Each team is allowed to protect 2 players from their home association in each draft. In addition, teams can protect up to 4 additional players in lieu of draft picks, provided that they have a draft pick available in each consecutive round for each protected player.  ie. if a team has draft picks in round 1 and round 2, but not in round 3, they can protect 2 additional players.  Players become members of the team that protected them, and therefore are removed from the draft lists.

Congratulations to all protected players!
 

	Dartmouth Bandits			Halifax Hurricanes			Mi'kmaq Warriors		Sackville Wolves		St. Margaret's Bay Rebels
1	Landon Basso		1	Ryder Leiwand		1	Thomas Morine	1	Josh Hollett	1	Jeremy Copp
2	Cole Van Huzien		2	Luka McIsaac		2	Dru Paul-Martin	2	Jack McKay
3	Matthew Walker							3	Carter Munore
4	Carter McNeil							4	Lucas Johnstone
								5	Etienne Chenard
								6	Sam Cowan