Rail Yard Dawgs Complete Expansion Draft
May 16, 2016 - SPHL (SPHL)
Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs News Release
The Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs have begun building a team for the 2016-17 Southern Professional Hockey League season.
The SPHL held an expansion draft today allowing the Rail Yard Dawgs and the Evansville Thunderbolts to select 6 players from the unprotected lists of each SPHL team.
Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs selected the following six players:
- Travis Armstrong - 6'5", 220 lbs Defenseman, Played most of last year with the Louisiana IceGators of the SPHL with a brief stint with the Brampton Beast of the ECHL
- Steve Mele - 5'11", 175 lbs Left Wing/Right Wing, Split time last season between the Huntsville Havoc and the Macon Mayhem of the SPHL as well as the Norfolk Admirals and Brampton Beast of the ECHL
- Jackson Brewer - 6'1", 185 lbs Right Wing, Played for Knoxville, Huntsville and Macon of the SPHL last year as well as a short stint with the Evansville Icemen of the ECHL
- Massimo Lamacchia - 5'8", 170 lbs Forward, Played with the Manchester Monarchs and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL before finishing this past season with the Louisiana IceGators of the SPHL
- Tim Boyle - 6'3", 215 lbs Defenseman, Played the past season with the Mississippi Riverkings of the SPHL
- Ryan de Melo - 6'2", 200 lbs Goalie, Played the past season with Huntsville Havoc of the SPHL
With their picks, Evansville selected: Luke Sandler (Louisiana), Nick Lazorko (Fayetteville), Pat Murphy (Columbus), John Daniels (Louisiana), Steven Hoshaw (Fayetteville) and Mike Hill (Knoxville).
"With the expansion draft done and out of the way I'm very happy with the quality of players we were able to select", said Ftorek. "Now we just have to get down to the business of recruiting and putting a quality team on the ice".
Season tickets for the inaugural season of Rail Yard Dawgs hockey are available now. Contact the Dawgs ticket office at (540) 344-DAWG (3294) to purchase or for more information.
SPHL Stories from May 16, 2016
- RiverKings Name 13 to Protected List - Mississippi RiverKings
- Rail Yard Dawgs Complete Expansion Draft - Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
- Ice Flyers Announce 2016 Protected List - Pensacola Ice Flyers
- SPHL Announces Expansion Draft Selections, Protected Lists - SPHL
- ThunderBolts Select Luke Sandler with First Round Pick - Evansville Thunderbolts
- RiverKings Recruit Hockey Players at Center Hill Elementary - Mississippi RiverKings
- IceGators Suspend Operations for 2016-17 Season - Louisiana IceGators
- Louisiana IceGators Suspend Operations for 2016-17 Season - SPHL
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