ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

K-Wings Announce Season-Ending Roster

Published on June 16, 2011 under ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI- The Kalamazoo Wings, proud member of the ECHL, two-time defending North Division Champions and reigning Eastern Conference Champions and affiliate of the National Hockey League's New York Islanders and American Hockey League's Bridgeport Sound Tigers, announce the club's ECHL's Season-Ending Roster.

Season-Ending Rosters may include up to 20 players. Season-Ending Rosters cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2010-11.

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 2011-12 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 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.

Prior to completing their Season-Ending Roster, the K-Wings sent defenseman Mitch Versteeg to the Trenton Devils as their future considerations to finalize their trade for defenseman Justin Coutu.

The following are the players the K-Wings have placed on their ECHL's Season-Ending Roster:

# PLAYER POS HT WT L/R DOB BIRTHPLACE

2 Jon Landry D 6-2 205 R 05/29/84 Lexington, MA

5 Wes O'Neill D 6-4 220 L 03/03/86 Windsor, Ontario

7 Aaron Clarke LW 5-9 185 L 10/02/82 Peterborough, Ontario

8 Sam Ftorek D/F 6-1 185 R 11/30/74 Phoenix, Arizona

9 Andrew Fournier C 6-0 205 L 11/05/87 Kingston, Ontario

10 Brady Leisenring RW 5-11 185 R 09/07/82 Berlin, Vermont

13 Brandon Svendsen F 5-10 184 R 04/11/85 Mecer, California

14 Justin Coutu D 6-0 205 R 11/19/84 Maple Ridge, BC

15 Bryan Jurynec LW 5-11 205 L 12/17/83 Orland Park, Illinois

16 Joe Charlebois D 6-1 219 R 02/18/ 86 Potsdam, New York

18 Dean Strong F 5-8 180 R 07/17/85 Mississauga, Ontario

19 Patrick Asselin LW 6-0 195 L 07/02/87 Peterborough, Ontario

30 Riley Gill G 6-1 215 L 01/01/85 Northfield, Minnesota

33 Kory Karlander C 6-1 190 L 03/21/72 Melita, Manitoba

34 Ryan Nie G 6-0 175 L 04/15/85 Nanticoke, Ontario

40 Brian McGuirk LW 5-11 190 L 07/11/85 Danvers, MA

45 Trent Daavettila F 6-0 190 L 09/03/84 Howell, Michigan

49 A.J. Thelen D 6-3 212 L 03/11/86 Savage, Minnesota

72 Darryl Lloyd C 5-11 195 L 02/10/84 Pickering, Ontario

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