Steelheads add Vorlicky

BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Steelheads, ECHL affiliate of the Dallas Stars, announced that the club has signed defenseman Mike Vorlicky to a contract for the 2024-25 season.

Vorlicky, 24, enters his first professional season after a five-year collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin where he served as team captain this past season tying first on the club with a +17 rating. From 2019-24, he appeared in 125 career games tallying 21 points (4g-17a) helping the Badgers to the Big 10 regular-season championship during the 2020-21 campaign.

Prior to his collegiate career, the Edina, Minnesota native played three seasons of high school hockey, helping the Edina Hornets to the Class 2A championship in 2019 while being named to the Minnesota State High School Tournament All-Tournament Team and serving as Team Captain. In three seasons he skated in 73 games collecting 43 points (7g-36a). At the end of the 2018-19 season, he made his United States Hockey League debut with the Madison Capitols recording three assists in six games.