June 2nd, 2009	wheelingnailers.com

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 a Standard Players Contract in 2008-09, and has not been traded or released, OR

2. Signed Standard Players Contract in 2008-09, and was recalled to the National Hockey League, the American Hockey League or an International Ice Hockey Federation team, and has not been traded or released, OR

3. Received a 2008-09 Qualifying Offer for the current season, and DID NOT sign a Standard Players Contract, and has not been traded or released, OR

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

5. Signed Standard Players Contract on or after the first day of the 2008-09 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 3 p.m. ET on June 13 and that teams must submit their Season-Ending Roster by 3 p.m. ET 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 2008-09.

2009 Wheeling Nailers Protected List

· Doug Krantz · Cliff Loya · Scott Kalinchuk

· Jon Ralph

· Mitch Ganzak

· Tomas Klempa

· Chris Margott

· Aaron Clarke

· Chase Watson

· Andrew Lord

· Jeremy Scherlinck

· Matt Greenier

· Chris Snavely

· Todd Spencer

· Erik Johnson

· Billy Ryan

· Rob Sirianni

· Jason Payne

The Nailers will kick off their 18th season of hockey in October. Season tickets for the 2009-10 season are already on sale.