Josh Doan, the son of Arizona Coyotes legend Shane Doan, wore this “blackout” specialty sweater for the Chicago Steel during their 2020-2021 Clark Cup championship season.
Josh had a breakout campaign in the USHL, finishing third in the league in scoring with 31 goals and 39 assists in just 53 games. In fact, he and his teammates occupied every one of the top four spots.
Doan’s growth from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021 was immense and scouts took notice.
After being passed over in his age 18 year at the NHL Draft, Corey Pronman projected Doan as the 120th best prospect in the draft which should slot him somewhere in the middle rounds, however he was ultimately selected 37th overall by the hometown Arizona Coyotes.
At the time, Pronman described Josh Doan as a player who “works hard, he’ll go to the net, he can win battles along the boards and is solid defensively.” Those things were in evidence over the next several seasons at Arizona State and in his early time in the NHL.
Doan is an obvious Arizona hockey product, having spent his entire youth hockey career as part of the Jr. Coyotes organization in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale. I was pretty thrilled to be able to snag one of his junior jerseys.
The Chicago Steel wore these “blackout” specialty jerseys on February 13th, 2021 in an overtime win against the Dubuque Fighting Saints.
Doan’s jersey has pretty light wear as expected. There are some board burns and marks on the right sleeve and another on the left collarbone. Josh signed the jersey on the number on the back.
Everything on these gamers is sublimated including the name, numbers, crest, and 20th anniversary patch.
Josh Doan had the good fortune of being the son of the most beloved hockey figure in Arizona.
While having Shane Doan as a father might have provided some benefit, his work on the ice left no question that he belonged in an NHL organization.
The former Jr. Coyotes product had two stellar seasons at Arizona State and put his time in with the Tucson Roadrunners to earn his first callup to the Arizona Coyotes at the end of the 2023-2024 season.