Mihkel Võrang

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EstoniaEstonia  Mihkel Võrang Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 10, 1990
place of birth Tallinn , Estonian SSR
size 176 cm
Weight 80 kg
position striker
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2007-2008 Purikad Tallinn
2007-2009 Eesti Noortekoondis
2009-2011 Tartu Kalev-Välk
2011-2013 Tallinn HC Panter Purikad
2013-2014 Porvoo Hunters
2014-2016 HC Panter Tallinn
2016-2017 HC Tallinn
since 2017 Tartu Kalev-Välk

Mihkel Võrang (born March 10, 1990 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Tartu Kalev-Välk in the Estonian Meistriliiga since 2017 .

Career

Võrang started his ice hockey career at Tallinna Tiigrid. At the age of 17 he moved to Purikad Tallinn , for whom he made his debut in the Meistriliiga in the 2007/08 season . At the same time, he also played for the Estonian U20 national team , the Eesti Noortekoondis , in the Estonian top division. In 2009 he moved to Tartu Kalev-Välk and became Estonian champions in 2011 with the club from the traditional university city . He then returned to his hometown for HC Panter, which had since merged with HC Purikad, for which he was on the ice until 2016 with one break when he played for Porvoo Hunters in Finland in 2013/14 . After a year at HC Tallinn , he has been back at Tartu Kalev-Välk since 2017.

International

For Estonia , Võrang took part in the 2008 U18 World Championships in Division II as well as in the U20 World Championships in Division II in 2008 and 2010 and Division I in 2009 .

In the senior division, Võrang was on the ice at the World Championships 2011 and 2013 in Division I and had to accept relegation to Division II with his team after five defeats in five games. At the 2015 , 2016 and 2018 World Championships , however, he managed to stay in Division I. At the World Championships in Division II in 2010 , 2012 and 2014 , he and his team were promoted to Division I. He also represented his colors at the qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 and at the Baltic Cup in 2016 and 2017.

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