SALMON KINGS ANNOUNCE SEASON ENDING ROSTER

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Victoria, BC – The Victoria Salmon Kings, proud affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks and Manitoba Moose, have released their 2008-09 season ending roster.  

The Salmon Kings have 14 players on their season-ending roster. Season-ending rosters may include up to 20 players and cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2008-09 (i.e. players who were under contract to teams in either the National Hockey League or the American Hockey League).

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 2009-10 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 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 August 1. After August 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.

2009 Salmon Kings Season Ending Roster

Curtis Billsten (F)
Andy Brandt (F)
Aaron Brocklehurst (D)
Taylor Ellington (D)
Olivier Filion (F)*
Gary Gladue (D)
Wes Goldie (F)*
Matt Kelly (D)
Shaun Landolt (F)
Darryl Lloyd (F)*
Sean O’Connor (F)*
Chris St. Jacques (F)*
Adam Taylor (F)
Tim Wedderburn (D)*

*denotes player with veteran status

The Salmon Kings start the 2009-10 season on the road in Alaska on Friday, October 16th, and return to Victoria for their home opener on Wednesday, October 21st versus the Bakersfield Condors.

Season tickets for the Salmon Kings 2009-10 season are already on sale. Catch all the action by calling 250-220-7889, emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by visiting www.salmonkings.com for more information.

Beginning in 1988-89 with five teams playing in four states, the Premier ‘AA’ Hockey League has grown into a coast-to-coast league that will have 24 teams in 16 states and British Columbia playing 864 games from Oct. 17, 2008 to Apr. 4, 2009. Nineteen of the 24 teams have played at least five years in their current city.

The ECHL is the third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League.

The conference and division alignments and the format for the 2010 Kelly Cup Playoffs will be determined and approved at a later date by the ECHL Board of Governors.

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For further information contact:

Jeff Harris

Director of Media and Community Relations

and Assistant General Manager

Victoria Salmon Kings Hockey Club

250-220-2612

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