2008 Chicago Shamrox season

2008 Chicago Shamrox
League NLL
Division 7th East
2008 record 6-10
Home record 3-5
Road record 3-5
Goals for 176
Goals against 212
General Manager Jamie Batley
Coach Jamie Batley
Captain Mat Giles
Alternate captains Scott Self
Arena Sears Centre
Average attendance 7,694
Team leaders
Goals Mat Giles (27)
Assists Jason Clark (42)
Points Jason Clark (53)
Penalties in minutes Drew Candy (50)
Loose Balls Thomas Montour (102)
Wins Matt Roik (5)
Goals against average Derek Collins (10.48)

The Chicago Shamrox were a lacrosse team based in Chicago playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the second and final in franchise history. The season ended up almost the same as the 2007 season, with the Shamrox 6-10 and out of the playoffs.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits – xyz 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 7–2 3–4 203 174 +29 12.69 10.88
2 Minnesota Swarm – x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 6–2 4–4 199 196 +3 12.44 12.25
3 New York Titans – x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 5–1 5–5 197 186 +11 12.31 11.63
4 Philadelphia Wings – x 16 10 6 0.625 0.0 7–1 3–5 225 220 +5 14.06 13.75
5 Rochester Knighthawks 16 8 8 0.500 2.0 4–4 4–4 197 171 +26 12.31 10.69
6 Toronto Rock 16 7 9 0.438 3.0 4–5 3–4 172 174 -2 10.75 10.88
7 Chicago Shamrox 16 6 10 0.375 4.0 3–5 3–5 176 212 -36 11.00 13.25
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 San Jose Stealth – xy 16 9 7 0.563 0.0 4–4 5–3 185 172 +13 11.56 10.75
2 Colorado Mammoth – x 16 9 7 0.563 0.0 6–2 3–5 184 167 +17 11.50 10.44
3 Calgary Roughnecks – x 16 7 9 0.438 2.0 5–3 2–6 183 178 +5 11.44 11.13
4 Portland LumberJax – x 16 6 10 0.375 3.0 3–5 3–5 179 194 -15 11.19 12.13
5 Edmonton Rush 16 4 12 0.250 5.0 3–5 1–7 141 197 -56 8.81 12.31

x–Clinched playoff berth;c–Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division;y–Clinched division;z–Clinched best regular season record;GP–Games Played
W–Wins;L–LossesGB–Games back;PCT–Win percentage;Home–Record at Home;Road–Record on the Road;GF–Goals scored;GA–Goals allowed
Differential–Difference between goals scored and allowed;GF/GP–Average number of goals scored per game;GA/GP–Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Reference:[2]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
1 January 5, 2008 Toronto Rock Sears Centre L 9–11 6,116 0–1
2 January 12, 2008 @ Philadelphia Wings Wachovia Center L 11–19 11,974 0–2
3 January 26, 2008 Edmonton Rush Sears Centre W 17–11 5,107 1–2
4 February 9, 2008 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose L 11–17 2,514 1–3
5 February 16, 2008 New York Titans Sears Centre L 9–14 4,427 1–4
6 February 24, 2008 Buffalo Bandits Sears Centre L 8–13 3,250 1–5
7 March 1, 2008 Rochester Knighthawks Sears Centre L 8–18 5,335 1–6
8 March 14, 2008 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 9–13 13,004 1–7
9 March 22, 2008 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 12–11 10,221 2–7
10 March 29, 2008 Minnesota Swarm Sears Centre W 15–10 4,036 3–7
11 April 5, 2008 Philadelphia Wings Sears Centre W 15–14 OT 5,427 4–7
12 April 12, 2008 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre W 13–12 OT 15,238 5–7
13 April 18, 2008 @ New York Titans Madison Square Garden L 7–14 5,379 5–8
14 April 19, 2008 @ Buffalo Bandits HSBC Arena L 9–13 13,633 5–9
15 April 25, 2008 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 12–10 11,439 6–9
16 April 26, 2008 Minnesota Swarm Sears Centre L 11–12 6,014 6–10

Player stats

Reference:[3]

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
Jason Clark 15 11 42 53 65 4
Mat Giles 16 27 23 50 71 45
Jonas Derks 13 19 29 48 46 10
Cody Jacobs 10 19 18 37 24 6
Josh Wasson 16 12 19 31 68 6
Callum Crawford 12 14 13 27 37 4
Lindsay Plunkett 6 11 11 22 27 2
Bill McGlone 15 10 11 21 60 6
Bobby McBride 13 8 13 21 73 5
Totals 268 444 349 1101 29

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 Roik 8 497:25 5 3 102 .788 12.30
Brandon Miller 3 228:49 1 2 65 .707 17.04
Derek Collins 5 234:41 0 5 41 .777 10.48
Totals 16 6 10 212 .762 13.25

Awards

Player Award
Scott Self All-Star
Scott Self Second Team All-Pro

Transactions

Trades

February 5, 2008[4]
 To Chicago Shamrox
two second round picks, 2008 entry draft		 To Buffalo Bandits
Andrew Lazore
Rusty Kruger
March 5, 2008[4]
 To Chicago Shamrox
conditional third round pick, 2008 entry draft
conditional third round pick, 2009 entry draft		 To Edmonton Rush
Lindsay Plunkett
March 5, 2008[4]
 To Chicago Shamrox
Matt Roik
Brad Self
first round pick, 2009 entry draft
second round pick, 2010 entry draft		 To Philadelphia Wings
Brandon Miller
second round pick, 2008 entry draft

Roster

Reference:[5]

No. Position Player
24 Canada Def Boyle, Brock
37 Canada Trans Burkholder, Andrew
25 Canada Def Candy, Drew
13 Canada Fwd Clark, Jason
43 Canada Goalie Collins, Derek
23 Canada Fwd Crawford, Callum
? Dasinger, Matt
? Deane, Jake
42 Canada Fwd Derks, Jonas
Canada Def Dupont, Kyle
17 Canada Def Fines, Kevin
Canada Def Gibson, Darryl
27 Canada Fwd Giles, Mat
11 Canada Fwd Hobbins, Mike
88 Iroquois Fwd Jacobs, Cody
9 Canada Trans Kazarian, Bryan
26 Canada Def Kirk, Mike
No. Position Player
Canada Fwd Kruger, Rusty
Iroquois Fwd Lazore, Andrew
? Leveille, Kevin
4 Canada Def Livingstone, Carter
44 Canada Trans McBride, Bobby
33 United States Fwd McGlone, Bill
Canada Goalie Miller, Brandon
63 United States Fwd Montour, Thomas
21 ? OBrien, Mack
United States Fwd Panos, Chris
Canada Fwd Plunkett, Lindsay
35 Canada Goalie Roik, Matt
71 Canada ? Ross, Kevin
12 Canada Fwd Self, Brad
6 Canada Def Self, Scott
? Stringer, Cory
18 United States Fwd Wasson, Josh

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2008 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Chicago Shamrox – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=55915&seasonid=1995
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Chicago Deals Lazore To Buffalo". NLL.com. February 5, 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  5. ↑ http://pointstreak.com/prostats/teamroster.html?teamid=55915&seasonid=1995