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DISPERSAL DRAFT RESULTS

07/20/2005

The National Lacrosse League Dispersal Draft is now complete. The expansion Edmonton Rush selected Rory Glaves with the first overall pick. Glaves, a 23-year old defenseman from Victoria, British Columbia, comes off a promising rookie season in which he played in 15 of Anaheim's 16 games. The defenseman was voted to the league's All-Rookie Team, recieving the most votes of any rookie defenseman last season. With the second selection, the expansion Portland LumberJax selected All-Star forward Casey Powell. San Jose selected goaltender Matt Roik with the third selection, and Minnesota picked up defenseman Bruce Murray with the fourth pick.

As teams drafted players, they also had to release a player to make room on their 23-man roster. The expansion teams (Edmonton and Portland) did not have to release players as neither club has filled its 23-man roster as of yet. Complete results of the draft are as follows:
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    TEAM          SELECTED PLAYER    RELEASED PLAYER

 1. Edmonton      Rory Glaves (D)     N/A

 2. Portland      Casey Powell (F)    N/A

 3. San Jose      Matt Roik (G)       Ross Johnson (F)

 4. Minnesota     Bruce Murray (D)    Shawn Summerfield (D)

 5. Philadelphia  Peter Morgan (F)    Bryan Bendig (F)

 6. Colorado      Bill Greer (D)      Paul Gait (F)

 7. Calgary       Matt King (G)       Ted Dowling (F)

 8. Rochester     Cam Bergman (D)     Tim Soudan (F)

 9. Arizona       Chris McElroy (D)   Mark Cochrane (D)

10. Arizona       Matt Dwane (D)      Chris Panos (F)

11. Portland      Scott Stewart (F)   N/A



12. Edmonton      Damien Davis (D)    N/A

13. Portland      Adam Bysouth (D)    N/A

14. San Jose      Mike Law (F)        Luke Gilbert (F)

15. Minnesota     Ryan Powell (F)     Mike Attwood (G)

16. Philadelphia  Pat Jones (D)       Bryan Cole (F)

*Richard Morgan and Shawn Cable were declared Unrestricted free agents by an arbitrator and will not be eligible for selection in the dispersal draft.