FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 16, 2021

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS RE-SIGN GOALTENDER CAM JOHNSON TO ONE-YEAR, TWO-WAY NHL/AHL CONTRACT

COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have re-signed goaltender Cam Johnson to a one-year, two-way / contract for the 2021-22 season, club General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo Kekalainen announced today.

Johnson, 27, was originally signed by the Blue Jackets as a free agent on January 9, 2021 and served on the club’s taxi squad during the majority of the 2021-22 campaign. He also posted a 6-1-0 record with a 1.77 goals-against average, .941 save percentage and two shutouts in seven games with the Eastern Conference Hockey League’s Florida Everblades last season.

The Troy, Michigan native has registered a 23-11-2 record with a 2.28 GAA, .926 SV% and five shutouts in 38 career ECHL contests with the Everblades and from 2018-21. He has also gone 11-16-5 with a 3.80 GAA, .873 SV% and one shutout in 32 career AHL games with the Binghamton Devils from 2017-19. In 2018-19, he went 11-15-3 with a 3.79 GAA, .872 SV% and one shutout in an AHL career-high 29 games with the ’ AHL affiliate.

The 6-1, 205-pound netminder played four seasons at the University of North Dakota from 2014-18, compiling a 56-26- 12 record, 2.10 GAA, .914 SV% and 12 shutouts in 102 career outings. In 2015-16, he went 24-4-2 with a 1.66 GAA, .935 SV% and five SO in 34 games to lead the Fighting Hawks to the NCAA championship. He earned NCAA West Second Team All-American honors and was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team that year.

CAM JOHNSON, Goaltender Hgt.: 6-1, Wgt.: 205, Catches: Left, Born: July 11, 1994 (Troy, Michigan) Career Statistics Regular Season Playoffs Year Team League GP Rec. SO GAA SV% MIN GP Rec. GAA SV% MIN 2014-15 North Dakota NCHC 2 0-0-0 0 5.54 .765 43 … … … … … 2015-16 North Dakota NCHC 34 24-4-2 5 1.66 .935 1,918 … … … … … 2016-17 North Dakota NCHC 37 20-13-3 4 2.39 .903 2,212 … … … … … 2017-18 North Dakota NCHC 29 12-9-7 3 2.14 .910 1,735 … … … … … Binghamton AHL 3 0-1-2 0 3.90 .876 185 … … … … … 2018-19 Binghamton AHL 29 11-15-3 1 3.79 .872 1,695 … … … … … Adirondack ECHL 10 4-5-1 1 2.54 .915 589 … … … … … 2019-20 Florida ECHL 21 13-5-1 2 2.32 .925 1,162 … … … … … 2020-21 Florida ECHL 7 6-1-0 2 1.71 .914 406 … … … … … AHL Totals 32 11-16-5 1 3.80 .873 1,880 … … … … … ECHL Totals 38 23-11-2 5 2.28 .926 2,157 … … … … … NCAA Totals 102 56-26-12 12 2.10 .914 5,908 … … … … …

‐ CBJ ‐

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