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BLAZERS EXPANSION DRAFT TODAY AT 2PM ET

Boston to add 12 players from Unprotected Player Lists

07/24/2008

The Boston Blazers will continue to build their roster on Thursday, July 24th in the Expansion Draft, when they select a player from each of the 12 returning team's unprotected lists, which were released earlier this month.

Key unprotected players include Buffalo defender Pat McCready and Colorado goaltender Chris Levis.

A number of factors will certainly play into Boston's decision-making process, including which unprotected players are unrestricted free agents. Any unrestricted free agent selected by Boston would have to be designated as a franchise player in order for Boston to be assured of keeping the player from hitting the free agent market.

The Blazers have already acquired All-Star forward Dan Dawson and veteran forward Peter Veltman.

Clubs were given the option of either protecting one goaltender and 13 of its runners (forwards or defensemen), or two goaltenders and 10 runners. The protected player lists are below.

No team may lose more than one of its players in the Expansion Draft. Draft results will be posted live at the league's official website, NLL.com.


BUFFALO BANDITS

Protected Players
Accursi, Mike
Bucktooth, Brett
Dostie, Kevin
Greenhalgh, Sean
Montour, Ken
Powless, Delby
Smith, Billy Dee
Steenhuis, Mark
Tavares, John
Thompson, Mike
Vyse, Roger
White, Chris

Unprotected Players
Bomberry, Cory
Croswell, Brian
Hill, Clay
Kilgour, Rich*
Kruger, Rusty*
Langdale, Chris*
Laverty, Kyle
Lazore, Andrew
Llord, Ian
McCready, Pat*
Myers, Brian
Sanderson, Phil
Schmelzle, Kyle
Smith, Joe
Squire, Chad
Swamp, Brandon


CALGARY ROUGHNECKS

Protected Players
Campbell, Pat
Carnegie, Mike
Codd, Bruce
Dobbie, Dane
Heavenor, Nolan
Kelusky, Tracey
McBride, Andrew
McFetridge, Peter
McNish, Ryan
Moleski, Jeff
Ranger, Scott
Sanderson, Josh
Shattler, Jeff
Toth, Kaleb

Unprotected Players
Avery, Ryan
Cable, Shawn
Carnegie, Scott
Couling, Kyle*
Gelsvik, Craig
Gillespie, Travis
Hall, Kelly
Hartzell, Kris
King, Matt
Kirkby, Rob
Malawsky, Curt*
Nyberg, Keith
Neufeld, Kyle
Phillips, Jesse*
Wray, Devan


CHICAGO SHAMROX

Protected Players
Crawford, Callum
Fines, Kevin
Giles, Mat
Hobbins, Mike
Jacobs, Cody
Kirk, Mike
McBride, Bobby
McGlone, Bill
Montour, Tom
Ross, Kevin
Roik, Matt
Self, Brad
Self, Scott
Wasson, Josh

Unprotected Players
Boyle, Brock
Burkholder, Andrew
Byrne, Jake
Candy, Drew
Collins, Derek
Clark, Jason
Derks, Jonas
Dupont, Kyle
Gibson, Darryl*
Holman, Matt
Kazarian, Bryan
Leveille, Kevin
Livingstone, Carter
O'Brien, Mack
Panos, Chris
Stringer, Cory


COLORADO MAMMOTH

Protected Players
Carey, Dan
Carlson, Nick
Ethington, Tom
Gajic, Nenad
Gill, Chris
Gill, Chris (va)
Langtry, Brian
Llord, Dylan
Murray, Bruce
Nash, Gee
Prossner, Jed
Prout, Gavin
Shewchuk, Jamie
Wilson, Matt

Unprotected Players
Bloom, Jason
Catton, Rich*
Cornfield, Jordan
Coyle, Pat*
Forsythe, Steve
Gallant, John
Jalbert, Jay
Law, Mike
Leveque, Matt
Levis, Chris*
Moss, Jim
Sims, Josh
Wulder, Jason*


EDMONTON RUSH

Protected Players
Allen, Mac
Dietrich, Steve
Glaves, Rory
Hawksbee, Ian
Hominuck, Mike
Hutchins, Steve
McKay, Chris
McElroy, Chris
Plunkett, Lindsay
Quinlan, Jimmy
Secore, Andy
Stobart, Buck
Teat, Dan
Turner, Andrew

Unprotected Players
Bergman, Cam
Brown, Matt
Coffey, Jordan
Crashley, Ian
Daly, Randy
Goundrey, Kyle
Gut, Peter
Hinman, Greg
Martin, Andrew
Palidwor, Curtis
Prepchuk, Ben
Seller, Chris
Stroup, Dan
Thenhaus, Brenden
Wagar, Kurtis
Williams, Rob*


MINNESOTA SWARM

Protected Players
Cousins, Ryan
Culp, Chad
Halls, Darren
Hill, Travis
Inch, Nick
Norbraten, Justin
Pacey, Eric
Patterson, Nick
Point, Craig
Pollock, Sean
Sharp, Ryan
Sullivan, Jon
Talbot, Noah
Ward, Ryan

