The Southern Professional Hockey League announced its Protected Lists as submitted by each of its member teams. The Macon Mayhem have thirteen players listed on their protected list one of is former Vernon Vipers defenceman Zach Urban.
Urban spent last season between the Mayhem & the ECHL Toledo Walleye. The Mayhem loaned Urban to the Walleye December 30th 2018. In 40 games last season with the Mayhem Urban collected (1-goal-13-assists-14-points). In 10 games with the Walleye Urban had one assist. The Walleye released Urban January 25th 2019.
After playing two years at the University of Northern Michigan Urban signed his first professional contract with the Mayhem in 2017.
Urban played one game as an "AP" affiliated player with the Vipers during the 2010-11 season before bouncing around the league with five different teams (Penticton, Powell River, Victoria, Salmon Arm & Langley).
Zach Urban's Player Profile:
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=97103
This was posted on the Mayhem website:
Mayhem Release 2019-20 Protected List
May 13, 2019
The Mayhem have announced their 2019-20 protected list, Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations Leo Thomas announced today.
The protected list consists of Kevin Entmaa, Jake Faiella, Nick Minerva, Zach Urban, Marcus Ortiz, Jarret Kup, Jimmy Soper, Danny Cesarz, Shawn Lynch, Derek Sutliffe, Stathis Soumelidis, Dakota Klecha, and Kristaps Bazevics.
The 13 names comprising the Mayhem’s 2019-20 protected list have each made their mark on the organization in recent years, and today have solidified their involvement in the organization’s future. As protected players, they will not sign with another SPHL team unless traded, and they will all be invited to the Mayhem training camp in October.
“We feel this group of players is a good nucleus for next season,” Mayhem General Manager Blair Floyd said. “It highlights some veterans, along with some rookies who really impressed us this year.”
A goaltender, five defensemen, and seven forwards make up the team’s protected list, who promise to serve as a core group of returners to lead the team in the immediate future. Coach Thomas is confident in the group he has selected in their ability to guide the Mayhem going forward.
“Based on our exit meetings with the players and getting an idea of what direction I want to go, I have decided on these 13 players to protect,” Thomas said. “We have a really good core of guys possibly returning from this list and we are also able to talk and pursue players that were left off the protected list during offseason. We look forward to having some of them, along with some of the newly recruited players who are hungry and want to prove themselves in camp and push guys out the door.”
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