BY: Mark Shelley, Greenville Swamp Rabbits
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, ECHL affiliate of the Florida Panthers, announced today that the club had signed American International College goaltender Alec Calvaruso to a contract.
Calvaruso, 23, joins the Swamp Rabbits after a successful final season of NCAA Hockey with AIC. He posted a 10-5 record in 16 appearances, with a 2.56 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage. The 6’2”, 181-pound, Livonia, MI native stopped 18 of 18 Air Force shots in the Atlantic Hockey Championship game, backstopping the Yellow Jackets to an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Before his lone season at AIC, Calvaruso appeared in games for RPI and Colorado College and spent the 2018-2019 season in the USHL, winning a Clarke Cup Championship with the Sioux Falls Stampede after posting a 19-6-3 record.
The rookie goaltender joins the Swamp Rabbits in Jacksonville, FL, as the team takes on the Jacksonville Icemen at 7:00 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Arena.
Tickets for all Swamp Rabbits home games can be purchased at SwampRabbits.com or by calling 864.674.7825.
ABOUT US
Acquired by Spire Sports + Entertainment (SS+E) in 2020, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits hockey team has been providing family-friendly, live entertainment at Bon Secours Wellness Arena since 2010. Formerly the Greenville Road Warriors, the Swamp Rabbits are the highest-level professional minor league franchise in South Carolina. The Swamp Rabbits are proud affiliates of the NHL’s Florida Panthers and AHL’s Charlotte Checkers. Additionally, Greenville is a member of the ECHL, Premier ‘AA’ Hockey.
