Cal Heeter

Cal Heeter
Heeter with the Adirondack Phantoms in 2013
Born (1988-11-02) November 2, 1988 (age 36)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Philadelphia Flyers
KHL Medveščak Zagreb
Hamburg Freezers
National team  United States
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2012–2018

Calvin Heeter (born November 2, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He most recently played with the Orlando Solar Bears in the ECHL while under contract with the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League (AHL). 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]

He also started the 2015–16 season with the Zagreb team and moved to Germany in October 2015, inking a deal with the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) for the remainder of the season.[7] He saw the ice in 24 DEL contests for Hamburg, posting an 11–8–0 record, with a 3.00 GAA and a .900 save percentage. The Freezers organization folded after the 2015–16 season.[8]

On July 25, 2016, Heeter signed a one-year contract with the Grand Rapids Griffins, the AHL affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings.[9]

On August 17, 2017, Heeter signed a one-year contract as a free agent in a return with the Toronto Marlies, the AHL affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs.[10]

International play

Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's ice hockey
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Stockholm/Helsinki

Heeter attended the 2013 IIHF World Championship as a member of Team USA, but he did not play as the team claimed a bronze medal.[11] He was selected to play for Team USA at the 2015 Deutschland Cup.[12]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2006–07 Wichita Falls Wildcats NAHL 31 13 13 3 1,828 96 1 3.15 .896 — — — — — — — —
2007–08 St. Louis Bandits NAHL 34 25 6 1 1,972 80 2 2.43 .917 — — — — — — — —
2008–09 Ohio State CCHA 5 2 1 0 200 11 0 3.29 .898 — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Ohio State CCHA 20 9 6 2 1,108 59 1 3.19 .897 — — — — — — — —
2010–11 Ohio State CCHA 37 15 18 4 2,191 84 2 2.30 .923 — — — — — — — —
2011–12 Ohio State CCHA 32 13 11 5 1,760 72 2 2.45 .918 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 32 12 16 3 1,811 88 0 2.92 .908 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 Trenton Titans ECHL 8 3 3 0 453 24 0 3.18 .900 — — — — — — — —
2013–14 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 44 16 25 2 2,465 109 4 2.65 .912 — — — — — — — —
2013–14 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 0 1 64 5 0 4.69 .868 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 Evansville Icemen ECHL 4 3 1 0 241 9 0 2.24 .922 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 Toronto Marlies AHL 1 0 0 1 67 4 0 3.60 .923 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 22 9 9 2 1,223 54 0 2.65 .911 — — — — — — — —
2015–16 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 6 0 2 2 279 15 0 3.23 .856 — — — — — — — —
2015–16 Hamburg Freezers DEL 24 11 8 0 1,240 62 0 3.00 .900 — — — — — — — —
2016–17 Toledo Walleye ECHL 17 14 2 1 1,042 52 1 2.99 .897 — — — — — — — —
2016–17 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 12 10 2 0 724 25 1 2.07 .933 — — — — — — — —
2017–18 Orlando Solar Bears ECHL 43 19 15 6 2,368 108 1 2.74 .915 8 4 3 443 14 1 1.90 .945
NHL totals 1 0 0 1 64 5 0 4.69 .868 — — — — — — — —

See also

References

  1. ^ "St. Louis kid gets a crack at professional hockey". thehockeywriters.com. January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  2. ^ Dougherty, Tom (February 28, 2014). "Flyers recall G Cal Heeter; Ray Emery day to day". CSN Philly. Comcast. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "Heeters debut in goal end in shootout loss". delawareonline.com. April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
  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. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  6. ^ "USA's Cal Heeter trying out" (in Croatian). KHL Medveščak Zagreb. November 10, 2014. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  7. ^ Sport1.de. "DEL: Hamburg Freezers verpflichten Torwart Cal Heeter". Sport1.de (in German). Retrieved June 3, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Bid to save Hamburg Freezers DEL ice hockey team comes up short | Sports | DW.COM | 25.05.2016". DW.COM. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  9. ^ "Griffins sign goaltender Cal Heeter". Grand Rapids Griffins. July 25, 2016. Archived from the original on July 31, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  10. ^ "Marlies sign Goaltender Cal Heeter". Toronto Marlies. August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  11. ^ "Team USA player stats". eliteprospects.com. February 1, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  12. ^ "2015 Deutschland Cup Roster Announced". USA Hockey National. October 23, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
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