2008 Edmonton Rush season

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
Arena Rexall Place
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 Curtis Palidwor (12.06)

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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

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 @ Colorado L 14 - 11 17,520 0-1
2 January 19 Toronto L 14 - 9 12,107 0-2
3 January 26 @ Chicago L 17 - 11 5,107 0-3
4 February 2 Portland L 11 - 10 7,072 0-4
5 February 17 @ Portland L 14 - 8 6,793 0-5
6 February 23 San Jose L 11 - 8 9,032 0-6
7 March 1 @ Portland W 9 - 7 7,744 1-6
8 March 15 Rochester W 10 - 9 OT 6,711 2-6
9 March 21 @ Toronto L 14 - 9 14,312 2-7
10 March 29 San Jose W 12 - 5 7,250 3-7
11 April 5 Calgary W 11 - 9 9,433 4-7
12 April 12 @ Calgary L 18 - 7 12,451 4-8
13 April 13 @ San Jose L 14 - 6 1,437 4-9
14 April 18 @ Colorado L 15 - 4 18,301 4-10
15 April 19 Colorado L 13 - 8 8,142 4-11
16 April 26 Calgary L 12 - 8 10,817 4-12

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
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

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

Awards

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

Transactions

Trades

July 18, 2007 To Edmonton Rush
Ben Prepchuk		 To Colorado Mammoth
**2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Keegan Davidson
July 24, 2007 To Edmonton Rush
Mike Accursi		 To Rochester Knighthawks
1st round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Sid Smith
July 31, 2007 To Edmonton Rush
*2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Keegan Davidson		 To Colorado Mammoth
Jason Wulder
September 2, 2007 To Edmonton Rush
2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Steve Hutchins		 To Boston Blazers
Dan Finck
*2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Keegan Davidson
September 2, 2007 To Edmonton Rush
4th round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Steve Conrad
**2nd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Steven Brooks		 To Philadelphia Wings
2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - David Mitchell
September 29, 2007 To Edmonton Rush
5th round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Shane Lopatynski		 To Boston Blazers
Ryan O'Connor
November 5, 2007 To Edmonton Rush
Matt Disher		 To Minnesota Swarm
1st round pick in 2007 Dispersal Draft - Andy Secore
November 27, 2007 To Edmonton Rush
Mike Grimes		 To Minnesota Swarm
4th round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Ricky Pages
November 27, 2007 To Edmonton Rush
Ian Hawksbee		 To San Jose Stealth
1st round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Paul Rabil
January 30, 2008[1]
 To Edmonton Rush
***3rd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Brendan Loftus		 To Calgary Roughnecks
Chris Seller
February 29, 2008[2]
 To Edmonton Rush
Brendan Thenhaus		 To Philadelphia Wings
3rd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Mike Leveille
March 5, 2008[3]
 To Edmonton Rush
Mike Hominuck (from Minnesota)
1st round pick in 2008 Entry Draft (from Minnesota) - Jamie Floris		 To Minnesota Swarm
Keith Cromwell (from Philadelphia)
Dan Marohl (from Philadelphia)
****2nd round pick in 2009 Entry Draft (from Edmonton) - Matt Beers		 To Philadelphia Wings
A.J. Shannon (from Edmonton)
4th round pick in 2008 Entry Draft (from Minnesota) - Jordan Levine
March 5, 2008[3]
 To Edmonton Rush
Lindsay Plunkett		 To Chicago Shamrox
Conditional 3rd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft
Conditional 3rd round pick in 2009 Entry Draft
March 25, 2008[4]
 To Edmonton Rush
Matt King
Ian Crashley
*****1st round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Joel Dalgarno		 To Portland LumberJax
Matt Disher
4th round pick in 2009 Entry Draft
March 25, 2008[5]
 To Edmonton Rush
Dan Teat
******2nd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Matt Bocklet
1st round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Corey Small		 To Buffalo Bandits
Mike Accursi
March 25, 2008[6]
 To Edmonton Rush
*******1st round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Matt Danowski		 To Colorado Mammoth
Chris Gill
********2nd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Cayle Ratcliff

*Later traded to the Boston Blazers
**Later traded to the Chiacgo Shamrox
***Later traded to the Rochester Knighthawks
****Later traded to the Washington Stealth
*****Later traded to the Toronto Rock
******Later traded to the Philadelphia Wings
*******Later traded back to the Colorado Mammoth
********Later traded to the Calgary Roughnecks

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rus Deals Seller to Roughnecks". NLL.com. January 30, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3271. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
  2. ^ "Rush Acquire Thenhaus From Wings". NLL.com. February 29, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3340. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
  3. ^ a b "Trade Frenzy: Eight Players Dealt". NLL.com. March 5, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3350. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
  4. ^ "Rush & LumberJax Swap Goaltenders". NLL.com. March 25, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3389. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
  5. ^ "Buffalo Deals Teat & Picks for Accursi". NLL.com. March 25, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3393. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
  6. ^ "Chris Gill Returns To Colorado". NLL.com. March 25, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3391. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
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