Predators Sign Tomas Vomacka to Two-Year, Entry-Level Contract
Predators Draft Pick in 2017 Recently Completed Three-Year Career at UConn, Named to Hockey East Third All-Star Team
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Nashville, Tenn. (April 15, 2021) - Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the team has signed goaltender Tomas Vomacka to a two-year, entry-level contract.
Vomacka, 21 (5/2/99), closed out his junior season at the University of Connecticut by being named to the watch list for the Mike Richter Award - given annually to the top goaltender in NCAA Division I men's hockey - and by earning a spot on the Hockey East All-Star Third Team. He played in all 23 of the Huskies' games in 2020-21, suiting up for 1333:43, the fourth-most minutes played among NCAA goaltenders, while going 10-11-2 with a 2.84 goals-against average, .909 save percentage and one shutout. Vomacka faced 682 shots against this season, the most out of Hockey East goaltenders, and made 622 saves, the fourth-most nationally.