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Thunder Announce Protected List

June 3, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Stockton Thunder News Release


STOCKTON, Calif. - The Stockton Thunder, proud ECHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League, announced its protected list of 28 players for the 2013-14 reserve system, as defined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players' Association.

The protected list includes:

FORWARDS

(LW) Matt Bergland

(RW) Maxime Boisclair

(C) Andrew Clark

(RW) Jesse Fratkin

(LW) Jordan Fulton

(C) Ryan Green

(RW) Ryan Hayes

(LW) Garet Hunt

(C) Eric Hunter

(C) Gabriel Levesque

(C) Justin Maylan

(LW) Alex Penner

(RW) Matt Reber

(C) Harrison Reed

(RW) Yannick Riendeau

(LW) Shawn Weller

DEFENSEMEN

(D) Shawn Boutin

(D) Ryan Constant

(D) Nathan Deck

(D) Tony DeHart

(D) Dan Gibb

(D) Jordan Henry

(D) Mike Little

(D) Brock Matheson

(D) Kevin Noble

(D) Sebastian Owuya

(D) Nik Pokulok

(D) Dan Ringwald

Teams are allowed to protect as many players as they wish provided the players protected meet the guidelines as defined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players' Association which state that teams shall retain the rights to each player that:

1. Signed an SPC in 2012-13 with the Member, and has not been traded or released, OR

2. Signed an SPC in 2012-13, and was recalled to the NHL/AHL or IIHF team, and has not been traded or released, OR

3. Had received a Qualifying Offer last summer for the current Season, DID NOT sign an SPC, and has not been traded or released, OR

4. Has been suspended by the Member or League, and has not been traded or released, OR

5. Signed an SPC on or after the first day of the 2012-13 Regular Season, then subsequently signed an NHL/AHL contract, and has not been traded or released, OR

6. Has executed the ECHL Retirement Form, and has not been traded or released.

Protected lists may exceed 20 players.

The ECHL also announced that teams must complete all Future Consideration trades by Noon PT on June 13 and that teams must submit their Season-Ending Roster by Noon PT on June 15. Season-ending rosters may include up to 20 players and cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2012-13. Qualifying Offers are due to the ECHL league office on July 1, 2013.

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