Stingrays Announce Season-Ending Roster
Published on June 15, 2012 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 players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2011-12.
The Stingrays Season-Ending Roster includes: Zach Tarkir, Damon Kipp, Derek Keller, Johann Kroll, Michael Dorr, Nielsson Arcibal, Patrick Cullen, Billy Ryan, Josh Turnbull, Shea Walters, Matt Scherer, Andrew Cherniwchan, Chris Higgins, Greg Stewart, Mike Hamilton, Daniel Koger, Sean Dolan, Matt Pope, Sam Lofquist and Tyler Johnson.
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 2012-13 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 Aug. 31, the player shall be deemed an unrestricted free agent.
Opening Night for the Stingrays' 20th anniversary season is Saturday, October 13 against the Gwinnett Gladiators at 7:05 p.m. at the North Charleston Coliseum! Save up to $280 off of box office prices with a Stingrays Ticket Package for the 2012-13 season! Call the Stingrays Office at (843) 744-2248 for more information or visit us online at StingraysHockey.com .
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