Rock Announce Protected List
June 30, 2005 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Toronto Rock News Release
TORONTO - The Toronto Rock Lacrosse Club announced its list of protected and unprotected players in advance of next month's NLL Expansion Draft. The league has not officially announced an Expansion Draft date, but will do so early in July.
Here is the list of the Toronto Rock's Protected and Unprotected players:
Protected Players
Beisel, Brian
Doyle, Colin
Driscoll, Chris
Manning, Blaine
Merrill, Patrick
O'Brien, Tim
Quinlan, Jim
Rubel, Ian
Sanderson, Josh
Sanderson, Phil
Suddons, Derek
Veltman, Jim
Watson, Bob
Wilson, Aaron
Unprotected Players
Chapman, Sandy
Clark, Glenn
Durno, Chris
Forget, Luke
Kruger, Rusty
Ladouceur, Dan
McClay, Ryan
Rosa, John
Shearer, Matt
Trudeau, Nick
Wetherup, Phil
The NLL Expansion Draft will consist of nine rounds with the first selection going to the new Portland team (won by virtue of a coin flip at the Board of Governors meetings earlier this month). Each team submitted its protected player lists to the league office and had the option of protecting either 13 runners and one goaltender or 10 runners and two goaltenders. The Edmonton Rush will select second in the NLL Expansion Draft. Any unprotected players are available for pick up by either team, but no team may lose more than two players in the draft. Once a player is selected from a team, the squad losing the player may protect another player who was previously unprotected.
National Lacrosse League Stories from June 30, 2005
- Portland wins coin tosses and prepares for first pick in expansion draft July 13th - Portland Lumberjax
- Stealth prepare for upcoming NLL Expansion Draft - San Jose Stealth
- Mammoth releases protected player list for upcoming NLL Expansion Draft - Colorado Mammoth
- NLL Expansion Draft on July 13; Available player lists announced - NLL
- Minnesota Swarm Announces Protected List for NLL Expansion Draft - Minnesota Swarm
- Rock Announce Protected List - Toronto Rock
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