Rod Branch

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Rod Branch

| image =

| caption =

| image_size = 225px

| played_for = WPHL
New Mexico Scorpions
CHL
Tulsa Oilers
Topeka Scarecrows
Oklahoma City Blazers
UHL
Motor City Mechanics

| position = Goaltender

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|04|14}}

| birth_place = Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 165

| catches =

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1996

| career_end = 2006

}}

Rod Branch (born April 14, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. During his eight seasons in the Central Hockey League (CHL), Branch posted 22 shutouts to retire as the CHL's all-time career shut-out leader.

Born in Fort St. John, British Columbia, Branch played four seasons (1992–1996) of major junior hockey in the Western Hockey League. He turned professional during the 1996–97 season, and went on to play ten seasons of pro hockey, including six seasons with the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League.

Awards and honours

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Central Hockey League Career Shutout Leader (22)

| 2003–04

| [http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/index.html?article_id=344 The Center Of Hockey: Press Room] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214052810/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/index.html?article_id=344 |date=December 14, 2010 }}

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