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Royals/ECHL Announce Season-Ending Rosters

June 10, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Reading Royals News Release


Reading, PA – The Reading Royals, affiliate of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings and AHL's Manchester Monarchs, have announced their season-ending roster which is submitted to the ECHL following the conclusion of the season.

Season-ending rosters may include up to 20 players. These rosters cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2004-05 (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, not 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 2005-06 season). Players on open qualifying offers can not 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.

Royals season-ending roster
Borzecki, Adam (D) - vet Courville, Larry (LW) - vet
Francisco, Jon (C/RW) Galvin, Tom (D)
Hisey, Rob (C) Kinasewich, Ryan (LW)
Medak, Judd (LW) Mischler, Graig (C)
Mizzi, Preston (C/RW) Morisset, David (RW) *
O'Leary, Pat (C) Rome, Reagan (D)
Rudkowsky, Cody (G) Sandbeck, Mike (C/W) - vet
Souza, Mike (LW) Thompson, Brad (LW)
Turner, Ian (D) Twerdun, Chris (D) *
Wilde, Martin (D) York, Matt (D)

A total of ten players were not left on the season-ending roster, but did appear on the final Royals playoff roster. Defenseman Beau Geisler and goaltender Barry Brust were both under contract with the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. Defenseman Mikko Viitanen is under contract to the Colorado Avalanche. The Royals primary affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs, held contracts of forwards Dan Welch, Jeff Miles and Eric Fortier along with defenseman Troy Milam. Forwards David Masse and Cail MacLean were under contract with the Royals affiliate, the Hershey Bears. Finally, retired veteran forward Jamie O'Leary was not included on the roster.

For ticket information including; season, half-season and quarter-season ticket packages visit the Royals website at www.royalshockey.com or call the Royals Hockey Headquarters at 610-898-PUCK (7825). Royals hockey...Quest for Victory!

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