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Knight Monsters Announce 2025 Protected List

Monday, June 9th
Knight Monsters Announce 2025 Protected List

STATELINE, NV – The Tahoe Knight Monsters, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights and the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights announced today the team’s protected list of players from the 2024-25 season. This is the first of a several-step process that ECHL teams use to begin building their rosters for the 2025-26 season.

The Knight Monsters protected a total of 18 players. The following is a complete list of players protected by the Knight Monsters. Please note any player on an NHL or AHL contract last season may not be eligible to be placed on the protected list.  

 

Goaltenders (0)
None, goalies were on NHL or AHL contracts last season

 

Defensemen (8)
Jake Johnson
Evan Junker 
Dominic Vidoli
Brennan Kapcheck
Nate Kallen
Lunden Alger 
Kaelan Taylor
Adiren Bisson

 

Forwards (10)
Adam Pitters
Luke Adam 
Jacob McGrew
Cal Kiefuk
Troy Loggins
Anthony Collins
Patrick Newell
Logan Nelson
Isaac Johnson
Adam Robbins

 

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.

 

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