2010 Edmonton Rush season

2010 Edmonton Rush
League NLL
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)

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.

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 Orlando Titans – xy 16 11 5 0.688 0.0 5–3 6–2 172 154 +18 10.75 9.63
2 Toronto Rock – x 16 9 7 0.563 2.0 6–2 3–5 197 156 +41 12.31 9.75
3 Buffalo Bandits – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 4–4 4–4 169 170 -1 10.56 10.63
4 Boston Blazers – x 16 8 8 0.500 3.0 5–3 3–5 161 162 -1 10.06 10.13
5 Rochester Knighthawks 16 7 9 0.438 4.0 4–4 3–5 155 181 -26 9.69 11.31
6 Philadelphia Wings 16 5 11 0.313 6.0 3–5 2–6 168 194 -26 10.50 12.13
West Division
P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Washington Stealth – xyz 16 11 5 0.688 0.0 6–2 5–3 211 179 +32 13.19 11.19
2 Calgary Roughnecks – x 16 10 6 0.625 1.0 5–3 5–3 193 169 +24 12.06 10.56
3 Edmonton Rush – x 16 10 6 0.625 1.0 5–3 5–3 186 201 -15 11.63 12.56
4 Minnesota Swarm – x 16 5 11 0.313 6.0 3–5 2–6 189 201 -12 11.81 12.56
5 Colorado Mammoth 16 4 12 0.250 7.0 0–8 4–4 167 201 -34 10.44 12.56

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 15, 2010 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena at Everett L 7–15 2,818 0–1
2 January 16, 2010 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 14–13 15,178 1–1
3 January 23, 2010 Buffalo Bandits Rexall Place W 11–7 7,102 2–1
4 January 30, 2010 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place W 14–11 7,815 3–1
5 February 5, 2010 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 8–13 10,724 3–2
6 February 12, 2010 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 7–16 10,052 3–3
7 February 21, 2010 Toronto Rock Rexall Place W 14–13 7,387 4–3
8 February 27, 2010 @ Rochester Knighthawks Blue Cross Arena W 12–11 OT 5,229 5–3
9 March 13, 2010 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 13–9 14,556 6–3
10 March 20, 2010 Boston Blazers Rexall Place L 5–12 8,034 6–4
11 March 27, 2010 Minnesota Swarm Rexall Place W 16–14 6,200 7–4
12 April 2, 2010 Washington Stealth Rexall Place W 14–13 OT 7,011 8–4
13 April 3, 2010 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center W 13–12 OT 8,935 9–4
14 April 9, 2010 Colorado Mammoth Rexall Place L 10–14 7,493 9–5
15 April 16, 2010 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place L 14–15 OT 9,423 9–6
16 April 17, 2010 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena at Everett W 14–13 4,141 10–6

Playoffs

Game log

Reference:[3]

Game Date Opponent Location Score OT Attendance Record
Division Semifinal May 1, 2010 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome W 11–7 10,388 1–0
Division Final May 8, 2010 @ Washington Stealth Comcast Arena at Everett L 11–12 OT 4,242 1–1

Transactions

New players

Players not returning

Trades

July 7, 2009[4] To Edmonton Rush
Ryan Ward (F)
Justin Norbraten (F)
Scott Stewart (F)
Richard Morgan (D)		 To Minnesota Swarm
Ryan Benesch (F)
Scott Self (D)
*1st round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Corey Small (F)
July 10, 2009 To Edmonton Rush
Mark Scherman (F)		 To Toronto Rock
Dave Cutten (T)
July 21, 2009[5] To Edmonton Rush
3rd round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Brett Mydske (D)		 To Toronto Rock
Mike Hominuck (F)
July 29, 2009[6] To Edmonton Rush
Derek Malawsky (F)		 To Philadelphia Wings
Dan Teat (F)
September 3, 2009[7] To Edmonton Rush
1st round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Corey Small (F)		 To Minnesota Swarm
Richard Morgan (D)
November 10, 2009 To Edmonton Rush
Gavin Prout (F)
Dean Hill (F)		 To Rochester Knighthawks
1st round pick in 2011 Entry Draft - Stephen Keogh (F)
2nd round pick in 2011 Entry Draft - Joel White (T)
December 1, 2009 To Edmonton Rush
Ryan Powell (F)		 To Colorado Mammoth
Callum Crawford (F)

*Later traded back to the Edmonton Rush

Entry draft

The 2009 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 9, 2009.[8] The Rush selected the following players:

  #  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
1 9 Corey Small (F) University at Albany, SUNY
1 12 Scott Tinning (F) Brampton, Ontario
2 14 Dane Stevens (F) Brampton, Ontario
3 25 Brett Mydske (D) New Westminster, British Columbia
5 42 Geoff McNulty (F) St. Catharines, Ontario
5 48 Shane Lopatynski# (D) Edmonton, Alberta
6 52 Craig Zeeh# (D) Kitchener, Ontario

Roster

2010 Edmonton Rush roster
Active (20-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 49 Canada Bruce Alexander
  •  5 Canada Ian Crashley
  • 43 Canada Rory Glaves
  • 88 Canada Ian Hawksbee
  • 12 Canada Pat Jones
  •  6 Canada John Lintz
  • 11 Canada Ryan McNish
  •  2 Canada Brett Mydske
  •  7 Canada Derek Suddons
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
Injured Reserve
  • 29 Canada Buck Stobart
Holdout
  • -- Canada Curt Morwick
  • -- Canada 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. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - 2010 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Edmonton Rush – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Edmonton Rush – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Busy Day on Trading Front". NLL.com. July 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  5. ↑ "Hominuck Heads to Toronto". NLL.com. July 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  6. ↑ "Teat, Malawsky Trade places". NLL.com. July 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  7. ↑ "Draft Day Trade Recap". NLL.com. September 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  8. ↑ "2009 Entry Draft - Live Results". NLL.com. September 9, 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-21.