Unprotected Players
Achenbach, Colin
Biers, Andrew
Courtney, Chris
Croswell, Kevin
Cromwell, Keith
Dairon, Brad
Hill, Dean
Kemp, Riley
Marohl, Dan
McDade, Rory
McLean, Ashton
Milkowski, Kevin
Miyashita, Mark
Ross, Kyle
Rubel, Ian
Sweet, D'Arcy


NEW YORK TITANS

Protected Players
Alrich, Matt
Boyle, Ryan
Hall, Jordan
Maddalena, Pat
McLellan, Mike
Merrill, Pat
Mundorf, Brendan
Orsen, John
Rooney, Jamie
Park, Jarett
Peyser, Greg
Powell, Casey
Smith, Rory
Vinc, Matt

Unprotected Players
Barrett, Bryan
Belisle, Mitch
Brzeski, Rich
Colsey, Roy*
Galbraith, Keevin
Hanford, Jamie*
Horsey, Bobby
Kelly, Anthony
Koesterer, Jamison
Miller, Erik*
Passavia, Chris
Polanco, Nicky
Smith, Rob
Spallina, Brian
Spano, Jeff
Ratcliffe, Jeff*
Tower, Brian
Zash, Matt


PHILADELPHIA WINGS

Protected Players
Blasdell, Rob
Hajek, Tom
Iannucci, Athan
Miller, Brandon
Nadelen, Shawn
Snider, Geoff
Sweeney, Kyle
Thomson, Merrick
Van Beek, Rob
Wailes, Kyle
Westervelt, Drew
Wray, Taylor

Unprotected Players
Beisel, Brian*
Bergey, Jake*
Borell, Jim
Burke, Zach
Christmas, Jon
Crosbie, Jason*
Fiat, Kyle
Heim, Pat
Jacobs, Peter*
Mitchell, David
Moyer, Brett
Preece, JJ
Regan, Mike
Robertson, Brock
Ruhle, Josh
Shannon, AJ


PORTLAND LUMBERJAX

Protected Players
Codron, Tyler
Conway, Cory
Disher, Matt
Jacobs, Peter
Jones, Pat
MacDonald, Brad
Merrill, Brodie
Morgan, Peter
Morgan, Richard
Powell, Ryan
Stewart, Scott
Weber, Joel

Unprotected Players
Alexander, Bruce*
Bysouth, Adam
Dwane, Matt
Eliuk, Dallas*
Guze, Ray
Heavenor, Tyler
Kilby, Mike
Malawsky, Derek*
Martin, Spencer
Mazuran, Scott
McEwen, Kyle
Morgan, David
Stapleford, Scott


ROCHESTER KNIGHTHAWKS

Protected Players
Bonterre, Troy
Chapman, Sandy
Ditzell, Scott
Evans, Scott
Evans, Shawn
Grant, John
Greer, Bill
Hoar, Stephen
MacLeod, Matt
O'Toole, Pat
Reid, Jack
Schiller, Chris
Toll, Steve
Williams, Shawn

Unprotected Players
Abrams, Marshall
Brown, David
Cougevan, Pat
Crawley, Grant
Dutton, Pat
Forget, Luke
Hasen, Mike*
Lyons, Matt
Millin, Ken*
Potter, Andrew
Thorpe, Regy*
Vitarelli, Cory
Wetherup, Phil
Zaph, Casey*


SAN JOSE STEALTH

Protected Players
Bold, Aaron
Cosmo, Anthony
Doyle, Colin
Grimes, Mike
Hodgson, Curtis
Holmes, Steve
Martin, Eric
Resetarits, Frank
Sedgwick, Cam
Sorensen, Kyle
Wiles, Luke
Zywicki, Jeff

Unprotected Players
Bergey, Josh
Booth, Tim
Dawson, Paul
Fairlie, Todd
Guindon, Andrew
Green, Wes
Heffner, Zach
Hinton, Luke
Johnson, Tom
Megill, Ray
Morris, Sean
Panarelli, Steve
Richards, Tyler
Rosyski, Gary*
Santos, Shaydon*

TORONTO ROCK

Protected Players
Beirnes, Kasey
Benesch, Ryan
Campbell, Scott
Conn, Craig
Driscoll, Chris
Lough, Peter
Manning, Blaine
Marshall, Rob
Ratcliff, Lewis
Suddons, Derek
Thompson, Chad
Watson, Bob
Wilson, Aaron
Woods, Cam

Unprotected Players
Attwood, Mike
Carroll, Matt
Durno, Chris
Harasym, Jon
Ladouceur, Dan*
MacLeod, Mike
McFarlane, Wes
Poulin, Mike
Ptolemy, Curtis
Riddell, Bryan
Sanderson, Nathan
Schermann, Mark
Stewart, Chris
Taylor, Jamie
Taylor, Matt
Veltman, Jim*
Winder, Jay

*Unrestricted Free Agent