Johan Burlin (born April 25, 1989 in

Skellefteå Skellefteå (, locally ) is a Cities in Sweden, city in Västerbotten County, Sweden, with a population of 36,388. It is the seat of Skellefteå Municipality, which had 77,322 inhabitants in 2024. The city is historically industrial, with mining ...

) is a Swedish former professional

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player.

Career

Burlin progressed through the youth hockey system maintained by

Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå AIK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå. They currently play In the Swedish Hockey League. They play their home games in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, which seats 6,001 spectators. The team has won the Swedish Ch ...

, including playing 31 games with their

Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ...

club during the 2008-09 season. On 14 May 2009 left Skellefteå AIK and signed with

Borås HC Borås HC is a Swedish professional ice hockey club, based in Borås, currently playing in HockeyEttan in Sweden. The club played constantly in the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan between 2007 and 2012, but due to economical problems the Bo ...

of the

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. He played 12 games with the club before moving to

Piteå HC Piteå Hockey Club, usually abbreviated Piteå HC, is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Piteå in Norrbotten, Sweden's northernmost county. The club played six seasons, from 1999 to 2005, in Sweden's second-tier league, Allsvenskan Allsv ...

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 Molot-Prikamye Perm () is a professional ice hockey team based in Perm, Perm Krai, Russia. They are playing in the Supreme Hockey League The All-Russian Hockey League (VHL) (, ''Vserossiyskaya hokkeinaya liga (VHL)''), also known as the Majo ...

a Russian team competing in the VHL. In 2011-12, Burlin returned to Sweden to play for

IF Sundsvall Hockey IF Sundsvall Hockey is a Sweden, Swedish ice hockey club based in Sundsvall. The club currently competes in Hockeyettan, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. Sundsvall plays their home matches at Gärdehov, with a capacity of 2,500. History ...

, which was then competing in

. Burlin was on the move once more for the 2012-13 season, when he played for

Lausitzer Füchse The Lausitzer Füchse (literally ''Lusatian Foxes''; ) is an ice hockey team based in Weißwasser, Saxony. They currently play in DEL2, the second level of ice hockey in Germany. Prior to the 2013–14 season they played in the 2nd Bundesliga. ...

in 2nd Bundesliga, the German Tier 2 league. In 2013-14, he played for HC Fassa in

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, the top tier league in Italy. In the 2014 off-season, Burlin signed for

KH Sanok STS Sanok is an ice hockey team in Sanok, Poland. The team played in the Eastern Division of the Slovak 2. Liga, the third tier of ice hockey in Slovakia. The team was inactive during the 2016–2017 season due to financial difficulties. Before th ...

in the PHL but was later released from the team without playing a single game. He was signed shortly after by

Manchester Phoenix Manchester Phoenix were a semi professional ice hockey team from Greater Manchester, England. The club was formed in 2003 as a result of the efforts of supporters group ''Friends of Manchester Ice Hockey'' to bring top-level ice hockey back to M ...

, 2014 champions of the

EPIHL The English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPIHL) was an ice hockey league of 10 teams, all of which were based in England. Headquartered in Blackpool, the EPIHL was one of two professional ice hockey leagues in the United Kingdom (the other being t ...

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 Ice hockey people from Skellefteå Piteå HC players Skellefteå AIK players SønderjyskE Ishockey players IF Sundsvall Hockey players Swedish ice hockey defencemen 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-icehockey-defenceman-stub