Thunder Announce 2014 Kelly Cup Playoffs Roster

Published on April 15, 2014 under ECHL (ECHL)
Stockton Thunder News Release


Stockton, Calif. - The Stockton Thunder, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL's New York Islanders and the AHL's Bridgeport Sound Tigers, have announced 20 players who will be on the team's roster for the 2014 Kelly Cup Playoffs, as selected by Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations Rich Kromm.

The active roster is made up of 19 players, while one has been named as a reserve. Up to three more players can be added from the playoff eligible list for a maximum of 23 on the final playoff roster. Listed below by position and in numerical order are the players named to the roster.

Goaltenders (2):

#33 - Brian Foster

#35 - Parker Milner

Defensemen (6):

#4 - Marc Cantin

#5 - Sean Escobedo

#6 - Lee Baldwin

#22 - Ryan Constant

#27 - Landon Oslanski

#28 - Scott Langdon

Forwards (11):

#10 - Joey Martin

#11 - Nick Tremblay

#15 - James Henry

#17 - Matt Bergland

#18 - Ryan Hayes

#19 - Corey Trivino

#20 - Jeremy Langlois

#21 - Andrew Clark

#23 - Adam Brace

#24 - Garet Hunt

#29 - Riley Wetmore

Reserves (1):

#12 - Ben Rosen

Eligible Players (8):

#8 - Andrey Pedan

#14 - Matt Mangene

#16 - Joey Diamond

#20 - Mike Keenan

#25 - Mathieu Gagnon

#26 - Shawn Boutin

#28 - Jason Clark

#36 - Alan Quine

To qualify to play in the ECHL postseason, players had to compete in at least five ECHL regular season games. Additionally, players under contracts with American Hockey League teams, on assignment with an ECHL club, had to play at least five games in the AHL this season. Two players per ECHL team could be selected as exemptions from this requirement of five games in the AHL.

Players who were loaned to or left their team to play with a club outside of North America had until February 15th to return to a team in a U.S. or Canadian league to be eligible for the ECHL playoffs. Also, players on the injured reserve list who were named to postseason rosters must finish their minimum of 21 days on the IR before they are allowed to compete in a playoff game.

The Stockton Thunder open up their defense of the Western Conference Championship title against the Ontario Reign in the 2014 Kelly Cup Playoffs. Game one of the series will be at Stockton Arena on Friday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. Special playoff ticket packages are available through the Stockton Thunder front office by calling 209-373-1500. Fans can get tickets to the first round of the playoffs for free with the renewal or purchase of a Thunder Mini-Plan, or get tickets to all the Thunder's 2014 playoff games for free with the purchase of a new season ticket. For more information, visit StocktonThunder.com.

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