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Charlotte Checkers release season-ending roster

June 9, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Charlotte Checkers News Release


Charlotte Checkers Head Coach/General Manager Derek Wilkinson today released the hockey team's season-ending roster consisting of thirteen players. Those listed are:

1. Matt Chandler , Forward 2. Regan Darby, Defenseman 3. Jason Dawe, Forward 4. Allan Egeland, Forward 5. Ryan Glenn, Defenseman 6. Chris Hajt, Defenseman 7. Dusty Jamieson, Forward 8. Curtis Menzul, Defenseman 9. Eddie Pershin, Forward 10. Dan Preston, Defenseman 11. Bogdan Rudenko, Forward 12. Kenton Smith, Defenseman 13. Alex Westlund, Goaltender

Season-ending rosters may include up to twenty players but cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2004-05 (i.e.: players who were under contract to teams in either the National Hockey League or the American Hockey League.)

Each team is entitled to reserve rights to a maximum of eight players from the list of twenty by extending a qualifying offer not later than July 1st. 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 2005-06 season.) Players on open qualifying offers can not be traded. Teams are not required to extend a qualifying offer to players who sign a contract prior to July 1st.

The qualifying offer must remain open for acceptance until August 1st 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 August 1st. After August 1st, 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 August 31st, the player shall be deemed an unrestricted free agent.

Season ticket packages for the Charlotte Checkers 2005-06 season are now on sale. Call 704/342-4423 for ticket information or ticket purchases. Checkers fans may check-out the Checkers website: www.gocheckers.com.




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