ECHL Reading Royals

Royals Sign Goaltender Zane Kalemba

Published on January 7, 2011 under ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


Reading, PA - The Reading Royals of the ECHL, affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League, today announced that the team has signed goaltender Zane Kalemba ["kah LEM bah"] to an ECHL contract. The Royals claimed the ECHL rights to Kalemba (5'11/185) (25) on Tuesday after he was waived by the Victoria Salmon Kings. This season, Kalemba, a first year pro from Saddle Brook, New Jersey, has been with three teams. He started the season with the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League, where he played one game (0-1-0, 5.04 goals against average, .821 save percentage) before joining the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL in mid-November. While with the Jackals, Kalemba appeared in four games (1-0-1-0, 4.40, .821), which included 26:07 of action (6 saves on 7 shots) against the Royals on December 3, 2010, in Reading's 6-1 win over the Jackals. Prior to turning pro, Kalemba had a stellar four-year collegiate career at Princeton University, where he set school career records in games played (108), wins (57), save percentage (.912), and shutouts (9). In his junior season with the Tigers, Kalemba capped a spectacular year in which he went 22-10-1 (1.82 gaa, .932 save %) by being selected as the ECAC and Ivy League Player of the Year and nominated for the Hobey Baker Award.

The Royals take on the Toledo Walleye tonight (Friday, January 7 @ 7:00) at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio. The Royals game night broadcast will kick off with the pre-game warm-up show presented by The Works at Wyomissing on the Royals Broadcast Network (WRAW 1340 am in Reading, www.1340wraw.com) at 6:30 pm. You can also catch all of the Royals away games this season on Royals TV exclusively on BCTV courtesy of Boscov's Travel, and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Season tickets for the Royals' 2010-11 season are currently available. To become a part of Royals hockey, call 610-898-PUCK or log onto www.royalshockey.com .

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