2008 Calgary Roughnecks season

2008 Calgary Roughnecks
Division 3rd West
2008 record 7-9
Home record 5-3
Road record 2-6
Goals for 183
Goals against 178
General Manager Kurt Silcott
Coach Chris Hall
Jeff Dowling
Captain Tracey Kelusky
Alternate captains Kaleb Toth
Arena Pengrowth Saddledome
Average attendance 10,841
Team leaders
Goals Lewis Ratcliff (29)
Josh Sanderson (29)
Assists Scott Ranger (39)
Points Scott Ranger (66)
Penalties in minutes Andrew McBride (46)
Loose Balls Bruce Codd (114)
Wins Pat Campbell (3)
Steve Dietrich (3)
Goals against average Steve Dietrich (10.47)

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The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 7th in franchise history. The Roughnecks finished 3rd in the West Division, making the playoffs for the sixth straight season. They defeated the Colorado Mammoth in the division semifinals, but were eliminated when they lost 16-12 to the Portland LumberJax in the division final in Calgary.

Contents

Regular season

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

Game log

Reference: [1]

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record
1 December 29 @ Colorado L 10 - 9 17,811 0-1
2 January 12 San Jose L 13 - 12 OT 12,022 0-2
3 January 25 @ San Jose W 16 - 13 3,653 1-2
4 January 26 Portland W 13 - 6 10,413 2-2
5 February 8 Buffalo L 17 - 9 10,922 2-3
6 February 16 @ Rochester L 15 - 12 8,871 2-4
7 February 22 @ Portland L 13 - 9 7,349 2-5
8 February 24 Colorado W 12 - 9 10,203 3-5
9 March 1 @ Toronto L 9 - 7 14,542 3-6
10 March 8 Portland W 15 - 12 18,737 4-6
11 March 14 Colorado L 11 - 6 11,134 4-7
12 March 22 @ San Jose L 13 - 12 3,303 4-8
13 April 5 @ Edmonton L 11 - 9 9,433 4-9
14 April 12 Edmonton W 18 - 7 12,451 5-9
15 April 19 Toronto W 12 - 11 OT 11,808 6-9
16 April 26 @ Edmonton W 12 - 8 10,817 7-9

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal May 3 @ Colorado W 15 - 13 15,554
Division Final May 10 Portland L 16 - 12 9,327

Player stats

Reference: [3]

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
Scott Ranger 16 27 39 66 55 7
Lewis Ratcliff 12 29 35 64 65 8
Josh Sanderson 15 29 35 64 80 6
Kaleb Toth 15 19 31 50 57 4
Curt Malawsky 15 22 22 44 52 6
Jeff Shattler 16 17 26 43 110 12
Kelly Hall 14 11 25 36 36 10
Tracey Kelusky 7 11 14 25 26 5
Nolan Heavenor 16 14 9 23 92 14
Totals 268 451 290 1046 35

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 11 477:21 3 6 87 .760 10.94
Steve Dietrich 9 332:24 3 2 58 .765 10.47
Ryan Avery 11 150:01 1 1 30 .760 12.00
Alex Coutts 1 3:55 0 0 1 .667 15.32
Totals 7 9 178 .759 11.13

Awards

Player Award
Lewis Ratcliff All-Stars
Jeff Shattler
Andrew McBride

Trades

January 30, 2008[1]
 To Calgary Roughnecks
Chris Seller		 To Edmonton Rush
third round pick, 2008 entry draft
March 25, 2008[2]
 To Calgary Roughnecks
Josh Sanderson
first round pick, 2008 entry draft		 To Toronto Rock
Lewis Ratcliff
conditional first or second round pick, 2009 entry draft

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
60 Goalie Avery, Ryan
85 Fwd Cable, Shawn
73 Goalie Campbell, Pat
16 Def Carnegie, Mike
24 Def Carnegie, Scott
20 Def Codd, Bruce
27 Def Couling, Kyle
Goalie Coutts, Alex
30 Goalie Dietrich, Steve
Fwd Dobbie, Dane
Fwd Gelsvik, Craig
7 Fwd Hall, Kelly
40 Trans Heavenor, Nolan
47 Def Hinman, Greg
17 Fwd Kelusky, Tracey
22 Fwd Malawsky, Curt
No. Position Player
37 Def McBride, Andrew
80 Def McFetridge, Peter
11 Def McNish, Ryan
14 Trans Moleski, Jeff
Def Neufeld, Kyle
Fwd Nyberg, Keith
Def Phillips, Jesse
71 Fwd Ranger, Scott
Fwd Ratcliff, Lewis
19 Fwd Sanderson, Josh
8 Trans Seller, Chris
77 Trans Shattler, Jeff
Trans Susheski, Kerry
Fwd Tom, Derek
9 Fwd Toth, Kaleb
4 Trans Wray, Devan

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rush Deals Seller to Roughnecks". NLL.com. January 30, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3271. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
  2. ^ "Ratcliff, Sanderson Swapped". NLL.com. March 25, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3394. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
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