2007 Edmonton Rush season

2007 Edmonton Rush
LeagueNLL
Division5th West
2007 record6-10
Home record4-4
Road record2-6
Goals for160
Goals against189
General ManagerPaul Day
CoachPaul Day
CaptainAndrew Turner
ArenaRexall Place
Average attendance10,815
Team leaders
GoalsChris Gill (37)
AssistsJason Wulder (35)
PointsChris Gill (62)
Penalties in minutesAndrew Turner (34)
Loose BallsChris McElroy (84)
WinsCurtis Palidwor (5)
Goals against averageCurtis Palidwor (10.99)

The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton, Alberta playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the 2nd in franchise history.

The Rush improved on their single-victory inaugural season with a respectable 6-10 record, but still finished well out of the playoffs.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Rochester Knighthawks – xyz16142.8750.08–06–2249194+5515.5612.12
2Buffalo Bandits – x16106.6254.06–24–4207188+1912.9411.75
3Minnesota Swarm – x1697.5625.04–45–3200207−712.5012.94
4Toronto Rock – x16610.3758.03–53–5187183+411.6911.44
5Chicago Shamrox16610.3758.04–42–6176191−1511.0011.94
6Philadelphia Wings16610.3758.04–42–6178186−811.1211.62
7New York Titans16412.25010.03–51–7195233−3812.1914.56
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1Colorado Mammoth – xy16124.7500.07–15–3209179+3013.0611.19
2Calgary Roughnecks – x1697.5623.04–45–3219202+1713.6912.62
3Arizona Sting – x1697.5623.06–23–5188181+711.7511.31
4San Jose Stealth – x1697.5623.04–45–3181170+1111.3110.62
5Edmonton Rush16610.3756.04–42–6160189−2910.0011.81
6Portland LumberJax16412.2508.03–51–7153199−469.5612.44

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 6, 2007 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Rexall Place W 13–12 9,417 1–0
2 January 13, 2007 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place L 12–13 10,702 1–1
3 January 19, 2007 Colorado Mammoth Rexall Place L 9–16 11,065 1–2
4 February 3, 2007 @ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 7–16 17,804 1–3
5 February 10, 2007 Arizona Sting Rexall Place W 11–9 10,435 2–3
6 February 18, 2007 @ Arizona Sting Jobing.com Arena L 11–12 OT 7,063 2–4
7 February 23, 2007 Portland LumberJax Rexall Place W 9–8 OT 9,177 3–4
8 March 2, 2007 San Jose Stealth Rexall Place L 9–11 9,388 3–5
9 March 16, 2007 Toronto Rock Rexall Place W 12–9 11,547 4–5
10 March 25, 2007 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose L 7–14 3,552 4–6
11 March 31, 2007 @ New York Titans Madison Square Garden L 10–11 6,432 4–7
12 April 1, 2007 @ Chicago Shamrox Sears Centre W 8–6 4,665 5–7
13 April 6, 2007 @ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome W 13–12 13,715 6–7
14 April 7, 2007 @ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose L 8–9 3,845 6–8
15 April 13, 2007 @ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden L 10–14 10,037 6–9
16 April 14, 2007 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place L 11–17 14,790 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
Chris Gill 16 37 25 62 54 10
Jimmy Quinlan 16 23 32 55 74 25
Dan Stroup 16 29 22 51 51 6
Jason Wulder 15 10 35 45 50 28
Jamey Bowen 12 11 33 44 32 2
Randy Daly 12 13 28 41 64 9
Ryan O'Connor 9 7 15 22 25 8
Chris McElroy 16 8 6 14 84 31
AJ Shannon 5 5 6 11 13 4
Totals 270 430 305 1016 44

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
Curtis Palidwor 12 709:44 5 7 124 .789 10.48
Pat Campbell 12 221:31 1 3 56 .724 15.17
Kurtis Wagar 8 31:48 0 0 6 .769 11.32
Totals 6 10 189 .770 11.81

Awards

Player Award
Andrew Turner All-Stars
Chris Gill
Jimmy Quinlan

Transactions

Trades

June 28, 2006 To Edmonton Rush
A.J. Shannon (F)
*1st round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Mitch Belisle (D) 		To Buffalo Bandits
1st round pick in 2006 Entry Draft - Brett Bucktooth (F)
July 13, 2006 To Edmonton Rush
Dan Stroup (F)
Chris Gill (F)
Ryan O'Connor (F) 		To Chicago Shamrox
Mat Giles (F)
Jason Clark (F)
1st round pick in 2006 Entry Draft - Josh Wasson (F)
July 27, 2006 To Edmonton Rush
**3rd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Mike Leveille (F) 		To Arizona Sting
Brad Dairon (F)
August 1, 2006 To Edmonton Rush
Jason Wulder (F) 		To Calgary Roughnecks
Kerry Susheski (T)
***2nd round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Cory Conway (F)
February 9, 2007[4]
 To Edmonton Rush
Curtis Palidwor (G)
Conditional 5th round pick in 2007 Entry Draft 		To New York Titans
1st round pick in 2007 Entry Draft - Mitch Belisle (D)

*Later traded to the New York Titans
**Later traded to the Philadelphia Wings
***Later traded back to the Portland LumberJax

Entry Draft

The 2006 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 13, 2006. The Rush made the following selections:

Round Overall Player College/Club
3 28 Kurtis Wagar (G) St. Catharines Jr. A
4 46 Cory Melville (T) Burnaby Jr. A
5 54 Kris Hartzell (D) St. Andrew's College

Roster

Reference:[5]

No. Position Player
7 Canada Def Allen, Mac
6 Canada Trans Bergman, Cam
15 Canada Fwd Bowen, Jamey
Canada Goalie Campbell, Pat
9 Canada Fwd Daly, Randy
12 United States Def Finck, Dan
25 Canada Fwd Gill, Chris
43 Canada Def Glaves, Rory
21 Canada Trans Hillier, Darren
18 Canada Fwd Howard, Kevin
23 Canada Fwd Jenner, Teddy
44 Canada Trans McElroy, Chris
No. Position Player
19 Canada Trans Melville, Cory
Canada Fwd O'Connor, Ryan
0 Canada Goalie Palidwor, Curtis
81 Canada Fwd Quinlan, Jimmy
11 Canada Trans Roy, Jamie
88 Canada Fwd Shannon, AJ
29 Canada Def Stobart, Buck
8 Canada Fwd Stroup, Dan
26 Canada Def Turner, Andrew
50 Canada Goalie Wagar, Kurtis
2 Canada Def Welsh, Daryl
33 Canada Def Williams, Rob
22 Canada Fwd Wulder, Jason

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Lacrosse League - 2007 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "Edmonton Rush – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Edmonton Rush - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
  4. ^ "Palidwor Traded to Edmonton". NLL.com. February 9, 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
  5. ^ "Edmonton Rush - National Lacrosse League - team roster | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".