2011 Edmonton Rush season

2011 Edmonton Rush
Division 5th West
2011 record 5-11
Home record 4-4
Road record 1-7
Goals for 175
Goals against 204
General Manager Derek Keenan
Coach Derek Keenan
Captain Brodie Merrill
Alternate captains Jimmy Quinlan
Ryan Ward
Arena Rexall Place
Average attendance 7,151
Team leaders
Goals Scott Evans (27)
Assists Corey Small (40)
Points Corey Small (63)
Penalties in minutes Scott Evans (54)
Loose Balls Brodie Merrill (187)
Wins Matt Disher (5)
Goals against average Matt Disher (12.30)

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The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2011 season was the 6th in franchise history. The Rush finished 5-11, tied with the Colorado Mammoth, but ended up in 5th place due to tiebreakers and finished out of the playoffs for the fifth time in their six seasons.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

East Division W L GB PCT Home Road GF GA
y-Buffalo Bandits 10 6 – .625 4-4 6-2 169 159
x-Toronto Rock 10 6 – .625 7-1 3-5 187 168
x-Rochester Knighthawks 10 6 – .625 4-4 6-2 176 159
x-Boston Blazers 8 8 2.0 .500 4-4 4-4 166 155
Philadelphia Wings 5 11 5.0 .312 2-6 3-5 143 179
West Division                
z-Calgary Roughnecks 11 5 – .688 6-2 5-3 198 181
x-Minnesota Swarm 8 8 3.0 .500 5-3 3-5 187 180
x-Washington Stealth 8 8 3.0 .500 3-5 5-3 203 198
x-Colorado Mammoth 5 11 6.0 .312 3-5 2-6 151 172
Edmonton Rush 5 11 6.0 .312 4-4 1-7 175 204

x - Clinched playoff berth, y - Clinched division, z - Clinched playoff home field

Game log

# Date Opponent Score OT Attendance Record [1]
1 January 8 @ Toronto L 13 – 7 - 11,564 0 – 1
2 January 15 @ Boston L 10 – 7 - 8,536 0 – 2
3 January 22 @ Minnesota L 9 – 8 - 7,042 0 – 3
4 January 28 Calgary L 15 – 11 - 8,115 0 – 4
5 January 29 @ Calgary L 12 – 11 OT 10,353 0 – 5
6 February 11 Washington W 14 – 12 - 6,100 1 – 5
7 February 12 @ Washington W 15 – 14 - 4,088 2 – 5
8 February 20 Calgary L 12 – 11 - 6,998 2 – 6
9 February 26 @ Rochester L 13 – 9 - 5,371 2 – 7
10 March 5 Washington L 18 – 10 - 7,370 2 – 8
11 March 19 @ Calgary L 19 – 14 - 11,019 2 – 9
12 March 25 Minnesota W 14 – 13 - 7,035 3 – 9
13 April 1 Colorado W 14 – 10 - 7,092 4 – 9
14 April 2 @ Colorado L 7 – 6 - 15,027 4 – 10
15 April 9 Colorado L 13 – 6 - 7,164 4 – 11
16 April 16 Toronto W 18 – 14 - 7,340 5 – 11

Transactions

Trades

September 24, 2010 To Edmonton Rush
Devan Wray		 To Calgary Roughnecks
6th round pick in 2011 Entry Draft - Darren Kinnear
January 27, 2011 To Edmonton Rush
Scott Evans		 To Rochester Knighthawks
Rory Glaves
February 16, 2011 To Edmonton Rush
Tyler Codron		 To Washington Stealth
Ian Hawksbee
March 2, 2011 To Edmonton Rush
Zack Greer		 To Minnesota Swarm
1st round pick in 2013 Entry Draft
March 15, 2011 To Edmonton Rush
Mike McLellan
*1st round pick in 2011 Entry Draft - Evan Kirk		 To Colorado Mammoth
Gavin Prout

*Later traded to the Minnesota Swarm

Entry Draft

The 2010 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 8, 2010. The Rush selected the following players:

Round Overall Player College/Club
3 28 John LaFontaine Whitby, ON
3 29 Alexander Kedoh Hill Six Nations, ON
4 38 Cameron Holding Florida Southern College
5 48 Jarrett Toll New Westminster, BC
6 58 Eric Lewthwaite New Westminster, BC

Roster

Active (23-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders

Defensemen

  • 77 Tyler Codron
  • 19 Bill Greer
  • 33 John LaFontaine
  •  6 John Lintz
  • 30 David Morgan
  •  2 Brett Mydske
  •  7 Derek Suddons
  •  3 Jarrett Toll
 Forwards

Transition

 Practice Squad

Injured Reserve

  • 96 Bob McBride

Holdout

Restricted list

 Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

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

Roster updated 2011-02-16
NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ http://stats.nll.com/stats/schedule.php?view=season&team_id=19&season_id=54&home_away=
East
West
Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Minnesota • Washington