2010 Edmonton Rush season

2010 Edmonton Rush
Division 3rd West
2010 record 10-6
Home record 5-3
Road record 5-3
Goals for 186
Goals against 201
General Manager Derek Keenan
Coach Derek Keenan
Captain Chris McElroy
Alternate captains Jimmy Quinlan
Rory Glaves
Arena Rexall Place
Average attendance 7,558
Team leaders
Goals Ryan Ward (31)
Assists Ryan Ward (43)
Points Ryan Ward 74
Penalties in minutes Ian Crashley (50)
Loose Balls Brodie Merrill (190)
Wins Matt Disher (8)
Goals against average Brandon Atherton (9.82)

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The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2010 season will be the 5th in franchise history.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y Orlando Titans 11 5 – .688 5–3 6–2 172 154
x Toronto Rock 9 7 2.0 .563 6–2 3–5 197 156
x Buffalo Bandits 8 8 3.0 .500 4–4 4–4 169 170
x Boston Blazers 8 8 3.0 .500 5–3 3–5 161 162
Rochester Knighthawks 7 9 4.0 .438 4–4 3–5 155 181
Philadelphia Wings 5 11 6.0 .313 3–5 2–6 168 194
West Division                
z Washington Stealth 11 5 – .688 6–2 5–3 211 179
x Calgary Roughnecks 10 6 1.0 .625 5–3 5–3 193 169
x Edmonton Rush 10 6 1.0 .625 5–3 5–3 186 201
x Minnesota Swarm 5 11 6.0 .313 3–5 2–6 189 201
Colorado Mammoth 4 12 7.0 .250 0–8 4–4 167 201

x – Playoff berth y – Divisional champions z – playoff home field

Game log

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 15 @ Washington L 15 – 7 - 2,818 0 – 1
2 January 16 @ Colorado W 14 – 13 - 15,178 1 – 1
3 January 23 Buffalo W 11 – 7 - 7,102 2 – 1
4 January 30 Calgary W 14 – 11 - 7,815 3 – 1
5 February 5 @ Calgary L 13 – 8 - 10,724 3 – 2
6 February 12 @ Toronto L 16 – 7 - 10,052 3 – 3
7 February 21 Toronto W 14 – 13 - 7,387 4 – 3
8 February 27 @ Rochester W 12 – 11 OT 5,229 5 – 3
9 March 13 @ Colorado W 13 – 9 - 14,556 6 – 3
10 March 20 Boston L 12 – 5 - 8,034 6 – 4
11 March 27 Minnesota W 16 – 14 - 6,200 7 – 4
12 April 2 Washington W 14 – 13 OT 7,011 8 – 4
13 April 3 @ Minnesota W 13 – 12 OT 8,935 9 – 4
14 April 9 Colorado L 14 – 10 - 7,493 9 – 5
15 April 16 Calgary L 15 – 14 OT 9,423 9 – 6
16 April 17 @ Washington W 14 – 13 - 4,141 10 – 6

Playoffs

Game Date Opponent Score OT Attendance
Division Semifinal May 1 @ Calgary W 11 – 7 - 10,388
Division Final May 8 @ Washington L 12 – 11 OT 4,242

Transactions

New players

Players not returning

Trades

July 7, 2009[1] To Edmonton Rush
Ryan Ward
Justin Norbraten
Scott Stewart
Richard Morgan		 To Minnesota Swarm
Ryan Benesch
Scott Self
*1st round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Corey Small
July 10, 2009 To Edmonton Rush
Mark Scherman		 To Toronto Rock
Dave Cutten
July 21, 2009[2] To Edmonton Rush
3rd round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Brett Mydske		 To Toronto Rock
Mike Hominuck
July 29, 2009[3] To Edmonton Rush
Derek Malawsky		 To Philadelphia Wings
Dan Teat
September 3, 2009[4] To Edmonton Rush
1st round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Corey Small		 To Minnesota Swarm
Richard Morgan
November 10, 2009 To Edmonton Rush
Gavin Prout
Dean Hill		 To Rochester Knighthawks
1st round pick in 2011 Entry Draft - Stephen Keogh
2nd round pick in 2011 Entry Draft - Joel White
December 1, 2009 To Edmonton Rush
Ryan Powell		 To Colorado Mammoth
Callum Crawford

*Later traded back to the Edmonton Rush

Entry draft

The 2009 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 9, 2009.[5] The Rush selected the following players:

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 9 Corey Small University at Albany
1 12 Scott Tinning Brampton, ON
2 14 Dane Stevens Brampton, ON
3 25 Brett Mydske New Westminster, BC
5 42 Geoff McNulty St. Catharines, ON
5 48 Shane Lopatynski Edmonton, AB
6 52 Craig Zeeh Kitchener, ON

Roster

Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders

Defensemen

  • 49 Bruce Alexander
  •  5 Ian Crashley
  • 43 Rory Glaves
  • 88 Ian Hawksbee
  • 12 Pat Jones
  •  6 John Lintz
  • 11 Ryan McNish
  •  2 Brett Mydske
  •  7 Derek Suddons
 Forwards

Transition

 Practice Squad

Injured Reserve

  • 29 Buck Stobart

Holdout

  • -- Curt Morwick
  • -- Lindsay Plunkett

Restricted list

 Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

  • Todd Lorenz - Offensive Coach
  • Jeremy Tallevi - Defensive Coach
Legend
  • * Suspended list
  • (C) Captain
  • (A) Alternate captain

Roster updated 2010-01-17
NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Busy Day on Trading Front". NLL.com. July 7, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4013. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  2. ^ "Hominuck Heads to Toronto". NLL.com. July 27, 2009. http://nll.com/article.php?id=4027. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  3. ^ "Teat, Malawsky Trade places". NLL.com. July 29, 2009. http://nll.com/article.php?id=4029. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  4. ^ "Draft Day Trade Recap". NLL.com. September 3, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4054. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  5. ^ "2009 Entry Draft - Live Results". NLL.com. September 9, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4053. Retrieved 2009-10-21. 
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