Victor Oreskovich

Who is Victor Oreskovich?

Victor J. Oreskovich is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger of Croatian ancestry who is currently an Unrestricted Free Agent. Selected 55th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche, he played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Kitchener Rangers of the major junior Ontario Hockey League before deciding to turn professional. After signing a contract with the Avalanche in 2007, he was assigned to the team's American Hockey League affiliate, but chose not to report and spent two years away from hockey. In 2009, he signed with the Florida Panthers and spent the subsequent season between the NHL and the team's AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans. The following off-season, he was traded to the Canucks. Oreskovich joined the team in 2011 on their run to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Boston Bruins. In October 2011, he was waived by the Canucks and assigned to the Wolves.