ECHL Announces Season Ending Roster
Published on June 18, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL)
Wheeling Nailers News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL on Monday released the season-ending rosters submitted by each of its member teams.
Season-ending rosters may include up to 20 players. Season-ending rosters cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2006-07.
Each team is entitled to reserve rights to a maximum of eight players from the list of 20 by extending a qualifying offer no later than July 1. 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 2007-08 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 July 1.
The qualifying offer must remain open for acceptance until August 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 August 1. After August 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 August 31, the player shall be deemed an unrestricted free agent.
Wheeling Nailers
Blanshan, Cody
Brooks, Chris
Cameron, Jordan
Chmiel, Bernie
Ciocco, Josh
Collins, Sean
Colwill, Richard
Cook, Brendan
Edinger, Adam
Foster, Jon
Franck, Andy
Guenther, Joe
Hellemeyer, Vin
Mitchell, David
Moren, Ryan
Patrick, Curtiss
Smyth, Jon
Sonnenberg, Eric
The Wheeling Nailers will open thier 16th season of professional hockey in the Ohio Valley on October 26th against the South Carolina Stingrays at WesBanco Arena.. For Season ticket information call 304-234-GOAL or online at www.wheelingnailers.com.
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