2008 Portland LumberJax season

2008 Portland LumberJax
Division 4th West
2008 record 6-10
Home record 3-5
Road record 3-5
Goals for 179
Goals against 194
General Manager Derek Keenan
Coach Derek Keenan
Captain Pat Jones
Arena Rose Garden Arena
Average attendance 9,581
Team leaders
Goals Dan Dawson (38)
Assists Dan Dawson (43)
Ryan Powell (43)
Points Dan Dawson (81)
Penalties in minutes Brodie Merrill (53)
Loose Balls Brodie Merrill (211)
Wins Matt King (4)
Goals against average Matt Disher (10.83)

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The Portland LumberJax are a lacrosse team based in Portland, Oregon playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the 3rd in franchise history.

After a disappointing 1-5 start and a mediocre 6-10 season, the LumberJax caught fire in the playoffs, defeating both San Jose and Calgary in their own buildings to advance to their first ever NLL Championship game in only their third season. The Jax put up a good fight, but the Buffalo Bandits defeated the Jax 14–13 to win the Champion's Cup.[1]

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 January 12 New York L 14 - 11 10,893 0-1
2 January 24 Colorado L 12 - 11 OT 6,322 0-2
3 January 26 @ Calgary L 13 - 6 10,413 0-3
4 February 2 @ Edmonton W 11 - 10 7,072 1-3
5 February 7 @ Colorado L 15 - 12 15,910 1-4
6 February 10 @ Minnesota L 14 - 13 OT 11,244 1-5
7 February 17 Edmonton W 14 - 8 6,793 2-5
8 February 22 Calgary W 13 - 9 7,349 3-5
9 March 1 Edmonton L 9 - 7 7,744 3-6
10 March 8 @ Calgary L 15 - 12 18,737 3-7
11 March 20 Colorado W 16 - 15 6,182 4-7
12 April 5 San Jose L 12 - 9 10,359 4-8
13 April 6 @ San Jose W 12 - 10 3,418 5-8
14 April 11 Philadelphia L 13 - 10 9,195 5-9
15 April 18 @ San Jose W 12 - 11 OT 3,341 6-9
16 April 26 @ Buffalo L 14 - 10 18,325 6-10

Playoffs

Game log

Reference: [2]

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal May 4 @ San Jose W 18 - 16 2,697
Division Final May 10 @ Calgary W 16 - 12 9,327
Championship Game May 17 @ Buffalo L 14 - 13 18,690

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
Dan Dawson 16 38 43 81 96 11
Ryan Powell 16 21 43 64 75 2
Derek Malawsky 16 25 35 60 71 15
Brodie Merrill 16 17 21 38 211 53
Peter Morgan 14 17 18 35 79 8
Spencer Martin 12 5 29 34 28 6
Pete Jacobs 11 11 12 23 40 0
Cory Conway 11 11 10 21 28 0
Scott Stewart 15 7 14 21 89 6
Totals 267 446 297 1128 42

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
Matt King 11 464:56 4 5 93 .720 12.00
Matt Disher 4 243:50 2 2 44 .787 10.83
Dallas Eliuk 16 255:36 0 3 53 .745 12.44
Joel Weber 1 3:25 0 0 1 .000 17.56
Totals 6 10 194 .742 12.13

Awards

Player Award
Tyler Codron All-Rookie Team
Peter Jacobs Rookie of the Month, April
Brodie Merrill All-Stars
Ryan Powell

Transactions

Trades

March 25, 2008[2]
 To Edmonton Rush
Matt King
Ian Crashley
first round pick, 2008 entry draft		 To Portland LumberJax
Matt Disher
fourth round pick, 2009 entry draft

Roster

Reference: [4]

No. Position Player
49 Def Alexander, Bruce
20 Trans Bysouth, Adam
7 Trans Codron, Tyler
91 Fwd Conway, Cory
Def Crashley, Ian
6 Fwd Dawson, Dan
39 Goalie Disher, Matt
35 Goalie Eliuk, Dallas
2 Def Guze, Ray
Fwd Heavenor, Tyler
11 Fwd Holman, Matt
1 Fwd Jacobs (akw), Pete
12 Def Jones, Pat
55 Def Kilby, Mike
No. Position Player
Goalie King, Matt
Fwd Lowe, Derek
28 Def MacDonald, Brad
18 Fwd Malawsky, Derek
15 Fwd Martin, Spencer
Def Mazuran, Scott
17 Trans Merrill, Brodie
13 Def Morgan, David
44 Fwd Morgan, Peter
33 Def Morgan, Richard
Def Munk, Jonathan
22 Fwd Powell, Ryan
10 Trans Stapleford, Scott
8 Fwd Stewart, Scott
41 Goalie Weber, Joel

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bandits Win Edge 2008 NLL Championship Game". NLL.com. May 17, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3486. Retrieved 2008-05-19. 
  2. ^ "Rush & LumberJax Swap Goaltenders". NLL.com. March 25, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3389. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
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Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Portland • San Jose