K-Wings add rookie defenseman Kuster

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Kalamazoo Wings, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, announced the signing of rookie defenseman Clark Kuster.

Kuster, 25, joins the K-Wings after skating in a career-high 27 games as a fifth-year senior at St. Cloud State University, where he was an alternate captain in 2019-20. The St. Louis, Missouri native was named to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference All-Academic Team all five years at SCSU. He was a part of the Huskies’ conference championship team in 2015-16 and back-to-back regular season conference championships in 2017-18 and 2018-19.

Prior to college, Kuster played junior hockey for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the United States Hockey League from 2012-15, where he posted 62 points (20g-42a) in 162 games. He captained the RoughRiders in his final season in 2014-15.