SWAMP RABBITS ANNOUNCE 23-24 SEASON-ENDING ROSTER
The list features 20 players for the next stage of offseason roster maintenance
By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, announced today the team’s 2023-24 Season Ending Roster.
The following 20 players are on the 2023-24 Season Ending Roster, as submitted by new Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations, Kyle Mountain:
GOALTENDER (1)
Luke Richardson
DEFENSEMEN (9)
Logan Britt
J.D. Greenway
Joseph Leahy
Jacob Flynn
Bobby Russell
Max Coyle
Jacob Modry
Ethan Cap
Joshua Karlsson
FORWARDS (10)
Anthony Beauchamp
Carter Souch
Zachary Tupker
Josh McKechney
Colton Young
Brannon McManus
Ben Freeman
Brett Kemp
Austin Saint
Tyson Fawcett
Season-ending rosters may include up to 20 players, but they cannot include players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2023-24.
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 11:59 p.m. ET on July 7. 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 2024-25 Season). Players on open qualifying offers cannot be traded. Teams are not required to extend a qualifying offer to players who sign a contract before July 7.
The qualifying offer must remain open for acceptance until 11:59 p.m. ET on July 22, when it becomes null and void. 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 or to a goaltender who has played more than 180 regular-season games will retain the rights to that player until 11:59 p.m. ET on July 22. After July 22, if the veteran player or goaltender is not signed to a contract by the team, the veteran or goaltender 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 11:59 p.m. ET on August 8, the player shall be deemed an unrestricted free agent.
About the Greenville Swamp Rabbits …
Acquired by Spire Sports + Entertainment (SS+E) in 2020, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits hockey team has 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 an ECHL Premier’ AA’ Hockey League member.
