2015 Edmonton Rush season

2015 Edmonton Rush
League	NLL
Division	1st West
2015 record	12 - 5
Home record	6 - 3
Road record	6 - 2
Goals for	228
Goals against	167
General Manager	Derek Keenan
Coach	Derek Keenan
Captain	Chris Corbeil
Alternate captains	Jarrett Davis Zack Greer Brett Mydske Kyle Rubisch
Arena	Rexall Place
Average attendance	6,579
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Matthews (49)
Assists	Mark Matthews (59)
Points	Mark Matthews (108)
Penalties in minutes	Jeremy Thompson (41)
Loose Balls	Jeremy Thompson (170)
Wins	Aaron Bold (11)
Goals against average	Aaron Bold (9.41)
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The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is the 10th in franchise history.

Regular season

Current standings

Reference: ^[1]

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

1	Toronto Rock – x	17	13	4	0.765	0.0	7–2	6–2	220	178	+42	12.94	10.47
2	Rochester Knighthawks – x	17	12	5	0.706	1.0	7–2	5–3	193	160	+33	11.35	9.41
3	Buffalo Bandits – x	17	10	7	0.588	3.0	6–2	4–5	216	198	+18	12.71	11.65
4	Minnesota Swarm	17	5	12	0.294	8.0	2–6	3–6	172	214	-42	10.12	12.59
5	New England Black Wolves	16	4	12	0.250	8.5	2–6	2–6	169	219	-50	10.56	13.69

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

1	Edmonton Rush – xy	17	12	5	0.706	0.0	6–3	6–2	228	167	+61	13.41	9.82
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	17	9	8	0.529	3.0	6–2	3–6	202	205	-3	11.88	12.06
3	Calgary Roughnecks	17	6	11	0.353	6.0	4–5	2–6	198	204	-6	11.65	12.00
4	Vancouver Stealth	17	5	12	0.294	7.0	3–5	2–7	198	251	-53	11.65	14.76

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

Regular Season

Reference: ^[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 3, 2015	@ Buffalo Bandits	First Niagara Center	L 8–9		14,236	0–1
2	January 10, 2015	Minnesota Swarm	Rexall Place	L 10–14		7,415	0–2
3	January 24, 2015	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 16–8		12,266	1–2
4	January 30, 2015	New England Black Wolves	Rexall Place	W 18–9		5,257	2–2
5	February 13, 2015	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 11–7		16,082	3–2
6	February 15, 2015	Colorado Mammoth	Rexall Place	W 13–7		6,904	4–2
7	February 27, 2015	Toronto Rock	Rexall Place	L 15–16	OT	6,239	4–3
8	March 8, 2015	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	L 11–12	OT	6,202	4–4
9	March 14, 2015	Vancouver Stealth	Rexall Place	W 19–7		5,808	5–4
10	March 21, 2015	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 11–9		10,296	6–4
11	March 28, 2015	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 16–3		6,801	7–4
12	April 3, 2015	Vancouver Stealth	Rexall Place	W 15–14	OT	6,448	8–4
13	April 4, 2015	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Event Centre	W 17–10		3,365	9–4
14	April 10, 2015	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 8–9		14,108	9–5
15	April 11, 2015	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	W 11–9		7,289	10–5
16	April 18, 2015	Colorado Mammoth	Rexall Place	W 13–12		7,645	11–5
17	April 25, 2015	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 16–12		8,013	12–5
18	May 2, 2015	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center

Transactions

Trades

July 1, 2014	To Edmonton Rush Tyler Carlson 1st round pick in 2014 NLL Entry Draft - Ben McIntosh 2nd round pick in 2015 NLL Entry Draft	To Minnesota Swarm Brodie MacDonald 1st round pick in 2014 NLL Entry Draft - Miles Thompson
July 29, 2014	To Edmonton Rush 3rd round pick in 2015 NLL Entry Draft	To Minnesota Swarm Alex Turner
September 22, 2014	To Edmonton Rush 2nd round pick in 2014 NLL Entry Draft - Adam Shute 2nd round pick in 2015 NLL Entry Draft	To Colorado Mammoth 1st round pick in 2014 NLL Entry Draft - Robert Hope
January 19, 2015^[3]	To Edmonton Rush 1st round pick in 2016 NLL Entry Draft 1st round pick in 2019 NLL Entry Draft	To Vancouver Stealth Corey Small
March 31, 2015	To Edmonton Rush Matthew Dinsdale	To Calgary Roughnecks 3rd round pick in 2015 NLL Entry Draft

Entry Draft

The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014. The Rush made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	1	Ben McIntosh	Drexel University
2	13	Adam Shute	New England College
2	19	Tyler Melnyk	Marquette University
4	35	Matt MacGrotty	Bryant University
5	44	Chad Mitchell	Bellarmine University
6	47	Mitch McAvoy	Mercyhurst University
6	53	Michael Degirolamo	Sherwood Park, AB

Roster

Edmonton Rush roster

Active (20-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

77 Aaron Bold
30 Tyler Carlson

Defensemen

79 Nik Bilic
24 Ryan Dilks
6 John Lintz
4 Kyle Rubisch (A)

Forwards

17 Robert Church
61 Matthew Dinsdale
88 Zack Greer (A)
10 Riley Loewen
42 Mark Matthews
90 Ben McIntosh
27 Tyler Melnyk

Transition

16 Chris Corbeil (C)
13 Jeff Cornwall
23 Jarrett Davis (A)
33 John LaFontaine
2 Brett Mydske (A)
72 Adrian Sorichetti
74 Jeremy Thompson

Practice Squad

20 Mitch Banister (D)
47 Matt MacGrotty (D)
35 Adam Shute (G)

Unable to play

9 Curtis Knight (F)
3 Jarrett Toll (D)

Head Coach

Derek Keenan

Assistant Coaches

Jeff McComb - Offensive Coach
Jimmy Quinlan - Defensive Coach

Legend

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

Roster updated 2014-12-18
NLL Transactions

References

↑ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
↑ "Edmonton Rush schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
↑ "Rush trade Corey Small to Stealth". Edmonton Rush web site. January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

2015 NLL season by team

East	Buffalo Bandits Minnesota Swarm New England Black Wolves Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock

West	Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth Edmonton Rush Vancouver Stealth