Stingrays Add Former Vipers Bishop & Brodie To Teams Protected List:

On Monday, June 3rd the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)

announced the Protected Lists as submitted by each of its member teams. The ECHL South Carolina Stingrays have thirty one players listed on their protected list, two of the thirty one are former Vernon Vipers forward Hunter
Bishop & former Vernon Vipers defenceman Cameron Brodie.

Bishop is currently playing with the American Hockey League's (AHL) Manchester Monarchs. Bishop started the season with East Coast Hockey League's (ECHL) South Carolina Stingrays before signing a (PTO) Professional Tryout Contract with the Monarchs on February 22nd 2013 where he finished the season. In 24 regular season games with the Monarchs Bishop collected (3-2-5).

Bishop signed with South Carolina on October, 1st 2012. In 48 games this season with South Carolina Bishop collected (24-25-49). This is Bishops third trip to the AHL this season after the Stingrays loaned Bishop to the AHL Lake Erie Monsters on January, 8th 2013 before returning to South Carolina on January, 18th 2013. Bishop went pointless in three games with the Monsters. On January, 25th 2013 the AHL Rochester Americans signed Bishop to a (PTO) Professional Tryout Contract.  Bishop was released a day later after playing in just one game with the Americans.

Bishop played parts of the last three years with the ECHL Wheeling Nailers & the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs before missing the entire 2011-12 season with an undisclosed injury. Bishop played parts of three seasons in Vernon (2005-2008). Bishop left Vernon after two seasons and played in just four games at the University of North Dakota during the 2006-07 season before returning to Vernon during the Christmas break playing the remainder of the 2006-07 season playing his final season with the Vipers (2007-2008) before playing the next two years at Ohio State University. In 140 regular season games with the Vipers Bishop collected (93-84-177). On March. 18th 2010 the Montreal Canadiens signed Bishop as a free agent to a two year contract. Bishop attended the Habs training camp the last three seasons before being sent down to the American Hockey League's Hamilton Bulldogs.

Hunter Bishop's Player Profile:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=80970

Brodie started the season with the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) Stockton Thunder before being traded on January 25th 2013 to South Carolina. Brodie was in his third season with the Thunder before the trade. In 30 games this season with Stockton Brodie collected (1-6-7). Brodie played in 52 games with the Thunder last year as well as three games with the AHL Texas Stars before returning to Stockton. In 52 regular season games with the Thunder Brodie collected 0-7-7 & collected just one assist in eight playoff games. In 4 games with the Stingrays this season Brodie picked up (0-2-2). Brodie played parts of one season in Vernon (2008-2009) after being aquired from the Coquitlam Express at the 2009 BCHL trade deadline.

Cameron Brodie's Player Profile:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=81370


This is posted on the Stingrays website:

Stingrays Announce Protected List

By: Joseph Zakrzewski

North Charleston, S.C. – The South Carolina Stingrays, proud ECHL affiliate of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League, announced today the team’s Protected List.

The team’s protected list of players include: goaltenders Ryan Zapolski and Jeff Jakaitis, defensemen Ryan Grimshaw, Scooter Vaughan, Luka Vidmar, Jake Areshenko, Damon Kipp, Cameron Brodie, Derek Foam, Ryan Lowery, Ryan Turek, Edwin Shea, Kevin Quick, Ryan McGinnis and Johann Kroll and forwards Brett Olson, Alex MacLeod, Andrew Cherniwchan, Eric Alexander, Andrew Sackrison, Robby Dee, Patrick Gaul, Jay Silvia, Peter Boyd, Chris Langkow, Mike Hamilton, Tyler McNeely, Hunter Bishop, Billy Ryan, Sean Dolan and Michael Dorr.

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 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 2012-13.