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K-WINGS TAP WOLVERINE, SIGN ROOKIE DEFENSEMAN STEVE HOLTZ

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K-WINGS TAP WOLVERINE, SIGN ROOKIE DEFENSEMAN STEVE HOLTZ

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April 15, 2024

K-WINGS TAP WOLVERINE, SIGN ROOKIE DEFENSEMAN STEVE HOLTZ 

Kalamazoo adds stout Ann Arbor blueliner ahead of Kelly Cup Playoffs.

KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Wings, proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, announced Monday that rookie defenseman Steve Holtz has been signed to a Standard Player Contract.  

Holtz, 25, is 6-foot 4-inch, 200-pound, White Lake, MI native who played 74 games (1g-16a-106 PIM) and earned a plus-26 rating in parts of four seasons for the University of Michigan.

The defenseman assisted the Wolverines to two B1G Championships (2021-22 & 2022-23). Holtz also played one season for the Penticton Vees (BCHL), scoring 8 goals and 19 assists through 51 games played in 2019-20.

Kalamazoo (0-0) is back in action Friday at 7:15 p.m. EDT against Toledo (0-0) to kick off the 2024 Kelly Cup Playoffs in Game 1 of the Central Division Semifinals at Huntington Center.

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The Kalamazoo Wings are a professional hockey team located in southwest Michigan that has been a staple in the Kalamazoo, MI professional sports landscape since 1974. The K-Wings compete in the ECHL and are the AA affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks and the American Hockey League’s Abbotsford Canucks. Kalamazoo plays their 36 regular season home games at Wings Event Center from October through April.

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Friday, December 27th
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Wings Event Center
Bloomington Bison
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