Former Viper Brookwell Eligible To Receive Qualifying Offer By Gladiators:

Former Vernon Vipers defenceman, Cody Brookwell is one of 18 players for the ECHL Gwinnett Gladiators who are eligible to receive a qualifying offer by July 1. Eight players can receive the offer as free agency season starts. Brookwell was recruited by the Vipers but only played in four regular season games (2004-05) before being traded in early October of 2004 to the Williams Lake Timberwolves. Brookwell played two seasons in Williams Lake before playing the next four seasons at the University of Denver. In 48 games last year with the Gladiators Brookwell collected (2-5-7).

Cody Brookwell's Player Profile:

http://echl.com/stats/player.php?id=3143

This is posted on the Gladiators website:

Glads Season-Ending Roster

Thursday, June 16, 2011

The Gwinnett Gladiators season ending roster was released today comprised of 6 defensemen, 11 forwards and one goaltender. Season-Ending Rosters cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2010-11.

The Gladiators season ending roster includes defensemen Paul Flache, Cody Brookwell, Dallas Jackson, Tim Filangieri, Will Colbert, Justin Milo and forwards Dustin Cameron, Andy Brandt, John-Scott Dickson, Devin Timberlake, Matt Francis, Kyle Kucharski, Ryan Garbutt, Derek Nesbitt, Tim Miller, Aaron Bendickson and Tom Zanoski in addition to goaltender Garrett Zemlak.

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 2011-12 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 Aug. 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 Aug. 1. After Aug. 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.

The Gladiators are members of the ECHL, the Premier "AA" Hockey League and play all home games at the 11,355-seat Arena at Gwinnett Center, located just off I-85 on Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth.