Burzan inks deal with Stingrays

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The South Carolina Stingrays, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals and the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears, announced they have agreed to terms with forward Luka Burzan for the 2026-27 season.

Burzan comes to the Stingrays after playing in Europe for the majority of the last three seasons. He spent last year with UTE of Erste Liga, the top league in Hungary, logging 23 points (12g-11a) in 30 games.

Prior to UTE, the 26-year-old spent the 2024-25 season playing in five games in Slovakia’s top league, Extraliga, with HK Dukla Trencin and 35 games with the Odense Bulldogs in Metal Ligaen, Denmark’s top league. With Odense, Burzan had 22 points (7g-15a) in 35 games in the regular season before helping the Bulldogs to their first ever Danish Championship, tallying 12 points (4g-8a) in 17 games in the postseason.

A native of Surrey, British Columbia, Burzan skated in 21 games for Kalmar HC of HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league in Sweden, in the 2023-24 season posting 10 points (3g-7a). He joined Kalmar from the Cincinnati Cyclones after scoring 20 points (10g-10a) in 19 games for the Cyclones.

Before playing in Europe, Burzan spent four years between the AHL and the ECHL. Selected by the Colorado Avalanche in the sixth Round (171st overall) of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, he played in 34 games in the AHL with the Colorado Eagles and Cleveland Monsters, posting six points (4g-2a). In the ECHL, Burzan has skated in 86 games with Cincinnati, Fort Wayne and Utah, producing 74 points (32g-42a).