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Chad Johnson (G)

Portland Pirates

Biography

2010-11: Made NHL season debut 3/31 @ NY Islanders…Recalled by NY Rangers 3/2 and remained in NHL for balance of season…Named game’s First Star in 3-2 victory 2/4 vs. Bridgeport, after stopping 28 out of 30 shots…Registered his second shutout of the season, and second in five starts, 1/5 @ Worcester, making 27 saves in 2-0 victory (First Star)…Posted his first shutout of the season, and the fourth of his pro career, 12/26 @ Bridgeport, with 22 saves in 4-0 win (Third Star)…Was 6-0-2 in eight decisions, 11/19-12/17…Went four-for-four in his, and team’s, first shootout win of year 11/27 vs. Bridgeport (3-2 victory)…Earned First-Star honors in 2-1 @ Bridgeport 10/16, with 21 saves…Named game’s Second Star in season-opening 4-2 win vs. Charlotte 10/9 (24 saves)…2009-10: Won his last five decisions of the season (2.20 GAA, 93.0% save percentage), a Wolf Pack season-high win streak, and eight of his last ten…Made then-personal AHL-high 36 saves in 5-2 win 4/2 vs. Lowell…Faced first career AHL penalty shot 3/12 @ Springfield, and stopped Liam Reddox as one of 22 saves in 4-2 victory…Returned to Wolf Pack by NY Rangers 2/26…Had been recalled by NY Rangers 2/24, after having been returned to the Wolf Pack 2/11…Earned Second-Star honors in first career NHL win 1/31 @ Colorado, with 34 saves in 3-1 NY Ranger victory…Started back-to-back NHL games for the first time in his career 1/30 @ Phoenix and 1/31 @ Colorado…Recalled by NY Rangers 1/25…Returned to Wolf Pack by NY Rangers 1/20, after recall 1/11…Returned to Wolf Pack by NY Rangers 1/9…Made first career NHL start 1/7 @ Atlanta, and stopped 31 of 32 shots in 2-1 shootout loss…Recalled by NY Rangers 1/4…Named game’s First Star in 2-1 shootout win vs. Syracuse 1/3, after making 30 saves and going 3/3 in his first career shootout victory…Returned to Wolf Pack by NY Rangers 1/1…Made NHL debut 12/30 vs. Philadelphia, stopping 17 out of 20 shots in 40 minutes of work in relief of Henrik Lundqvist…Recalled by NY Rangers 12/12 and served as backup goaltender that night, returned to Wolf Pack 12/13, then recalled later that same day…Returned to Wolf Pack by NY Rangers 12/10, after serving as Ranger backup goaltender for three games…Received first career NHL recall from NY Rangers 12/3…Became the third goaltender in Wolf Pack history (joining Jason LaBarbera and Steve Valiquette), and the first since Valiquette in January of 2005, to register shutouts in back-to-back games 11/15, when he made 35 saves in 4-0 victory @ Worcester (First Star)…Posted his second shutout of season in Second-Star performance 11/13 vs. Manchester (26 saves in 2-0 win)…Won four straight decisions, 10/31-11/7…Authored first career AHL shutout 10/31 vs. Providence, with 17 saves in 7-0 victory…Registered first career pro win 10/10 vs. Springfield, stopping 27 of 28 shots in two periods of work in relief of Matt Zaba (7-3 victory)…Made pro debut 10/9 @ Providence….2008-09: Earned CCHA Player of the Year honors and led NCAA in GAA and save percentage…Finished second in CCHA, and tied for third in NCAA, in shutouts…2005-06: Finished third among CCHA freshmen in GAA and save percentage…Transactions: Signed NHL contract with NY Rangers 7/13/09…Drafted: 5th rd. (125th ov.) by Pittsburgh 2006.