SWAMP RABBITS ANNOUNCE 2025 PROTECTED LIST

(GREENVILLE, S.C.) – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings and AHL’s Ontario Reign, announced the team’s 2025 Protected List today, consisting of 32 players.

The Protected List is the first stage in off-season roster construction in the ECHL. Following the Protected List, teams will need to complete future considerations trades by June 20^th and subsequently submit their Season-Ending Roster on June 22^nd. Teams are then permitted to begin signing players to ECHL SPC’s on June 23^rd, then look forward to the next checkpoint of issuing eight qualifying offers on July 7^th.

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 2024-25 with the Member, and has not been traded or released, OR

2. Signed an SPC in 2024-25, 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 2024-25 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 20 and that teams must submit their Season-Ending Roster by 3 p.m. ET on June 22.

Season-ending rosters may include up to 20 players and cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2024-25.

Below is the Swamp Rabbits 2025 Protected List:

GOALTENDERS (3)
Pierce Charleson
Mattias Shool
Kolby Hay

DEFENSEMEN (9)
Conner Hutchison
Jacob Modry
JD Greenway
Ethan Cap
Joe Leahy
Tristan De Jong
Miles Gendron
Dustin Geregach
Jordan Power

FORWARDS (20)
Sam Coatta
Ben Freeman
PJ Fletcher
Carter Souch
Brett Kemp
Zach Tupker
Josh McKechney
Arvid Caderoth
Casey Dornbach
Austin Heidemann
Stepan Timofeyev
Brent Pedersen
Tyson Fawcett
Austin Saint
Ben Poisson
Jack Brackett
Kyle Haskins
Stuart Rolofs
Ryan O’Hara
Dawson Tritt

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About the Greenville Swamp Rabbits …
Acquired by Spire Sports + Entertainment (SS+E) in 2020, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits hockey team have been providing family friendly, live entertainment at Bon Secours Wellness Arena since 2010. Formerly the Greenville Road Warriors, the Swamp Rabbits are the highest-level professional minor league franchise in South Carolina. The Swamp Rabbits are the proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL's LA Kings and the AHL's Ontario Reign. Greenville is a member of the ECHL, Premier ‘AA’ Hockey League.