BY: Mark Shelley, Greenville Swamp Rabbits
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, ECHL affiliate of the Florida Panthers, announced today the club had named its 2022 Kelly Cup Playoffs roster ahead of its first-round meeting with the Florida Everblades.
Forwards: Nikita Pavlychev, Liam Pecararo, Max Zimmer, Anthony Rinaldi, Ben Freeman, Ethan Somoza, Justin Nachbaur, Luke Santerno, Alex Ierullo, Ayden MacDonald, Anthony Beauchamp, Chase Zieky
Defenseman: Corbin Baldwin, Bryce Reddick, Joe Gatenby, Bobby Russell, Kevin McKernan, Johnny Coughlin, Christian Kasastul, Bradley Lalonde, Alec Rauhauser
Goaltenders: John Lethemon, Evan Fitzpatrick
Playoff Eligible List: Frank Hora, Jacob Ingham, Brett Kemp
PLAYOFF ROSTER RULES
Playoff Rosters consist of up to 24 Players – a 20-man active roster and a four-man reserve list. Upon submission of its Playoff Roster, each Member is required to include:1. a minimum of 17 active, available (i.e., not injured or on recall) skaters to its Active Roster, and at least two (2) eligible goaltenders to its initial Playoff Roster.
2. a list of all other Players who meet the Playoff Roster Eligibility requirements but who are unavailable when Playoff Rosters are due to the League Office due to recall to the AHL or NHL. The Playoff Eligible List may only list Players who are unavailable due to recall. All other players (i.e., injured Players) must be listed on a Member’s initial Playoff Roster (active roster or reserve list) to participate in the Playoffs.
MORE RULES
Throughout the Playoffs, but before the start of the Kelly Cup Finals, as the recalled Players listed on a Member’s Playoff Eligible List become available (due to assignment, release from PTO, or their respective AHL teams’ seasons having ended), Members shall be permitted to supplement their initial Playoff Rosters with Players listed on their Playoff Eligible Lists, up to a maximum of 24 Players total. Once a Member has named a total of 24 Players to its Playoff Roster, or the Kelly Cup Finals have begun (whichever comes first), the Member’s Playoff Roster shall be fixed for the Playoffs (barring emergency conditions).
A Player who has finished the Regular Season on Injured Reserve may still be named to a Member’s 24-man Playoff Roster and will be eligible to participate in the Playoffs once his full IR time has been completed (provided all other playoff eligibility requirements have been satisfied). Once a Player has fully completed his remaining IR time, he may be activated and placed on the Member’s Active Roster.
EMERGENCY CONDITIONS
Emergency conditions shall be established when the playing strength of the Member, because of injury, illness, recall, or suspension by the League, is reduced below two (2) goalkeepers and sixteen (16) skaters. However, should a Member release a Player(s) from its Playoff Roster, its emergency conditions will drop by the same number of those players released. Only amateur players may be signed and added to the Active Roster under emergency conditions.
The Swamp Rabbits, who clinched a second consecutive postseason berth on Saturday night in Norfolk, VA, begin their quest for the Kelly Cup on Friday, April 22, at Hertz Arena in Estero, FL, for Game 1 of the 2022 Kelly Cup Playoffs against the Florida Everblades.
TICKETS
Tickets for all Swamp Rabbits home games can be purchased at SwampRabbits.com or by calling 864.674.7825.
