2009 Edmonton Rush season

2009 Edmonton Rush
LeagueNLL
Division6th West
2009 record5-11
Home record4-4
Road record1-7
Goals for159
Goals against200
General ManagerBob Hamley
CoachBob Hamley
CaptainChris McElroy
Alternate captainsJimmy Quinlan
Rory Glaves
ArenaRexall Place
Average attendance8,347
Team leaders
GoalsDan Teat (28)
AssistsDan Teat (41)
PointsDan Teat (69)
Penalties in minutesRyan McNish (44)
Loose BallsIan Hawksbee (150)
WinsChris Levis (4)
Goals against averageChris Levis (11.27)

The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2009 season was the 4th in franchise history.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1New York Titans – xy16106.6250.05–35–3190180+1011.8811.25
2Buffalo Bandits – x16106.6250.05–35–3223170+5313.9410.62
3Boston Blazers – x16106.6250.04–46–2181168+1311.3110.50
4Rochester Knighthawks – x1679.4383.06–21–7169197−2810.5612.31
5Philadelphia Wings1679.4383.04–43–5188193−511.7512.06
6Toronto Rock16610.3754.03–53–5194218−2412.1213.62
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Calgary Roughnecks – xyz16124.7500.05–37–1206167+3912.8810.44
2Portland LumberJax – x1697.5623.04–45–3181177+411.3111.06
3San Jose Stealth – x1679.4385.05–32–6200185+1512.5011.56
4Colorado Mammoth – x1679.4385.04–43–5172184−1210.7511.50
5Minnesota Swarm16610.3756.02–64–4174198−2410.8812.38
6Edmonton Rush16511.3127.04–41–7159200−419.9412.50

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: Losses; GB: 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 10, 2009 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 9–10 OT 11,197 0–1
2 January 16, 2009 Portland LumberJax Rexall Place W 11–10 8,017 1–1
3 January 23, 2009 @ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden L 10–15 6,894 1–2
4 January 24, 2009 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 11–9 16,734 2–2
5 January 29, 2009 Buffalo Bandits Rexall Place L 8–13 6,298 2–3
6 January 31, 2009 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose L 6–16 3,256 2–4
7 February 7, 2009 @ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 9–16 13,468 2–5
8 February 22, 2009 Colorado Mammoth Rexall Place W 10–9 7,249 3–5
9 February 27, 2009 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Rexall Place L 9–14 14,710 3–6
10 March 13, 2009 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place L 10–22 8,136 3–7
11 March 21, 2009 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose L 10–11 4,034 3–8
12 March 28, 2009 Toronto Rock Rexall Place W 16–12 7,356 4–8
13 April 3, 2009 Portland LumberJax Rexall Place W 11–10 6,517 5–8
14 April 4, 2009 @ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 7–9 12,476 5–9
15 April 11, 2009 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place L 13–14 8,500 5–10
16 April 17, 2009 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 9–10 16,727 5–11

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
Dan Teat 16 28 41 69 55 4
Andy Secore 16 23 40 63 52 9
Mike Hominuck 13 15 32 47 47 6
Ryan Benesch 14 17 27 44 71 2
Callum Crawford 13 19 22 41 48 0
Jimmy Quinlan 15 16 15 31 60 31
Jason Wulder 7 7 12 19 34 2
Ian Hawksbee 16 3 11 14 150 16
Scott Self 16 5 8 13 90 14
Totals 250 409 301 1033 35

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
Chris Levis 16 596:08 4 6 111 .777 11.17
Steve Dietrich 10 295:45 1 4 69 .742 14.00
Brandon Atherton 6 72:27 0 1 18 .714 14.91
Totals 5 11 200 .759 12.50

Transactions

New players

  • Cam Bergman - acquired in trade
  • Andrew Biers - acquired in trade
  • Steve Dietrich - acquired in trade
  • Greg Hinman - acquired in trade
  • Spencer Martin - acquired in trade
  • Chris McKay - acquired in trade
  • Tim O'Brien - signed as free agent
  • Lindsay Plunkett - acquired in trade

