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Wednesday 28 July

Kozun completes goaltending duo for the Devils

The Cardiff Devils are pleased to confirm the signing of netminder Taran Kozun.

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The Cardiff Devils are pleased to confirm the signing of netminder Taran Kozun.

Kozun joins the Devils after spending the 2020-21 season in the ECHL. Before that he was a league MVP in the Canadian University USports League where he starred for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies for 3 years.

In 2018-19, he started 23 games, going 20-3 for the Huskies while posting a 1.81 goals against average (GAA) and a 92.6% save rate (SV%). His performance earned him a selection to the All Canadian First All-Star Team and he was named Usports Goaltender of the Year for the whole country.

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In 2019-20, Kozun played 22 league games for the Huskies, posting a 1.87 GAA and a 93.1% SV%, winning 17 of his 22 starts. He led his team to the Canada West Championship winning all 4 playoff games and posting a 1.84 GAA along the way.

For the second straight season, he was named to the All Canadian First All-Star Team and named USports Goaltender of the Year. He was also selected as the USports Player of the Year.

His 2020-21 season of professional hockey was a tough one for the 26 year old from Nipawin, Saskatchewan as he caught Covid early in the season. He then was traded to a number of teams because he already had recovered from the virus and when teams needed a goalie, he was able to travel and play. He ended up playing for 7 teams over the course of the season and was looking for more stability for the coming season.

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Head Coach Jarrod Skalde spoke about signing Kozun:

“Taran is a great goaltender and has proven that over his Junior and University career. Just look at what he did at the USport level, he was the best in the country for 2 years.

“Last year was a ridiculous situation for him, but one I can appreciate from personal experience of getting traded or sent up or down in the minor leagues.

“We were always looking for two legitimate goaltenders that can compete for games. I know in this league teams rely heavily on their starting goalies and traditional backups in the EIHL don’t get much game time, but that won’t be the case for us.

“We play a lot of games over the course of 8 months, and I want to have two great goalies so we are at our best every night and I expect them to compete every day for that starting position.”


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