Aaron Voros

Aaron Voros (born July 2, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Voros played in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota Wild, New York Rangers and Anaheim Ducks between 2007 and 2011. He served two consecutive years as the team president of the NHL Players Association for the New York Rangers and one year for the Anaheim Ducks.

Playing career Voros played amateur hockey in his hometown of Surrey, British Columbia with the Surrey Minor Hockey Association, also playing Nor-Wes Caps-Junior B of the PIJHL and Junior A with the Victoria Salsa of the BCHL. He was an 8th round draft pick by the New Jersey Devils in the 2001 NHL draft while playing for the Victoria Salsa. That summer he also received a full athletic hockey scholarship to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he was named to the CCHA All-Rookie team in his freshman year.

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.

Voros scored his first NHL goal, as a member of the Wild, against Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks on November 16, 2007, in his birthplace and hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 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.

Known for showing up to training camp in top fitness, he took this attitude and delivered a great camp in Anaheim where he played for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2010-2011 season. 10 games into the season Anaheim put Voros on short term injured reserve. On the day after coming off injured reserve, Voros suffered a broken orbital bone on December 8, 2010, in a game in Vancouver. He was placed on the Anaheim Ducks' injured reserved list until February 11, 2011.

On February 15, 2011, Voros was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a conditional draft pick.

Personal life Voros is of Hungarian descent, was born at Vancouver's British Columbia Children's Hospital, and was raised in Surrey, British Columbia. His grandfather and grandmother emigrated from Hungary in 1956 and settled in Vancouver after leaving during the Hungarian Revolution. In an interview in 2008, Voros said that he is proud of his Hungarian roots and would love to represent Hungary on the international level if it were permissible.

In May 2011, Voros and his teammate Henrik Lundqvist opened their first restaurant in Manhattan called "Tiny's & the Bar Upstairs". The restaurant is located at 135 West Broadway in the Tribeca district of Lower Manhattan.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1998–99 Nor Wes Caps PIJHL 27 11 12 23 173 — — — — — 1998–99 Burnaby Bulldogs BCHL 6 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 1999–2000 Victoria Salsa BCHL 58 13 21 34 285 6 0 2 2 31 2000–01 Victoria Salsa BCHL 57 34 34 68 196 24 14 11 25 54 2001–02 University of Alaska Fairbanks CCHA 37 18 13 31 101 — — — — — 2002–03 University of Alaska Fairbanks CCHA 16 2 5 7 42 — — — — — 2003–04 University of Alaska Fairbanks CCHA 36 16 8 24 132 — — — — — 2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL 9 2 1 3 14 — — — — — 2004–05 Albany River Rats AHL 71 11 17 28 220 — — — — — 2005–06 Albany River Rats AHL 73 16 14 30 180 — — — — — 2006–07 Lowell Devils AHL 39 9 8 17 111 — — — — — 2006–07 Houston Aeros AHL 19 2 3 5 58 — — — — — 2007–08 Houston Aeros AHL 12 4 4 8 46 — — — — — 2007–08 Minnesota Wild NHL 55 7 7 14 141 5 1 0 1 16 2008–09 New York Rangers NHL 54 8 8 16 122 4 0 0 0 14 2009–10 New York Rangers NHL 41 3 4 7 89 — — — — — 2010–11 Anaheim Ducks NHL 12 0 0 0 43 — — — — — 2010–11 Syracuse Crunch AHL 2 0 0 0 5 — — — — — 2010–11 Toronto Marlies AHL 26 3 4 7 61 — — — — — 2011–12 Connecticut Whale AHL 23 4 3 7 23 — — — — — AHL totals 274 51 54 105 718 — — — — — NHL totals 162 18 19 37 395 9 1 0 1 30

Awards and honours Award Year College All-CCHA Rookie Team 2002