Idaho acquires rights to Cullity, announces Season-Ending Roster

Boise, ID (6/15/12) ? The Idaho Steelheads, in conjunction with the ECHL, released its Season-Ending Roster on Friday. The Season-Ending Roster consists of 20 players whose ECHL rights will be retained by the Steelheads. The team can select up to eight players from this list for qualifying contract offers. Those offers are due to the players no later than July 1st. Goaltender (1): Bryan Hince. Defensemen (7): Matt Case, Deron Cousens, Patrick Cullity, Michael Gergen, Chris Hepp, Kory Scoran, Steven Tarasuk. Forwards (12): Jacob Cepis, Marty Flichel, Patrick Kennedy, Chad Klassen, Derek LeBlanc, Aaron Lewicki, Ian Lowe, Ron Meyers, Kael Mouillierat, Chad Nehring, Joe Pereira, Cody Purves. The new name on the list is defenseman Patrick Cullity. The rights to the 25-year-old blueliner were acquired by Idaho from Utah this week to complete an earlier trade. Cullity skated in 20 games with Utah before being recalled by Springfield of the American Hockey League for the remainder of the season. In three professional seasons, Cullity has appeared in 91 games at the ECHL level with Utah and South Carolina along with 54 games at the AHL level, the highest level of minor-league hockey in North America. Season Ticket packages are available now, starting at just $275 per seat for all 36 home games. Partial-season packages start at as little as $150 for fans who want a little more flexibility. Contact the Idaho Steelheads front office at 208.383.0080 for more information.