Aces Announce Season Ending Roster

June 17, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Alaska Aces News Release


The Alaska Aces announced their season-ending roster on Monday morning in a joint announcement with other ECHL teams. All ECHL clubs submitted a roster that included up to 20 players on the list. Season-Ending Rosters cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2012-2013. A new season of Aces hockey will return to Anchorage in October. Season tickets and corporate partnerships for the 2013-2014 season are currently available through the Aces office. For more information, please call the Aces at 907.258.ACES or visit them online at www.facebook.com/alaskaaceshockey.

The players listed on the Aces season ending roster were:

Goaltenders (2): Gerald Coleman, Mark Guggenberger

Defensemen (7): Mike Baran, B.J. Crum, Kane Lafranchise, Dustin Molle, Corey Syvret, Steve Ward, William Wrenn

Forwards (11): Spencer Bennett, Chris Clackson, Tim Hall, Zach Harrison, Alex Hudson, Bobby Hughes, Nick Mazzolini, Tommy Mele, Garry Nunn, Andy Taranto, Evan Trupp

From Monday's list of players, each team will now be entitled to reserve rights to a maximum of eight players by extending a qualifying offer no later than June 30. Of the eight qualified players, no more than four can be veterans (260 regular season professional hockey games played as of the start of the 2013-14 season). Players on open qualifying offers cannot be traded. Teams are not required to extend a qualifying offer to players who sign a contract prior to June 30.

The qualifying offer must remain open for acceptance until Aug. 1 at which time the qualifying offer becomes null and void and the team may sign the qualified player to any salary or may elect to take no further action. Teams that extend a valid qualifying offer to a non-veteran player shall retain the rights to that qualified player for one playing season.

A team that extends a valid qualifying offer to a veteran player will retain the rights to that veteran until Aug. 1. After Aug. 1, if the veteran player is not signed to a contract by the team, the veteran shall be deemed a restricted free agent and shall be entitled to seek and secure offers of employment from other ECHL teams. Restricted free agents may not be traded. When a restricted free agent receives a contract offer from a team other than the team with the player's rights and the restricted free agent wishes to accept the contract offer, the restricted free agent and the offering member must, within 24 hours, notify the ECHL, the team with the player's rights and the Professional Hockey Players' Association. The member with the player's rights shall have seven days after the date it is notified to exercise its right to match the contract offer.

If a restricted free agent is not signed to either an offer sheet or a contract by an ECHL team by Aug. 31, the player shall be deemed an unrestricted free agent.



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