Rochester Knighthawks General Manager and Vice President of Lacrosse Operations Dan Carey announced today that the team has re-signed goaltender Kevin Orleman to a two-year contract, pending league approval.
Acquired by Rochester from the New York Riptide on Dec. 28, 2023, Orleman, 28, made four saves in one game with New York to start the 2023-24 campaign before finishing the season on Rochester’s IR list.
Since the start of 2018, Orleman, who made his first start and earned his first win on Feb. 2, 2019 against the previous Knighthawks franchise, has a 2-5 career record. In 58 games for New York, Panther City and Georgia, the Kitchener, Ontario, native shows a 12.94 goals-against average and a .731 save percentage.
Originally a second-round selection (18th overall) of the Buffalo Bandits in the 2016 NLL Entry Draft, the 5-foot-9, 190-pound netminder spent the 2018 and 2019 seasons with the Cobourg Kodiaks of the Major Series Lacrosse. In 2019, he logged 990:46 minutes of action as the team’s primary netminder earning a 10.05 goals-against average while also recording 20 assists.
He also played two seasons for the Paris RiverWolves of the Arena Lacrosse League from 2017-18, notching a 4-3 record, a 12.58 goals-against average and a .710 save percentage.
Prior to turning pro, Orleman played his collegiate lacrosse as a midfielder at the University of Guelph.