2009 Portland LumberJax season

2009 Portland LumberJax
Division	2nd West
2009 record	9-7
Home record	4-4
Road record	5-3
Goals for	181
Goals against	177
General Manager	Derek Keenan
Coach	Derek Keenan
Captain	Pat Jones
Alternate captains	Brodie Merrill
Arena	Rose Garden Arena
Average attendance	8,682
Team leaders
Goals	Peter Morgan (29)
Assists	Ryan Powell (44)
Points	Ryan Powell (62)
Penalties in minutes	Derek Malawsky (42)
Loose Balls	Brodie Merrill (216)
Wins	Matt Disher (8)
Goals against average	Matt Disher (10.80)
← 2008 season

The Portland LumberJax are a lacrosse team based in Portland, Oregon playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season will be the 4th in franchise history.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Conference standings
2 Playoffs
- 2.1 Game log
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Runners (Top 10)
- 3.2 Goaltenders
4 Transactions
5 Roster
6 See also
7 References

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division	W	L	GB	PCT	Home	Road	GF	GA
y-New York Titans	10	6	-	.625	5-3	5-3	190	180
x-Buffalo Bandits	10	6	-	.625	5-3	5-3	223	170
x-Boston Blazers	10	6	-	.625	4-4	6-2	181	168
x-Rochester Knighthawks	7	9	3	.438	6-2	1-7	169	197
e-Philadelphia Wings	7	9	3	.438	4-4	3-5	188	193
e-Toronto Rock	6	10	4	.375	3-5	3-5	194	218
West Division
y-Calgary Roughnecks	12	4	-	.750	5-3	7-1	206	167
x-Portland LumberJax	9	7	3	.563	4-4	5-3	181	177
x-San Jose Stealth	7	9	5	.438	5-3	2-6	200	185
x-Colorado Mammoth	7	9	5	.438	4-4	3-5	172	184
e-Minnesota Swarm	6	10	6	.375	2-6	4-4	174	198
e-Edmonton Rush	5	11	7	.313	4-4	1-7	159	200

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

Reference: [1]

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 3	Minnesota	L 11 - 7		7,121	0-1
2	January 9	Colorado	L 12 - 10		6,859	0-2
3	January 10	@ Colorado	W 14 - 5		16,987	1-2
4	January 16	@ Edmonton	L 11 - 10		8,017	1-3
5	January 23	Edmonton	W 15 - 10		6,894	2-3
6	January 31	@ Boston	W 9 - 8	OT	5,029	3-3
7	February 7	San Jose	W 16 - 13		6,943	4-3
8	February 28	Philadelphia	W 12 - 10		8,560	5-3
9	March 21	@ Buffalo	L 14 - 4		17,822	5-4
10	March 28	@ San Jose	W 14 - 12		3,018	6-4
11	March 29	San Jose	L 13 - 8		6,473	6-5
12	April 3	@ Edmonton	L 11 - 10		6,517	6-6
13	April 4	Colorado	W 13 - 12	OT	7,859	7-6
14	April 10	@ Calgary	W 11 - 9		10,387	8-6
15	April 11	@ Minnesota	W 19 - 14		12,574	9-6
16	April 17	Calgary	L 12 - 9		7,855	9-7

Playoffs

Game log

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Attendance
Division Semifinal	May 1	San Jose	L 20-16		6,053

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
Ryan Powell	16	18	44	62	67	8
Cory Conway	15	23	34	57	63	17
Peter Morgan	13	29	24	53	53	6
Derek Malawsky	16	19	33	52	70	42
Brodie Merrill	16	14	33	47	216	38
Scott Stewart	15	13	18	31	98	2
Pete Jacobs	16	20	9	29	54	2
Tim Campeau	11	13	15	28	28	10
Dan Stroup	14	9	8	17	35	14
Totals		280	461	347	1052	30

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 Disher	13	733:25	8	5	132	.792	10.80
Matthew Flindell	9	124:09	1	1	24	.789	11.60
Joel Weber	10	107:48	0	1	21	.761	11.69
Totals			9	7	177	.788	11.06

Transactions

New players

Matt Brown - acquired in trade
Luke Forget - acquired in trade
Jamison Koesterer - acquired in trade
Brad MacDonald - acquired in trade
Dan Stroup - signed as free agent

Players not returning

Dan Dawson - lost in Arizona dispersal draft
Dallas Eliuk - retired
Matt Holman - traded
Spencer Martin - traded
Scott Stapleford - released

Trades

November 19, 2008	To Portland LumberJax Jamison Koesterer	To New York Titans conditional pick, 2009 or 2010 entry draft
September 15, 2008^[1]	To Portland LumberJax Matt Brown	To Edmonton Rush Spencer Martin
July 7, 2008	To Portland LumberJax Brad MacDonald	To Chicago Shamrox Matt Holman second round selection, 2009 entry draft
December 9, 2008^[2]	To Portland LumberJax Luke Forget	To Rochester Knighthawks second round selection, 2009 entry draft

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.^[3] The LumberJax selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	12	Tim Campeau	Notre Dame de Namur University
3	34	Matthew Yager	Victoria, BC
4	48	Dayne Michaud	Seton Hill University
5	61	Matt Flindell	Victoria, BC
6	74	Sean Robinson	New Westminster, BC

Roster

2009 Portland LumberJax roster

Active (23-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

39 Matt Disher
30 Matt Flindell
41 Joel Weber

Defensemen

49 Bruce Alexander
36 Luke Forget
12 Pat Jones (C)
17 Brodie Merrill (A)
21 Dayne Michaud
13 David Morgan
33 Richard Morgan

Forwards

16 Matt Brown
15 Tim Campeau
91 Cory Conway
1 Peter Jacobs
11 Derek Lowe
18 Derek Malawsky
44 Peter Morgan
22 Ryan Powell
8 Scott Stewart
88 Dan Stroup

Transition

7 Tyler Codron
56 Jamison Koesterer
9 Matt Yager

Head Coach

Derek Keenan

Assistant Coaches

Kevin Alexander
Dallas Eliuk

Legend

* Suspended list
(C) Captain
(A) Alternate captain

NLL Transactions

References

^ "Brown To Portland, Martin To Edmonton". NLL.com. September 15, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3596. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
^ Tutka, Paul (December 9, 2008). "Luke Forget traded to Portland, Edmonton releases keeper Curtis Palidwor". NLLInsider.com. http://www.nllinsider.com/2008/12/09/luke-forget-traded-to-portland-edmonton-release-keeper-curtis-palidwor/. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
^ "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3551. Retrieved 2008-09-08.

2009 NLL season by team

East	Boston • Buffalo • New York • Philadelphia • Rochester • Toronto

West	Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Minnesota • Portland • San Jose