Thunder Announce Season-Ending Roster
June 16, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Wichita Thunder News Release
Wichita, KS (June 16th) - The Wichita Thunder, proud member of the ECHL and powered by Toyota, announced their season-ending roster for the 2014-15 season.
Season-Ending Rosters may include up to 20 players. Season-Ending Rosters cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2014-15.
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 2015-16 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 August 1st. At that 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, or to a goaltender who has played more than 180 regular-season games, will retain the rights to that player until August 1st. If the veteran player or goaltender is not signed to a contract by that date, the veteran or goaltender 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.
The Thunder completed two trades from last season, sending defenseman Kirill Tulupov to Orlando and defenseman Eric Meland to Gwinnett.
Wichita Thunder Season-Ending Roster:
G Grant Rollheiser
G Tim Boron
D Mike Wilson
D Mike MacIntyre
D Michael Trebish
D Dalton Reum
D Theo Peckham
F Ian Lowe
F Jared Walker
F RG Flath
F Todd Hosmer
F Erick Lizon
F Garrett Klotz
F Kenton Miller
F Kurtis Bartliff
F Michael Dorr
F Justin Bernhardt
F Ian Duval
F Nikita Kashirsky
F Stephen Schultz
Season tickets are on sale now. Don't delay! Call the Wichita Thunder office and visit with a season ticket rep today to learn more. Stay up-to-date on all the news during the off-season by visiting www.wichitathunder.com.
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