2025-26 Men's Hockey Roster
Biography
Career
Games: 79
Stats through 2025-26: 2.17 GAA, .931 SV%, 39-30-9
Honors and Awards
- Signed with the New York Islanders after the 2025-26 season, first Viking to sign an NHL Contract
- All-CCHA First Team (2026)
- All-CCHA Second Team (2025)
- 2026 Mike Rochter Award Finalist
- 2025 Mike Richter Award Semifinalist
- 2025-26 CCHA Goaltender of the Year
- 2025-26 CCHA Player of the Year
- Selected to the United States Collegiate Selects team to compete in the Spengler Cup, garnering a silver medal
- CCHA Goalie of the Week (7x)
- CCHA Goalie of the Month (4x)
- HCA Co-National Goaltender of the Month (2x)
- Hobey Baker Award Nominee (2x)
- Two-time Augustana’s Most Valuble Player (2024-25 and 2025-26 Team Award)
- CCHA Goalie of the Year Finalist (2024-25)
- CCHA All-Academic (2x)
- Attended Pittsburgh Penguins Development Camp in July 2025
2025-26 | Junior
- Played in 35 games
- Recorded a 1.99 goals against average and a 9.38 save percentage
- Tallied a record of 20-11-4
- Season high 42 saves against Bowling Green (Feb. 13) and Bemidji State (Mar. 7)
- Recorded three assists
- Finished with five shutouts
- Recorded the longest shutout streak by an Augustana netminder, lasting over 3 straight games for a total of 211:44 minutes
- Played in 2111:36 of ice time
- Made 1,056 saves
- Led the CCHA in SV% (.941), Saves per game (30.23), Total saves (786), T1st in shutouts (4), 2nd in GAA (1.87), 2nd in wins (20)
- Signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the New York Islanders
- Finished his collegiate career first all-time in Augustana hockey with 79 games played, 39 wins, 2.17 GAA, .931 SV%, 2277 saves, 8 shutouts, 4644 minutes played, and 3 assists.
2024-25 | Sophomore
- Played in 31 games
- Recorded a 1.93 goals against average and a .936 save percentage
- Tallied a record of 17-10-3
- Season high 45 saves in Augustana’s 3-2 win over No. 8 Colorado College
- Two-time HCA Co-Goaltender of the Month award winner
- Two-time CCHA Goaltender of the Month award winner
- Two-time CCHA Goalie of the Week
- Named a 2025 Mike Richter Award Finalist
- Hobey Baker Award Nominee
- Garnered All-CCHA Second Team honors
- Recorded an assist in Augustana 5-1 win over Bemidji State (Nov. 9)
- Played in 1808.97 minutes of action
- Named teams Most Valuble Player
2023-24 | Freshman
- Made his collegiate debut in Augustana’s 3-0 loss to Wisconsin, made 41 saves. (Oct. 8)
- Backstopped the Vikings in his first collegiate win against Colorado College, 4-3 (Oct. 28)
- Played in 13 games and finished with a record of 2-9-2.
- Maned the crease for 722:36 minutes
- Held a goals against average of 3.32 and save-percentage of .904
- Made 40+ saves in three games (Oct. 8), (Dec. 1) and (Jan. 6)
Before Augustana
- Josh previously played for the Battleford North Stars (SJHL) for the 2022-23 season where he appeared in 39 games
- He ended the season with a 32-4-3 record with a 2.39 GAA and a .935 save percentage
- Before playing for the North Stars, he played for the Vermont Lumberjacks (EHL) for the 2021-22 season where he appeared in 17 games and had an 8-7-1 record
- He finished with a 3.09 GAA and a .909 save percentage
Personal
- Josh was born on March 13, 2003, in Abbotsford, British Columbia, to parents Alex and Meghan
- He has three siblings Reilley, Nick, and Alleigh
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2023-24Freshman
Goaltender
6'2"
0 lbs
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2024-25Sophomore
Goaltender
6'2"
0 lbs
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2025-26Junior
Goaltender
6'2"
175 lbs
