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Cameron Whitehead played for the Utica Jr. Comets during the 2020-21 season.
Vegas Golden Knights General Manager Kelly McCrimmon announced on March 27 that the team has signed goaltender Cameron Whitehead to a two-year, entry-level contract.
Whitehead, 21, finished his second season playing at Northeastern University and appeared in 35 of the Huskies’ 37 games with a .911 save percentage and a 2.74 goals-against average. Whitehead led Northeastern to the 2025 Hockey East Semifinal, defeating the No. 1 seed Boston College, before falling to the University of Maine. In his freshman season a year ago, Whitehead added his name to the program’s record books, earning the fifth most shutouts (4 SO), eighth-most wins (17), and ninth-best save percentage (.917) in a single season. The goaltender appeared in a total of 70 NCAA games with the Huskies across two seasons, earning a .914 save percentage and 2.68 GAA with five shutouts.
Prior to his time at Northeastern, Whitehead played two seasons with the Lincoln Stars of the USHL, earning a 41-23-6 record in 74 games and six shutouts to go with a .899 save percentage and 2.98 GAA. The native of Orleans, Ontario was drafted by the Golden Knights in the fourth round (128th overall) of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft and has participated in the team’s last three development camps.
To learn more about Cameron Whitehead, see the article on the Vegas Golden Knights website.
