2009 Edmonton Rush season

2009 Edmonton Rush
Division	6th West
2009 record	5-11
Home record	4-4
Road record	1-7
Goals for	159
Goals against	200
General Manager	Bob Hamley
Coach	Bob Hamley
Captain	Chris McElroy
Alternate captains	Jimmy Quinlan Rory Glaves
Arena	Rexall Place
Average attendance	9,473
Team leaders
Goals	Dan Teat (28)
Assists	Dan Teat (41)
Points	Dan Teat (69)
Penalties in minutes	Ryan McNish (44)
Loose Balls	Ian Hawksbee (150)
Wins	Chris Levis (4)
Goals against average	Chris Levis (11.27)
← 2008 season	2010 season →

The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 4th in franchise history.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Conference standings
- 1.2 Game log
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Runners (Top 10)
- 2.2 Goaltenders
3 Transactions
4 Roster
5 See also
6 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

Game log

Reference: [1]

#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 10	@ Calgary	L 10 - 9	OT	11,197	0-1
2	January 16	Portland	W 11 - 10		8,017	1-1
3	January 23	@ Portland	L 15 - 10		6,894	1-2
4	January 24	@ Colorado	W 11 - 9		16,734	2-2
5	January 29	Buffalo	L 13 - 8		6,298	2-3
6	January 31	@ San Jose	L 16 - 6		3,256	2-4
7	February 7	@ Toronto	L 16 - 9		13,468	2-5
8	February 22	Colorado	W 10 - 9		7,249	3-5
9	February 27	Philadelphia	L 14 - 9		14,710	3-6
10	March 13	Calgary	L 22 - 10		8,136	3-7
11	March 21	@ San Jose	L 11 - 10		4,034	3-8
12	March 28	Toronto	W 16 - 12		7,356	4-8
13	April 3	Portland	W 11 - 10		6,517	5-8
14	April 4	@ Minnesota	L 9 - 7		12,476	5-9
15	April 11	Calgary	L 14 - 13		8,500	5-10
16	April 17	@ Colorado	L 10 - 9		16,727	5-11

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
Dan Teat	16	28	41	69	55	4
Andy Secore	16	23	40	63	52	9
Mike Hominuck	13	15	32	47	47	6
Ryan Benesch	14	17	27	44	71	2
Callum Crawford	13	19	22	41	48	0
Jimmy Quinlan	15	16	15	31	60	31
Jason Wulder	7	7	12	19	34	2
Ian Hawksbee	16	3	11	14	150	16
Scott Self	16	5	8	13	90	14
Totals		250	409	301	1033	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
Chris Levis	16	596:08	4	6	111	.777	11.17
Steve Dietrich	10	295:45	1	4	69	.742	14.00
Brandon Atherton	6	72:27	0	1	18	.714	14.91
Totals			5	11	200	.759	12.50

Transactions

New players

Cam Bergman - acquired in trade
Andrew Biers - acquired in trade
Steve Dietrich - acquired in trade
Greg Hinman - acquired in trade
Spencer Martin - acquired in trade
Chris McKay - acquired in trade
Tim O'Brien - signed as free agent
Lindsay Plunkett - acquired in trade

Players not returning

Mac Allen - traded
Troy Bonterre - traded
Kyle Goundrey - released
Kris Hartzell - traded
Matt King - traded
Ben Prepchuk - not playing in 2009^[1]
Dan Stroup - released
Brendan Thenhaus - traded
Kurtis Wagar - traded

Trades

June 30, 2008	To Edmonton Rush Lindsay Plunkett Matt Brown	To Rochester Knighthawks Troy Bonterre Mac Allen 3rd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Brendan Loftus
July 1, 2008	To Edmonton Rush Chris McKay	To Minnesota Swarm Conditional 2nd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft
July 2, 2008	To Edmonton Rush Greg Hinman	To Buffalo Bandits *3rd round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Ben Hunt
July 8, 2008	To Edmonton Rush Steve Dietrich **1st round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Andrew Watt	To Calgary Roughnecks Matt King Kris Hartzell 1st round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Matt Danowski
July 24, 2008	To Edmonton Rush Cam Bergman	To Boston Blazers Brendan Thenhaus Kurtis Wagar
September 7, 2008	To Edmonton Rush Andrew Biers 1st round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Ryan Campbell	To Minnesota Swarm 1st round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Andrew Watt
September 15, 2008^[2]	To Edmonton Rush Spencer Martin	To Portland LumberJax Matt Brown
October 2, 2008^[3]	To Edmonton Rush Ryan McNish 3rd round pick in 2010 Entry Draft - Alexander Kedoh Hill	To Calgary Roughnecks ***1st round pick in 2010 Entry Draft - David Brock
January 14, 2009^[4]	To Edmonton Rush Ryan Benesch Derek Suddons	To Toronto Rock 1st round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Joel Dalgarno **2nd round pick in 2010 Entry Draft - Josh Gillam
March 17, 2009^[5]	To Edmonton Rush 2nd round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Dane Stevens	To Toronto Rock Steve Dietrich

*Later traded to the Washington Stealth
**Later traded to the Minnesota Swarm
***Later traded to the Boston Blazers

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.^[6] The Rush selected the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	4	Jamie Floris	Bellarmine University
1	10	Ryan Campbell	Dowling College
3	27	Kelly Kilpatrick	Coquitlam, BC
5	51	Myles Kenny	Victoria, BC
6	64	Adam Foss	New Westminster, BC

Roster

2009 Edmonton Rush roster

Active (23-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

00 Brandon Atherton
33 Chris Levis

Defensemen

55 Shayne Bennett
18 Andrew Biers
43 Rory Glaves (A)
36 Chris McKay
11 Ryan McNish
6 Scott Self
7 Derek Suddons
29 Buck Stobart

Forwards

9 Ryan Benesch
14 Ryan Campbell
23 Callum Crawford
24 Jamie Floris
90 Mike Hominuck
81 Jimmy Quinlan (A)
21 Andy Secore
51 Dan Teat
22 Jason Wulder

Transition

88 Ian Hawksbee
15 Chris McElroy (C)
8 Chris Seller

Practice Squad

-- Mike MacLeod

Injured Reserve

5 Ian Crashley

Holdout

-- Dave Cutten
-- Curt Morwick
12 Lindsay Plunkett

Restricted list

-- Spencer Martin
26 Andrew Turner
19 Ben Prepchuk

Head Coach

Bob Hamley

Assistant Coaches

Chris Stachniak

Legend

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

NLL Transactions

References

^ Tutka, Paul (November 20, 2009). "Ben Prepchuk not playing in NLL during 2009 season". NLLInsider.com. http://www.nllinsider.com/2008/11/20/ben-prepchuk-not-playing-in-nll-during-2009-season/. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
^ "Brown To Portland, Martin To Edmonton". NLL.com. September 15, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3596. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
^ "Roughnecks Trade McNish To Rush". NLL.com. October 2, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3604. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
^ "Rock Trade Benesch & Suddons to Rush". NLL.com. January 14, 2009. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3724. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
^ "Recap of Trade Deadline Moves". NLL.com. March 17, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3855. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
^ "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