Dan Blackburn

Dan Blackburn
Dan Blackburn (left, 2011)
Date of birth	May 20, 1983
place of birth	Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 1st round, 10th position New York Rangers
Career stations
1997-1999	Bow Valley Eagles
1999-2001	Kootenay Ice
2001-2004	New York Rangers
2004-2005	Victoria Salmon Kings

Daniel Blackburn (born May 20, 1983 in Montreal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper . During his career between 2001 and 2003 he played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League .

Career

Dan Blackburn was selected in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers in tenth position in the first round. He was also used in the 2001/02 season as a back-up goalie behind Mike Richter and played 31 games. For his good performance he was elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team . The following season he was number 2 in the Rangers behind Mike Dunham .

The following season was not particularly positive. Blackburn missed the entire 2003/04 season due to a shoulder injury . The next year he was not used in the NHL , as the season was canceled due to the lockout . During that time he played in the ECHL with the Victoria Salmon Kings .

A month before the 2005-06 NHL season began , the protracted shoulder injury that plagued him turned out to be even worse than it actually was. Dan Blackburn sustained nerve damage in his left shoulder. On September 25, 2005, Dan Blackburn had to end his promising career at the age of just 22 years.

After the end of his career, Blackburn became the manager of the Goaltender Development Institute , which is committed to the promotion and training of ice hockey goalkeepers.

Achievements and Awards

1998 AJHL Scholastic Player of the Year 1999 AJHL Scholastic Player of the Year 2000 bronze medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2000 Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy 2000 WHL Playoff MVP 2000 CHL Rookie of the Year 2001 CHL Top Prospects Game

2001 WHL East First All-Star Team 2001 CHL First All-Star Team 2001 Del Wilson Trophy 2001 CHL Goaltender of the Year 2002 NHL YoungStars Game 2002 NHL All-Rookie Team

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victories	Defeats	OTN	Minutes	GT	Shutouts	Sv%	GTS
NHL: Regular season	2	63	20th	32	4th	3499	188	1	.894	3.22
NHL: playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
AHL: Regular season	1	4th	2	1	1	244	11	0	.905	2.70
AHL: playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Others

• Blackburn is the fifth youngest goalie ever to appear in NHL history (18 years and 143 days) and the third youngest to win (18 years and 148 days)
• Blackburn retired in September 2005 at the age of 22, but he made his last game in the NHL on April 5, 2003 at the age of 19

Web links

• Dan Blackburn at hockeydb.com (English)
• Dan Blackburn at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Dan Blackburn at hockeygoalies.org