1998 |
Draft Team: | Phoenix Coyotes |
Career Start: | 2002 |
Career End: | 2005 |
Josh Blackburn (born November 13, 1978, in Del Rio, Texas[1]) is a retired American ice hockey goaltender.
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]
Award | Year | |
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All-CCHA Rookie Team | 1998–99 | |
CCHA All-Tournament Team | 1999 | [5] |
All-CCHA Second Team | 2000–01 | [6] |
CCHA All-Tournament Team | 2002 | [7] |