FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 1, 2024
K-WINGS SIGN GOALTENDER HUNTER VORVA
Kalamazoo’s own Hunter Vorva returns to team.
KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Wings, proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, announced Sunday that goaltender Hunter Vorva has signed a Standard Player Contract.
Vorva, 28, is a 5-foot 11-inch, 179-pound, Kalamazoo, Michigan native that’s entering his third professional season, and is coming off a 2023-24 campaign in which he finished as the ECHL’s No. 3 overall ranked goaltender.
The netminder appeared in two games (0-1-0-0) with the Nottingham Panthers (EIHL) this season, posting a 3.85 GAA and a .922 save percentage.
Last season, Hunter went 20-14-0-0, finishing No. 2 in the ECHL in Goals Against Average (GAA) at 2.51, the ECHL’s No. 3 ranked Save Percentage (S%) at .920 and posted three shutouts.
In 2021-22, Vorva finished ranked No. 4 in the ECHL with a .919 S% and T-No. 6 with 2.61 GAA in 28 games played (13-9-2, 1 SO) for Kalamazoo. The netminder also earned Kalamazoo’s ‘Rookie of the Year’ & ‘Star of the Game’ awards in 2022-23.
Before earning a spot on the K-Wings roster via a 2022 Training Camp Tryout Contract, the Marian University product sported a 1.93 GAA with a .934 S% in 32 games played (22-8-2) for the Huntsville Havoc (SPHL), earning the SPHL Goaltender of the Year nod for his performance in 2021-22. Both Vorva's GAA and S% numbers were tops in the SPHL that season, along with taking home a 2022 SPHL First All-Star Team selection.
Vorva was called-up once to the Cleveland Monsters (AHL) in 2022-23 and played one season in the France2 League in 2020-21 with Marseille (7-4-0, 2.69 GAA, .905 S%, 1 SO).
Prior to France, Hunter was named ACHA Player of the Year in 2018-19 and holds records from his time with Marian in single-season games played (29, 2017-18), wins (20, 2017-18) with career records in S% (.928) & career SO’s (8) from 2017-20.
Goaltender Logan Neaton has been traded to Allen for future considerations.
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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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