Matt Berlin

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|1|20}}

| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 205

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| league = NHL

| team =

| played_for = Edmonton Oilers

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2023

| career_end = 2023

}}

Matthew Berlin (born January 20, 1998){{Cite web |url = https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/166665/matt-berlin |title = Matt Berlin |website = Elite Prospects |access-date = January 28, 2023 |df = mdy-all }} 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.{{Cite web |title=Oilers EBUG Matt Berlin comes in late for Campbell, makes one save |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/oilers-skinner-out-with-illness-u-of-as-matt-berlin-to-serve-as-campbells-backup/ |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=Sportsnet.ca |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Nugent-Bowman |first=Daniel |date=January 29, 2023 |title=Oilers give a third-string university goalie the experience of his lifetime |url=https://theathletic.com/4134702/2023/01/29/oilers-third-string-university-goalie/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The Athletic |language=}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-29 |title='You're going in': Night of a lifetime for Edmonton Oilers emergency backup goalie |url=https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers/youre-going-in-night-of-a-lifetime-for-edmonton-oilers-emergency-backup-goalie |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Edmonton Sun |language=}}

Playing career

Berlin was drafted 148th overall by the Spokane Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft.{{Cite web |date=2018-01-08 |title=Kootenay Ice trade fifth-round pick to Seattle for goalie Matt Berlin – Cranbrook Daily Townsman |url=https://www.cranbrooktownsman.com/sports/kootenay-ice-trade-fifth-round-pick-to-seattle-for-goalie-matt-berlin/ |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.cranbrooktownsman.com |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |title=GOALIE MATT BERLIN REASSIGNED – Spokane Chiefs |url=https://spokanechiefs.com/goalie-matt-berlin-reassigned |access-date=2023-01-29 |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2018-01-08 |title=With emergence of Hughes, T-Birds deal Berlin to Kootenay |url=https://sports.mynorthwest.com/390376/with-return-of-hughes-t-birds-deal-berlin-to-kootenay/ |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=Seattle Sports |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |title=U of A Golden Bears welcome Berlin to team |url=https://sherwoodparknews.com/sports/local-sports/u-of-a-golden-bears-welcome-berlin-to-team |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=sherwoodparknews |language=en-CA}}

Berlin was an emergency backup goalie for the Colorado Avalanche on April 22, 2022, against the Edmonton Oilers.[https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/401350380 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=

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style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" style="background:#fff;"\| ! rowspan="100" style="background:#fff;" \| ! colspan="9" style="background:#e0e0e0;"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" style="background:#fff;" \| ! colspan="8" style="background:#e0e0e0;"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! 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 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 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 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 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 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 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 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 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
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 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 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2022–23	University of Alberta	CIS \| 6	4	1	0	319	14	0	2.63	.888 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023–24 \|University of Alberta \|CIS \|16 \|12 \|1 \|2 \|882 \|43 \|0 \|2.93 \|.895 \|— \|— \|— \|— \|— \|— \|— \|—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"\|NHL totals ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0.00 !! 1.000 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! —