Aaron Voros (born July 2, 1981) is a Canadian former professional

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player. Voros played in the

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with the

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and

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between 2007 and 2011. He served two consecutive years as the team president of the NHL Players Association for the New York Rangers and one year for the Anaheim Ducks.

Playing career

Voros played amateur hockey in his hometown of

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with the Surrey Minor Hockey Association, also playing Nor-Wes Caps-Junior B of the PIJHL and Junior A with the

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of the

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. He was an 8th round draft pick by the New Jersey Devils in the 2001 NHL draft while playing for the Victoria Salsa. That summer he also received a full athletic hockey scholarship to the

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, where he was named to the CCHA All-Rookie team in his freshman year. On March 1, 2007, the

traded a seventh-round draft pick in

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to the

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for Voros. After starting the 2007–08 season with the Wild's American Hockey League affiliate, the Houston Aeros, Voros was called upon to play his first NHL game on November 11, 2007, against the

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. Voros scored his first NHL goal, as a member of the Wild, against

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of the

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on November 16, 2007, in his birthplace and hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He would go on to score seven goals and seven assists in 55 games during his rookie season. Voros was nominated as the Wild's 2008

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candidate by the

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chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. On July 1, 2008, Voros was signed as a free agent to a 3-year deal with the New York Rangers. While in New York, Aaron Voros served as the New York Rangers NHLPA representative from October 2008 until he was traded to Anaheim in July 2010. On June 10, 2010, he was traded along with Ryan Hillier to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenceman

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. Known for showing up to training camp in top fitness, he took this attitude and delivered a great camp in Anaheim where he played for the

of the

(NHL) in the 2010-2011 season. 10 games into the season Anaheim put Voros on short term injured reserve. On the day after coming off injured reserve, Voros suffered a broken orbital bone on December 8, 2010, in a game in Vancouver. He was placed on the Anaheim Ducks' injured reserved list until February 11, 2011. On February 15, 2011, Voros was traded to the

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for a conditional draft pick.

Personal life

Voros is of Hungarian descent, was born at Vancouver's

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, and was raised in

. His grandfather and grandmother emigrated from Hungary in 1956 and settled in Vancouver after leaving during the Hungarian Revolution. In an interview in 2008, Voros said that he is proud of his Hungarian roots and would love to represent Hungary on the international level if it were permissible. In May 2011, Voros and his teammate

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opened their first restaurant in

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called "Tiny's & the Bar Upstairs". The restaurant is located at 135 West Broadway in the

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district of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Voros, Aaron 1981 births Living people Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey players Albany River Rats players Anaheim Ducks players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey right wingers Canadian people of Hungarian descent Connecticut Whale (AHL) players Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Lowell Devils players Minnesota Wild players New Jersey Devils draft picks New York Rangers players Ice hockey people from Surrey, British Columbia Ice hockey people from Vancouver Syracuse Crunch players Toronto Marlies players Victoria Salsa players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen