ECHL Kalamazoo Wings

K-Wings Announce Season-Ending Roster

June 17, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Kalamazoo Wings News Release


Kalamazoo, MI - The Kalamazoo Wings, proud member of the ECHL and National Hockey League affiliate to the Vancouver Canucks, and American Hockey League's Chicago Wolves announce the club'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 2012-13.

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 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 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 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.

The following are the players the K-Wings have placed on their season-ending roster:

PLR # PLAYER POS HT WGT DATE OF BIRTH

1 1 Ryan Daniels G 6'1 205 June 22, 1988

2 49 Joel Martin G 6'1 192 October 8, 1982

3 4 Kyle Page D 5'10 183 July 9, 1987

4 14 Brandon Martell D 6'3 212 December 15, 1988

5 44 Mitch Versteeg D 6'1 196 November 3, 1988

6 2 Michael Matczak D 5'11 185 April 6, 1988

7 16 Joe Charlebois D 6'1 209 February 18, 1986

8 24 Elgin Reid D 6' 181 February 23, 1987

9 8 Sam Ftorek D 6'1 192 November 30, 1974

10 15 Eric Kattelus F 6'1 185 June 22, 1987

11 12 Mike Leone F 5'11 190 November 11, 1987

12 19 Tyler Shelast F 6'1 209 December 26, 1984

13 21 Dustin Cloutier F 5'10 174 April 26, 1986

14 93 Wesley Myron F 6'2 187 August 16, 1992

15 20 Nicholas Sirota F 6' 187 January 28, 1984

16 7 Aaron Clarke F 5'9 185 October 7, 1982

17 9 John Armstrong F 6'2 187 February 26, 1988

18 11 Brett Lysak F 6' 198 December 30, 1980

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