2006 Edmonton Rush season

2006 Edmonton Rush
Division 6th West
2006 record 1-15
Home record 0-8
Road record 1-7
Goals for 150
Goals against 202
General Manager Paul Day
Coach Paul Day
Captain Andrew Turner
Arena Rexall Place
Average attendance 10,629
Team leaders
Goals Kevin Howard (21)
Assists Jamey Bowen (24)
Points Jamey Bowen (43)
Penalties in minutes Trent Smalley (64)
Loose Balls Andrew Turner (95)
Wins Pat Campbell (1)
Goals against average Dwight Maetche (11.54)

2007 season →

The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton, Alberta playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2006 season was the Rush's inaugural season.

After starting the season 0-6, the Rush finally won their first-ever game, beating their provincial rivals the Calgary Roughnecks in Calgary. That was the high point of the season for the Rush, who didn't win again until the 2007 season.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Buffalo Bandits 11 5 - .688 6-2 5-3 193 167
x-Rochester Knighthawks 9 7 2 .563 6-2 3-5 196 180
x-Toronto Rock 8 8 3 .500 5-3 3-5 182 179
x-Minnesota Swarm 8 8 3 .500 3-5 5-3 158 171
e-Philadelphia Wings 8 8 3 .500 5-3 3-5 184 184
West Division                
y-Portland LumberJax 11 5 - .688 5-3 6-2 188 177
x-Colorado Mammoth 10 6 1 .625 6-2 4-4 200 172
x-Calgary Roughnecks 9 7 2 .563 4-4 5-3 183 178
x-Arizona Sting 8 8 3 .500 4-4 4-4 198 199
e-San Jose Stealth 5 11 6 .313 3-5 2-6 151 174
e-Edmonton Rush 1 15 10 .063 0-8 1-7 150 202

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

Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 6 San Jose L 10 - 9 OT 11,385 0-1
2 January 13 @ Calgary L 11 - 9 13,335 0-2
3 January 21 Calgary L 12 - 9 11,676 0-3
4 January 27 @ Toronto L 14 - 8 15,104 0-4
5 February 3 Minnesota L 7 - 6 8,745 0-5
6 February 11 Toronto L 13 - 11 11,019 0-6
7 February 17 @ Calgary W 12 - 11 12,025 1-6
8 March 3 @ Colorado L 15 - 10 16,732 1-7
9 March 4 Arizona L 15 - 11 9,684 1-8
10 March 10 @ Arizona L 13 - 9 6,705 1-9
11 March 11 @ San Jose L 12 - 11 6,141 1-10
12 March 17 Calgary L 16 - 9 11,289 1-11
13 March 25 Colorado L 13 - 7 9,527 1-12
14 March 31 Portland L 15 - 12 9,613 1-13
15 April 2 @ Portland L 14 - 10 5,687 1-14
16 April 14 @ Portland L 11 - 7 11,408 1-15

Player stats

Reference: [2]

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
Jamey Bowen 14 19 24 43 44 6
Kevin Howard 16 21 19 40 52 15
Jimmy Quinlan 16 20 19 39 86 22
Brad Dairon 16 15 21 36 62 21
Kerry Susheski 15 11 17 28 56 25
Jason Clark 6 7 19 26 19 2
Randy Daly 12 11 13 24 51 4
Mat Giles 11 8 14 22 40 24
D'Arcy Berthiame 11 4 14 18 86 4
Totals 223 373 363 1016 31

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
Pat Campbell 16 707:33 1 11 152 .750 12.89
Dwight Maetche 13 239:13 0 4 45 .754 11.29
Totals 1 15 202 .746 12.63

Awards

Player Award
Andrew Turner All-Star

Transactions

Trades

July 13, 2005
To Edmonton Rush
*1st round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Mitch Belisle
To Arizona Sting
Rob Blasdell
July 13, 2005
To Edmonton Rush
**3rd round pick in 2005 Entry Draft - Jon Niziol
To Buffalo Bandits
Cory Bomberry
July 13, 2005
To Edmonton Rush
Jimmy Quinlan
To Toronto Rock
Scott Campbell
July 20, 2005
To Edmonton Rush
Chris McElroy
Matt Dwane
To Arizona Sting
***2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Keegan Davidson
July 20, 2005
To Edmonton Rush
Kerry Susheski
Ted Jenner
3rd round pick in 2005 Entry Draft - Shane Pederson
To Minnesota Swarm
Jeff Spano
Damien Davis
****1st round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Tyler Codron
August 3, 2005
To Edmonton Rush
*****2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Cory Conway
To Portland LumberJax
Matt Dwane
August 9, 2005
To Edmonton Rush
Andrew Turner
Cam Bergman
Buck Stobart
To Rochester Knighthawks
Sandy Chapman
1st round pick in 2005 Entry Draft - Shawn Evans
August 30, 2005
To Edmonton Rush
Chris Fiore
4th round pick in 2006 Entry Draft - Cory Melville
***2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Keegan Davidson
To Arizona Sting
Mike McLellan
3rd round pick in 2005 Entry Draft - Jon Niziol
August 30, 2005
To Edmonton Rush
6th round pick in 2005 Entry Draft - Aaron Davis
To Rochester Knighthawks
6th round pick in 2006 Entry Draft - David Lomas
November 9, 2005
To Edmonton Rush
Jordan Sundher
To Calgary Roughnecks
******4th round pick in 2006 Entry Draft - Bill McGlone
February 8, 2006[1]
To Edmonton Rush
Mat Giles
To Toronto Rock
2nd round pick in 2006 Entry Draft - Mike McLeod

*Later traded to the New York Titans
**Later traded to the Arizona Sting
***Later traded to the Boston Blazers
****Later traded to the Portland LumberJax
*****Later traded back to the Portland LumberJax
******Later traded to the Chicago Shamrox

Roster

Reference: [3]

No. Position Player
6 Def Berthiame, D'Arcy
15 Fwd Bowen, Jamey
37 Goalie Campbell, Pat
13 Fwd Clark, Jason
72 Fwd Cornfield, Jordan
19 Fwd Dairon, Brad
9 Fwd Daly, Randy
34 Fwd Giles, Mat
Def Gut, Peter
17 Fwd Heavenor, Tyler
21 Fwd Hillier, Darren
18 Fwd Howard, Kevin
23 Def Jenner, Teddy
No. Position Player
1 Goalie Maetche, Dwight
44 Def McElroy, Chris
Fwd McEwen, Kyle
43 Def Melville, Cory
81 Fwd Quinlan, Jimmy
55 Fwd Sherbanuk, Colin
20 Fwd Smalley, Trent
74 Def Stachniak, Chris
29 Def Stobart, Buck
Def Sundher, Jordan
84 Fwd Susheski, Kerry
26 Def Turner, Andrew
22  ? Whitenect, Greg
33 Def Williams, Rob

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rock Trade Giles to Rush". NLL.com. February 8, 2006. http://nll.com/article.php?id=607. Retrieved 2008-04-25.