Ádám Vay

Ádám Vay
Date of birth	March 22, 1994
place of birth	Budapest , Hungary
size	196 cm
Weight	103 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
2009-2010	SHK KSK Bratislava
2010-2011	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
2011–2012	HK Trnava
2012-2013	Patriot Budapest
2013-2015	El Paso Rhinos
2015-2016	Debreceni HK
2016-2018	Iowa Wild
2016-2017	Quad City Mallards
2017-2018	Rapid City Rush
since 2018	HK Saryarka Karaganda

Ádám Vay ( Hungarian Vay Ádám ; born March 22, 1994 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with HK Saryarka Karaganda in the Wysschaja Hockey League since 2018 .

Career

Ádám Vay began his career in the youth department of SHK KSK Bratislava, for which he was active in the second Slovak U18 league. In 2010 he switched to the Hungarian serial champion Alba Volán Székesfehérvár , for whom he not only played in the Hungarian U18 league, but also played ten times in the MOL league and twice in the Hungarian league , thus helping to win the Hungarian championship . After stints at HK Trnava in Slovakia and the Patriots Budapest in the multinational junior league Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja Liga , he moved to the United States for the first time in 2013, where he played with the El Paso Rhinos in the Western State Hockey League. In 2014 he was able to win the league with the Rhinos, to which he made a significant contribution with the best catch quota and the lowest goals against goals. After a year with Debreceni HK in the MOL league, he returned to North America. There he was under contract with the AHL club Iowa Wild for two years , but only came to two missions in the second year. Instead, he mainly played for their farm teams Quad City Mallards (2016/17) and Rapid City Rush (2017/18) in the ECHL . Since 2018 he has been playing for HK Saryarka Karaganda from Kazakhstan in the Russian Vysschaja Hockey League .

International

For Hungary, Vay took part in the U18 World Championships in Division I in 2010 , 2011 and 2012 and in the U20 World Championships in Division II in 2011 , when he achieved the third-best catch quota after the two Poles Robert Kowalówka and Bartłomiej Niesłuchowski .

In the senior division, he made his debut in the Hungarian national team at the 2016 World Cup , but had to accept relegation from the top division. For example, he played at the 2018 World Cup , when he was elected to the All-Star Team and the best goalkeeper of the tournament with the second best catch rate after the Kazakhs Henrik Karlsson , in Division I.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 Hungarian champion with Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
• 2014 Western State Hockey League win with the El Paso Rhinos
• 2014 Best catch rate and lowest goals against goals in the Western State Hockey League
• 2018 Best Goalkeeper and All-Star Team of the World Cup Division I, Group A.

Web links

• Ádám Vay at hockeydb.com (English)
• Ádám Vay at eurohockey.com
• Ádám Vay at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Ádám Vay at hockeygoalies.org