Former Viper Fraser Eligible To Receive Qualifying Offer By Aces:

Former Vernon Vipers forward, Curtis Fraser is one of 20 players for the ECHL Alaska Aces who are eligible to receive a qualifying offer by July 1. Eight players can receive the offer as free agency season starts. Fraser played parts of one season with the Vipers (2002-03) after getting traded to Vernon in January of 2003 from the Victoria Salsa. Fraser going into his third season with the Aces split last season between the Aces and the AHL Lake Erie Monsters.  In 20 regular season games with Alaska Fraser collected (6-8-14) winning the 2011 Kelly Cup.  In 36 regular season games with the AHL Lake Erie Monsters Fraser collected (5-3-8).

Curtis Fraser's Player Profile:

http://www.alaskaaces.com/players/curtis-fraser-0

This is posted on the Aces website:

ACES RELEASE ECHL SEASON-ENDING ROSTER

Jun 16th, 2011

The 2011 Kelly Cup Champion Alaska Aces announced the club’s season-ending roster on Thursday morning, as part of a league-wide announcement. All ECHL teams submitted their roster to the league on Thursday. Season-Ending Rosters may include up to 20 players, but cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2010-11. The upcoming Aces season begins at Sullivan Arena in October. Season tickets and corporate packages are currently available by calling the Aces office at 907.258.ACES. For the most up to date news and information on the Aces, please visit the Alaska Aces Facebook page.

The following was the Aces season-ending roster that was submitted to the league:

Defensemen

Brandon Gentile
Kane Lafranchise
Chad Anderson
Bryan Miller
Steve Ward
Russ Sinkewich

Forwards

Garry Nunn
Tyler Ruegsegger
Alex Dzielski
Scott Burt
Scott Howes
Wes Goldie
Chris Langkow
Matt Ambroz
Brian Swanson
Ethan Cox
Curtis Fraser
Dan Kissel
Zach Harrison
Jerad Stewart

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 Aug. 31, the player shall be deemed an unrestricted free agent.

The 2011 Kelly Cup Champion Alaska Aces will begin the 2011-2012 season on Friday, October 14 at Sullivan Arena.