FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 8, 2024
K-WINGS CLAIM DEFENSEMAN NOAH DOREY OFF WAIVERS
Kalamazoo adds big rookie to blue-line mix.
KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Wings, proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, announced Sunday that defenseman Noah Dorey has been claimed off waivers from Bloomington.
Dorey, 21, is a 6-foot 3-inch, 192-pound, Surrey, BC native in his first professional season. He made his professional and ECHL debut on Oct. 30 with the Bison, his only game played this season.
Last season, the defenseman scored four goals with 10 assists and 45 penalty minutes in 24 games for Vernon (BCHL), adding one goal and two assists in 10 playoff games.
Dorey spent parts of five seasons with Kelowna (WHL) from 2018-23, totaling five goals, 27 assists and 128 penalty minutes in 116 games played. In the 2022 WHL playoffs, he scored one goal with one assist in five games.
The K-Wings are back in action at Indy at 7:00 p.m. Saturday.
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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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