Players not returning

  • Mac Allen - traded
  • Troy Bonterre - traded
  • Kyle Goundrey - released
  • Kris Hartzell - traded
  • Matt King - traded
  • Ben Prepchuk - not playing in 2009[4]
  • Dan Stroup - released
  • Brendan Thenhaus - traded
  • Kurtis Wagar - traded

Trades

June 30, 2008 To Edmonton Rush
Lindsay Plunkett (F)
Matt Brown (F) 		To Rochester Knighthawks
Troy Bonterre (D)
Mac Allen (D)
3rd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Brendan Loftus (F)
July 1, 2008 To Edmonton Rush
Chris McKay (F) 		To Minnesota Swarm
*2nd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Steven Brooks (F)
July 2, 2008 To Edmonton Rush
Greg Hinman (D) 		To Buffalo Bandits
**3rd round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Ben Hunt (T)
July 8, 2008 To Edmonton Rush
Steve Dietrich (G)
***1st round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Andrew Watt (T) 		To Calgary Roughnecks
Matt King (G)
Kris Hartzell (D)
1st round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Matt Danowski (F)
July 24, 2008 To Edmonton Rush
Cam Bergman (T) 		To Boston Blazers
Brenden Thenhaus (F)
Kurtis Wagar (G)
September 7, 2008 To Edmonton Rush
Andrew Biers (F)
1st round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Ryan Campbell (F) 		To Minnesota Swarm
1st round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Andrew Watt (T)
September 15, 2008[5]
 To Edmonton Rush
Spencer Martin (F) 		To Portland LumberJax
Matt Brown (F)
October 2, 2008[6]
 To Edmonton Rush
Ryan McNish (D)
3rd round pick in 2010 Entry Draft - Alex Kedoh Hill (F) 		To Calgary Roughnecks
****1st round pick in 2010 Entry Draft - David Brock (T)
January 14, 2009[7]
 To Edmonton Rush
Ryan Benesch (F)
Derek Suddons (D) 		To Toronto Rock
1st round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Joel Dalgarno (F)
***2nd round pick in 2010 Entry Draft - Josh Gillam (F)
March 17, 2009[8]
 To Edmonton Rush
2nd round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Dane Stevens (F) 		To Toronto Rock
Steve Dietrich (G)

*Later traded to the Chicago Shamrox
**Later traded to the Washington Stealth
***Later traded to the Minnesota Swarm
****Later traded to the Boston Blazers

Entry draft

The 2008 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 7, 2008.[9] The Rush selected the following players:

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

Round Overall Player College/Club
1 4 Jamie Floris (F) Bellarmine University
1 10 Ryan Campbell (F) Dowling College
3 27 Kelly Kilpatrick# (F) Coquitlam, BC
5 51 Myles Kenny# (T) Victoria, BC
6 64 Adam Foss# (D) New Westminster, BC

Roster

2009 Edmonton Rush roster
Active (21-man) roster Inactive roster Coaches
Goaltenders
Defensemen
  • 55 Canada Shayne Bennett
  • 18 Canada Andrew Biers
  • 43 Canada Rory Glaves (A)
  • 36 Canada Chris McKay
  • 11 Canada Ryan McNish
  •  6 Canada Scott Self
  •  7 Canada Derek Suddons
  • 29 Canada Buck Stobart
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • -- Canada Mike MacLeod
Injured Reserve
  •  5 Canada Ian Crashley
Holdout
  • -- United States Dave Cutten
  • -- Canada Curt Morwick
  • 12 Canada Lindsay Plunkett
Restricted list
Head Coach

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


NLL Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Lacrosse League - 2009 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "Edmonton Rush – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Edmonton Rush - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
  4. ^ Tutka, Paul (November 20, 2009). "Ben Prepchuk not playing in NLL during 2009 season". NLLInsider.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
  5. ^ "Brown To Portland, Martin To Edmonton". NLL.com. September 15, 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  6. ^ "Roughnecks Trade McNish To Rush". NLL.com. October 2, 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  7. ^ "Rock Trade Benesch & Suddons to Rush". NLL.com. January 14, 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  8. ^ "Recap of Trade Deadline Moves". NLL.com. March 17, 2009. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  9. ^ "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.