Matthew Berlin (born January 20, 1998) 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.
Playing career Berlin was drafted 148th overall by the Spokane Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft. 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. 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.
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.
Berlin was an emergency backup goalie for the Colorado Avalanche on April 22, 2022, against the Edmonton Oilers.Kane scores 3 as Oilers beat Avs 6–3, clinch playoff spot 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 seasonPlayoffs 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 — — — — — — — —2023–24University of AlbertaCIS1612128824302.93.895————————NHL totals 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — —
See also Emergency backup goaltender List of players who played only one game in the NHL
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