Aaron Voros

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = New York Rangers
league = NHL
former_teams = Minnesota Wild
position = Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 4
weight_lb = 205
nationality = Canada
birth_date = Birth date and age|1981|7|2|mf=y
birth_place = Vancouver, BC, CAN
career_start = 2007
draft = 229th overall
draft_year = 2001
draft_team = New Jersey Devils

Aaron Voros (born July 2, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a professional ice hockey right winger for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was originally drafted by the New Jersey Devils with the 229th overall pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He played college hockey for three years at University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Playing career

After the second game of his sophomore season at Alaska Fairbanks, doctors discovered a half-baseball-sized lump behind Voros's left knee. After an MRI, three doctors diagnosed it as a type of malignant bone cancer. Fortunately, three subsequent biopsies revealed the tumor to be benign. Voros still required several operations during which he had part of his femur removed. He suffered a staph infection and had to have a Hickman line inserted into his heart for eight weeks. [cite news| url=http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/11827746.html | title=Winger's comeback is cause to celebrate | publisher="Star Tribune" | last=Russo | first=Michael | date=2007-11-17 | accessdate=2008-08-04]

On March 1, 2007, the Minnesota Wild traded a seventh-round draft pick in 2008 to the New Jersey Devils for Voros. After starting the 2007–08 season with the Wild's American Hockey League affiliate, the Houston Aeros, Voros was called upon to play his first NHL game on November 11, 2007 against the Colorado Avalanche.cite press release | url=http://wild.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=357245 | title=Voros nominated for Masterton Trophy | publisher=Minnesota Wild | date=2008-03-16 | accessdate=2008-08-04]

Voros scored his first NHL goal, as a member of the Wild, against Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks on November 16, 2007. [cite news| url=http://www.wsoctv.com/nhl/11170608/detail.html | title=Four-Goal First Period Fuels Canucks Win Over Wild | publisher=Sports Network | date=2008-11-17 | accessdate=2008-08-04] He would go on to score seven goals and seven assists in 55 games during his rookie season. Voros was nominated as the Wild's 2008 Bill Masterton Trophy candidate by the Twin Cities chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.

Being a fan of the New York Rangers since he was young, Voros signed with the team on July 1, 2008, agreeing to a three-year contract worth $3 million, fulfilling a childhood dream. [cite news| url=http://rangers.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/01/rangers-have-signed-forward-patrick-rismiller-from-san-jose/ | title=Rangers have signed forward Patrick Rissmiller from San Jose | publisher="The Journal News" | last=Weinman | first=Sam | date=2008-07-01 | accessdate=2008-08-04] [cite news| url=http://rangers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=381979 | title=Life in Blue Voros' Dream Come True | publisher=newyorkrangers.com | last=Cerny | first=Jim | date=2008-09-15 | accessdate=2008-09-16]

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External links

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* [http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=2473 Aaron Voros] at [http://tsn.ca TSN.ca]