Johan Burlin (born April 25, 1989 in Skellefteå) is a

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former professional ice hockey player.

Career

Burlin progressed through the youth hockey system maintained by Skellefteå AIK, including playing 31 games with their

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club during the 2008-09 season. On 14 May 2009 left Skellefteå AIK and signed with Borås HC of the HockeyAllsvenskan. He played 12 games with the club before moving to

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in Division 1, the tier 3 league in Sweden, to complete the season. During the 2010-11 season, Burlin played the majority of the season with Molot-Prikamye Perm a Russian team competing in the VHL. In 2011-12, Burlin returned to Sweden to play for

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, which was then competing in HockeyAllsvenskan. Burlin was on the move once more for the 2012-13 season, when he played for Lausitzer Füchse in 2nd Bundesliga, the German Tier 2 league. In 2013-14, he played for HC Fassa in Serie A, the top tier league in Italy. In the 2014 off-season, Burlin signed for KH Sanok in the

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but was later released from the team without playing a single game. He was signed shortly after by Manchester Phoenix, 2014 champions of the

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for the 2014-15 season.

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* 1989 births Living people Borås HC players Étoile Noire de Strasbourg players SHC Fassa players Lausitzer Füchse players LHC Les Lions players Manchester Phoenix players Molot-Prikamye Perm players People from Skellefteå Municipality Piteå HC players Skellefteå AIK players SønderjyskE Ishockey players IF Sundsvall Hockey players Swedish ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Västerbotten County {{Sweden-icehockey-defenceman-stub