Monsters loan goaltender Pavel Cajan to ECHL's Kalamazoo Wings

Jan 11, 2024

The Monsters announced Thursday that Cleveland loaned goaltender Pavel Cajan to the ECHL’s Kalamazoo Wings and the Monsters signed net-minder Hunter Vorva to a professional tryout (PTO) contract. In 11 appearances for Cleveland this season, Cajan went 4-4-1 with a 3.55 goals-against average (GAA) and .884 save percentage (S%). Vorva went 4-5-0 with two shutouts, a 2.86 GAA and .905 S% in ten appearances for Kalamazoo.

 

A 6’2”, 176 lb. left-catching native of Pribam, Czechia, Cajan, 21, went 12-14-3 with a 3.55 GAA and .880 S% in 33 career AHL appearances, all for Cleveland, spanning parts of two seasons from 2022-24. In 12 career ECHL appearances for Kalamazoo during the 2022-23 season, Cajan went 6-6-0 with a 2.34 GAA and .932 S%. Prior to his professional career, Cajan went 21-18-4 with a 3.61 GAA and .901 S% in 44 OHL appearances for the Kitchener Rangers in 2021-22 and represented Czechia at the 2021-22 IIHF U20 World Junior Championship.

 

A 5’11”, 165 lb. left-catching native of Kalamazoo, MI, Vorva, 28, posted a record of 17-14-2 with three shutouts, a 2.67 GAA and .916 S% in 38 career ECHL appearances for Kalamazoo spanning parts of two seasons from 2022-24. In 35 career SPHL appearances for the Huntsville Havoc spanning parts of two seasons from 2021-23, Vorva supplied a record of 22-10-2 with three shutouts, a 2.15 GAA and .928 S%. In 2021-22, Vorva was named to the SPHL’s First All-Star Team and collected SPHL Goaltender of the Year honors.

 

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