Stingrays Announce Season-Ending Roster
Published on June 18, 2010 under ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release
North Charleston, SC - The South Carolina Stingrays announced today the team's Season-Ending Roster. The roster may include up to 20 players and cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2009-10.
The Stingrays Season-Ending Roster includes: Todd Ford, Shane Connelly, Johann Kroll, Zach Tarkir, Zach Jones, Nate Kiser, Grant Farrell, Jason Fredricks, Jeff Caister, Derek Keller, Trent Campbell, Gregg Johnson, Keith Johnson, Nikita Kashirsky, Matt Fornataro, Matt Scherer, Spencer Carbery, Rob Ricci, David de Kastrozza and Chris Capraro.
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 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 2010-11 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 1.
The qualifying offer must remain open for acceptance until Aug. 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 Aug. 1. After Aug. 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.
Don't miss any of the fast-paced, hard-hitting action of the South Carolina Stingrays. Opening Night is Friday, October 15 vs. Greenville at 7:05 p.m. at North Charleston Coliseum! Ticket packages for the 2010-11 season are on sale now for as low as $46 a month! Call the Stingrays front office at (843) 744-2248 or click here for more information. For all the latest Stingrays news visit www.stingrayshockey.com.
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