ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

Gladiators Release Season Ending Roster

Published on June 18, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


The Gwinnett Gladiators released their season ending roster today. The Gladiators season ending roster includes the following 13 players: Jon Awe, Blue Bennefield, Jeff Campbell, Paul Flache, Jim Jackson, Brandon Kaleniecki, Scott Mifsud, Jamie Milam, Jon Sitko, Joel Stepp, Chris Thompson, Mike Vigilante and Matt York.

Brad Schell, Colton Fretter, Chad Painchaud, Scott Lehman, Dan Turple and Dave Caruso were not included on the Gladiators season ending roster. They were not under ECHL contract with the Gladiators but were assigned to Gwinnett from their NHL affiliate, the Atlanta Thrashers and their AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves during the 2006-07 season.

ECHL Season-ending rosters may include up to 20 players and cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2006-07 (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 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.

The Gwinnett Gladiators open their fifth season as a proud member of the ECHL in October of 2007 - season tickets are on sale now. In addition, the Gladiators offer several unique multi-game ticket packages as well as discounted group rates, suite rentals, and birthday parties. For more information call 770-497-5100 or log on to gwinnettgladiators.com.

The Gladiators are the AA affiliate of the Atlanta Thrashers and play all home games at the spectacular 11,355-seat Arena at Gwinnett Center, located just off I-85 on Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth, where parking is always free.

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