SPHL Announces Expansion Draft Selections, Protected Lists
Published on May 16, 2016 under SPHL (SPHL) News Release
HUNTERSVILLE, NC - The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) on Monday announced the results of the 2016 Expansion Draft held for the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs and Evansville Thunderbolts. All players eligible for the Louisiana IceGators' protected list were available for the draft.
(1) Roanoke - Travis Armstrong (Louisiana)
(2) Evansville - Luke Sandler (Louisiana)
(3) Roanoke - Steve Mele (Macon)
(4) Evansville - Nick Lazorko (Fayetteville)
(5) Roanoke - Massimo Lamacchia (Louisiana)
(6) Evansville - Patrick Murphy (Columbus)
(7) Roanoke - Jackson Brewer (Macon)
(8) Evansville - John Daniels (Louisiana)
(9) Roanoke - Tim Boyle (Mississippi)
(10) Evansville - Steven Hoshaw (Fayetteville)
(11) Roanoke - Ryan de Melo (Huntsville)
(12) Evansville - Michael Hill (Knoxville)
In addition, the protected lists for the 2016-2017 season were released:
Columbus - Brandon Jaeger, Alex Pompeo, Kyle Shapiro, Rusty Hafner, Craig Simchuk, Patrick McCadden, Andy Bathgate, Chad Bennett, Alex Kromm, Shawn Bates, Ben O'Quinn, Chris Rial, Kyle Johnson
Evansville - Luke Sandler, Nick Lazorko, Patrick Murphy, John Daniels, Steven Hoshaw, Michael Hill
Fayetteville - Sean Bonar, Nicholas Rivait, Joseph Manno, Derek Elliott, Kyle Gibbons, Brad Drobot, Tayler Thompson, Chris Porter, Josh McQuade, Brad Plumton, Graeme Strukoff, Alex Brooks, Parker Van Buskirk
Huntsville - Scott Henegar, John McGinnis, John Lidgett, Jeremy Beirnes, Dylan Nowakowski, Nolan Kaiser, Justin Tateson, Stuart Stefan, Jeff Jones, Josh Ranalli, Jason Popek, Dave Williams, Jordan Ruby
Knoxville - Brian Billett, Andrew Bonazza, Danny Cesarz, Jake Flegel, Corey Hale, Trever Hertz, Zach LaRue, Brad Pawlowski, Jason Price, Mark Pustin, Doug Reid, Dennis Sicard, Garrett Vermeersch
Macon - Shawn Skelly, Matt Summers, Daniel Gentzler, Jake Trask, Stephen Pierog, Vadim Guskov, Travis Howe, Mark Rivera, Ryan Michel, Nick Grasso, Zach Josepher, Nicholas Kuqali, Garrett Bartus
Mississippi - Devin Mantha, Cullen Bradshaw, Linden Bahm, Charles Mosey, Ryan Marcuz, Matt Harrington, Peter Di Salvo, Richard Coyne, Sam Higgins, Mike Grace, Donald Oliveri, Todd Hosmer, Dean Willmott
Pensacola - Matt Zenzola, John McLean, Jeremy Gates, Mike Krieg, Brandon Blair, Anthony Calabrese, Corey Banfield, Joe Caveney, Paul Rodrigues, Brandon Zurn, Charlie Adams, Josh Cousineau, Stephen Buco
Peoria - Ben Oskroba, Mike Gurtler, Dan Bremner, Mark Corbett, Walker Wintoneak, Steve Morra, Kyle Rank, Dave Pszenyczny, Connor Toomey, Alec Hagaman, Josh Harris, Chris Wilson, Christian Weidauer
Roanoke - Travis Armstrong, Steve Mele, Massimo Lamacchia, Jackson Brewer, Tim Boyle, Ryan de Melo
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