IceGators Add Former Viper Rob Short To Teams Protected List:

The SPHL released the names of the players who rights were proteced by each team for the upcoming 2012-13 season.  The Louisiana IceGators have added and protected 13 players from their roster, including former Vernon Vipers forward Rob Short.  Short finished his second season with the IceGators and third season playing in the SPHL. Short was called up to the CHL Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees for a short stint during the regular season, but sent back down to Louisiana. Short played five season's in Vernon (2006-2010) and is the only player in franchise history to have his number retired. In 229 regular season games with the Vipers Short collected (61-76-137).

Rob Short's Player Profile:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=102383

This is posted on the SPHL website:

SPHL Announces Protected Lists

Date: May 16, 2012

CHARLOTTE, NC – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today released the names of the players whose rights were protected for the 2012-2013 season:

Louisiana: Greg Brown, Jason Hill, Brayden Metz, Robbie Short, Josh Boyd, August Aiken, Tyler Lyon, Sean Murray, Clark Byczynski, Josh Duplantis, Eric Tallent, Ryan Pearson, B.J. O’Brien