2008 Edmonton Rush season

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2008 Edmonton Rush
Division	5th West
2008 record	4-12
Home record	3-5
Road record	1-7
Goals for	141
Goals against	197
General Manager	Bob Hamley
Coach	Bob Hamley
Captain	Chris McElroy
Alternate captains	Jimmy Quinlan Rory Glaves
Average attendance	9,639
Team leaders
Goals	Jimmy Quinlan (22)
Assists	Dan Teat (35)
Points	Mike Hominuck (54)
Penalties in minutes	Ian Hawksbee (47)
Loose Balls	Ian Hawksbee (123)
Wins	Curtis Palidwor (4)
Goals against average	Matt King (11.42)

The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 3rd in franchise history.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Conference standings 1.2 Game log 2 Player stats 2.1 Runners (Top 10) 2.2 Goaltenders 3 Awards 4 Transactions 4.1 Trades 5 Roster 6 See also 7 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Conference standings

East Division	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Road	GF	GA
y-Buffalo Bandits	10	6	-	.625	7-2	3-4	203	174
x-Minnesota Swarm	10	6	-	.625	6-2	4-4	199	196
x-New York Titans	10	6	-	.625	5-1	5-5	197	186
x-Philadelphia Wings	10	6	-	.625	7-1	3-5	225	220
e-Rochester Knighthawks	8	8	2	.500	4-4	4-4	197	171
e-Toronto Rock	7	9	3	.438	4-5	3-4	172	174
e-Chicago Shamrox	6	10	4	.375	3-5	3-5	176	212
West Division
y-San Jose Stealth	9	7	-	.563	4-4	5-3	185	172
x-Colorado Mammoth	9	7	-	.563	6-2	3-5	184	167
x-Calgary Roughnecks	7	9	2	.438	5-3	2-6	183	178
x-Portland LumberJax	6	10	3	.375	3-5	3-5	179	194
e-Edmonton Rush	4	11	5	.250	3-5	1-7	141	197

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, e - eliminated from playoff contention

[edit] Game log

Reference: [1]

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record
1	January 12	Edmonton	11 - 14	Colorado		Nash	17,520	0-1
2	January 19	Toronto	14 - 9	Edmonton		Watson	12,107	0-2
3	January 26	Edmonton	11 - 17	Chicago		Miller	5,107	0-3
4	February 2	Portland	11 - 10	Edmonton		King	7,072	0-4
5	February 17	Edmonton	8 - 14	Portland		King	6,793	0-5
6	February 23	San Jose	11 - 8	Edmonton		Cosmo	9,032	0-6
7	March 1	Edmonton	9 - 7	Portland		Palidwor	7,744	1-6
8	March 15	Rochester	9 - 10	Edmonton	OT	Palidwor	6,711	2-6
9	March 21	Edmonton	9 - 14	Toronto		Watson	14,312	2-7
10	March 29	San Jose	5 - 12	Edmonton		Palidwor	7,250	3-7
11	April 5	Calgary	9 - 11	Edmonton		Palidwor	9,433	4-7
12	April 12	Edmonton	7 - 18	Calgary		Dietrich	12,451	4-8
13	April 13	Edmonton	6 - 14	San Jose		Cosmo	1,437	4-9
14	April 18	Edmonton	4 - 15	Colorado		Nash	18,301	4-10
15	April 19	Colorado	13 - 8	Edmonton		Levis	8,142	4-11
16	April 26	Calgary	12 - 8	Edmonton		Campbell	10,817	4-12

[edit] Player stats

Reference: [2]

[edit] Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
Mike Hominuck	16	21	33	54	76	4
Jimmy Quinlan	16	22	31	53	76	23
Dan Teat	19	16	35	51	61	4
Dan Stroup	16	21	21	42	63	8
Mike Accursi	9	11	22	33	37	6
AJ Shannon	7	11	11	22	20	0
Ben Prepchuk	8	5	14	19	21	2
Kyle Goundrey	12	8	10	18	31	2
Chris Gill	8	12	5	17	27	10
Totals		223	364	316	1015	27

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	Sv%	GAA
Curtis Palidwor	16	602:06	4	8	123	.750	12.26
Matt Disher	9	216:15	0	3	42	.750	11.65
Matt King	5	141:50	0	1	27	.733	11.42
Kurtis Wagar	1	0:00	0	0	0	.000	.00
Totals			4	12	197	.743	12.31

[edit] Awards

Player	Award
Mike Accursi	All-Stars
Jimmy Quinlan
Chris McElroy
Dan Stroup

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

January 30, 2008[1]	To Edmonton Rush third round pick, 2008 entry draft	To Calgary Roughnecks Chris Seller
February 29, 2008[2]	To Edmonton Rush Brendan Thenhaus	To Philadelphia Wings conditional third round pick, 2008 entry draft
March 5, 2008[3]	To Edmonton Rush Mike Hominuck (from Minnesota) first round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota)	To Minnesota Swarm Keith Cromwell (from Philadelphia) Dan Marohl (from Philadelphia) second round pick, 2009 entry draft (from Edmonton)	To Philadelphia Wings AJ Shannon (from Edmonton) fourth round pick, 2008 entry draft (from Minnesota)
March 25, 2008[4]	To Edmonton Rush Matt King Ian Crashley first round pick, 2008 entry draft	To Portland LumberJax Matt Disher fourth round pick, 2009 entry draft
March 25, 2008[5]	To Edmonton Rush Dan Teat second round pick, 2008 entry draft first round pick, 2009 entry draft	To Buffalo Bandits Mike Accursi
March 25, 2008[6]	To Edmonton Rush first round pick, 2008 entry draft	To Colorado Mammoth Chris Gill second round pick, 2008 entry draft
March 25, 2008[3]	To Edmonton Rush Lindsay Plunkett	To Chicago Shamrox conditional third round pick, 2008 entry draft conditional third round pick, 2009 entry draft

[edit] Roster

Reference: [3]

No. Position Player Fwd Accursi, Mike 7 Def Allen, Mac 6 Trans Bergman, Cam 2 Def Bonterre, Troy Def Crashley, Ian 9 Fwd Daly, Randy Goalie Disher, Matt Fwd Gill, Chris 43 Def Glaves, Rory 10 Fwd Goundrey, Kyle 23 Def Grimes, Mike Def Gut, Peter 17 Def Hartzell, Kris 88 Def Hawksbee, Ian Trans Hillier, Darren 90 Fwd Hominuck, Mike 41 Fwd Hutchins, Steve 30 Goalie King, Matt 11 Def Martin, Andrew

No. Position Player 15 Trans McElroy, Chris 36 Fwd McKay, Chris Trans Melville, Cory Fwd Olson, Kevin 0 Goalie Palidwor, Curtis 12 Fwd Plunkett, Lindsay Trans Polny, Ryan 19 Fwd Prepchuk, Ben 81 Fwd Quinlan, Jimmy Trans Seller, Chris Fwd Shannon, AJ Def Stobart, Buck 8 Fwd Stroup, Dan 51 Fwd Teat, Dan 16 Fwd Thenhaus, Brenden Def Turner, Andrew Goalie Wagar, Kurtis Fwd Wilhelm, Shaun 33 Def Williams, Rob

[edit] See also

• 2008 NLL season

[edit] References

v • d • e 2008 NLL season by team East Buffalo Bandits • Chicago Shamrox • Minnesota Swarm • New York Titans • Philadelphia Wings • Rochester Knighthawks • Toronto Rock West Calgary Roughnecks • Colorado Mammoth • Edmonton Rush • Portland LumberJax • San Jose Stealth