| The Wild Beast |
Calin "The Wild Beast" Wild (Yes I'm going to try to get that nickname to stick) has had a more direct path to Brampton that Jason Pitton has. As we were told, he currently lives in Brampton but he is originally from Winnipeg. He's 6'1, weighs 180 pounds, plays center and, shoots left.
Calin started his career with the Winnipeg South Blues in junior "A" in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. That was the 2004-05 season and he scored 21 points and amassed 41 penalty minutes.
From there, Calin went to university. He spent 4 years (2006-07 to 2009-10) playing for the University of Manitoba while obtaining his bachelor of commerce. His 4 years at university consisted of 111 regular season games in which he scored 44 points and 104 penalty minutes. In addition to that, he played 6 playoff games in 2009-10 where get obtained 2 PIM. Calin received the Mike Ridley award in 2006-07 which is for "superior athletic ability, good academic standing and, high level of leadership as a full time student.". He also participated in a 100 hour non-stop ball hockey game that same season. It set the Guinness world record for the largest non-stop game of ball hockey and raised money for the Canadian Cancer Society.
For the 2010-11 season Calin signed with the then Texas Brahmas of the Central Hockey League. In 55 games he scored 21 points and 24 PIM. He also played 4 playoff games in which he scored 1 goal, 1 assist and 2 penalty minutes.
In August 2011 Calin signed with the Gwinnett Gladiators of the East Coast Hockey League. Unfortunately that didn't stick and he was released by the Gladiators in October but returned to play the 2011-12 season with the Texas Brahmas. The 65 games he played that season brought him 23 points and 33 PIM. The Brahmas went a little deeper into the playoffs and in 12 games during the 2011-12 season he scored 1 goal, 3 assists and, 4 PIM.
October of 2012 was a little nicer to Calin than October of 2011. The Brahmas, who were bought by a Fort-Worth based investment group and re-named the Fort Worth Brahams, signed Calin to a 1 year extension. 2012-13 saw only 43 games for Calin but he managed 32 points (the most he has gotten in the CeHL) and 17 PIM. The Brahmas then went to the playoffs and Calin scored 2 goals and 1 assist with 2 PIM during the 9 games.
Unfortunately, there were ownership issues in Fort Worth. Some of the financial contributors never ended up coming to the table with the money promised and during the 2012-13 season the Brahmas struggled financially. As a result of the financial difficulties the franchise announced that they would go inactive for at least the 2013-14 season while trying to find a more favorable lease as well as financial backing. With the Brahmas going dormant the CeHL made the players on the Brahmas all free agents. This is how Calin ended up a member of the Brampton Beast.
I'll leave you with a little interview Calin did while in Gwinnett:
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