Cal Heeter

Cal Heeter
Born	November 2, 1988 St. Louis, MO, USA
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
DEL team Former teams	Hamburg Freezers Philadelphia Flyers KHL Medveščak Zagreb
National team	United States
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2012–present

Medal record
Competitor for  United States
Men's ice hockey
World Championships
	2013 Stockholm/Helsinki

Calvin Heeter (born November 2, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays with the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He played in one game for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2013–14 season.

Playing career

Heeter played high school hockey for Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He led CBC to Mid-States High School Championships as the backup goaltender in 2004 and as the starting goaltender in 2005. He played high school hockey for three years at CBC, leaving the program during his senior year to play tier II junior hockey for the Wichita Falls Wildcats of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) for the 2006-07 season. He returned to St. Louis following one season with the Wildcats, and he finished his senior year of high school at Ritenour High School. After high school graduation, Heeter spent the 2007-08 season with the St. Louis Bandits, also of the NAHL.^[1]

Heeter spent four years playing hockey for the Ohio State Buckeyes of the NCAA. After spending four years with the team, Heeter signed a two-year entry level contract with the Flyers on March 6, 2012.^[2] Heeter played the bulk of his two years with the Flyers organization playing for the Adirondack Phantoms, their affiliate. On April 13, 2014, Heeter made his one and only appearance in net for the NHL team in a 6-5 shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.^[3]

Following the 2013-14 season, the Flyers did not make a qualifying offer to Heeter and as a result he became an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2014.^[4] He signed a one-year contract with the Evansville Icemen of the ECHL on October 8, 2014.^[5]

After beginning the season with the IceMen, Heeter played with the Toronto Marlies on a professional try-out contract before signing for the remainder of the season abroad with Croatian club, KHL Medveščak Zagreb, of the Russian Kontinental Hockey League on November 10, 2014.^[6]

In October 2015, Heeter inked a deal with the Hamburg Freezers of the German league Deutsche Eishockey Liga.^[7]

International

Heeter attended the 2013 IIHF World Championship as a member of the United States men's national ice hockey team, but he did not play as the team claimed a bronze medal.^[8]

He was selected to play for Team USA at the 2015 Deutschland-Cup.^[9]

See also

• List of players who played only one game in the NHL

References

1. "St. Louis kid gets a crack at professional hockey". thehockeywriters.com. 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
2. Dougherty, Tom (February 28, 2014). "Flyers recall G Cal Heeter; Ray Emery day to day". CSN Philly. Comcast. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
3. http://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/nhl/flyers/2014/04/13/heeters-debut-goal-ends-shootout-loss-flyers/7678813/
4. Miller, Randy (July 1, 2014). "Flyers give qualifying offers to RFAs Jason Akeson, Tye McGinn, 2 others, but not Cal Heeter". NJ.com. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
5. "IceMen Add Three From Senators Camp & Heeter". Evansville IceMen. October 8, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
6. "USA's Cal Heeter trying out" (in Croatian). KHL Medveščak Zagreb. 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
7. "Neuer Freezers-Goalie: Cal Heeter kommt in den Kasten | MOPO.de". MOPO.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-02-15.
8. "Team USA player stats". eliteprospects.com. 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
9. "2015 Deutschland Cup Roster Announced". USA Hockey National. Retrieved 2016-02-15.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database