2009 Edmonton Rush season

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2009 Edmonton Rush
League NLL
Division6th West
2009 record5-11
Home record4-4
Road record1-7
Goals for159
Goals against200
General Manager Bob Hamley
CoachBob Hamley
CaptainChris McElroy
Alternate captains Jimmy Quinlan
Rory Glaves
Arena Rexall Place
Average attendance8,347
Team leaders
Goals Dan Teat (28)
AssistsDan Teat (41)
PointsDan Teat (69)
Penalties in minutes Ryan McNish (44)
Loose BallsIan Hawksbee (150)
Wins Chris Levis (4)
Goals against average Chris 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.

Contents

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: [1]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 New York Titans xy16106.6250.05353190180+1011.8811.25
2 Buffalo Bandits x16106.6250.05353223170+5313.9410.62
3 Boston Blazers x16106.6250.04462181168+1311.3110.50
4 Rochester Knighthawks x1679.4383.06217169197-2810.5612.31
5 Philadelphia Wings 1679.4383.04435188193-511.7512.06
6 Toronto Rock 16610.3754.03535194218-2412.1213.62
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Calgary Roughnecks xyz16124.7500.05371206167+3912.8810.44
2 Portland LumberJax x1697.5623.04453181177+411.3111.06
3 San Jose Stealth x1679.4385.05326200185+1512.5011.56
4 Colorado Mammoth x1679.4385.04435172184-1210.7511.50
5 Minnesota Swarm 16610.3756.02644174198-2410.8812.38
6 Edmonton Rush 16511.3127.04417159200-419.9412.50

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]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1January 10, 2009@ Calgary Roughnecks Pengrowth Saddledome L 910OT11,19701
2January 16, 2009 Portland LumberJax Rexall Place W 11108,01711
3January 23, 2009@ Portland LumberJax Rose Garden L 10156,89412
4January 24, 2009@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 11916,73422
5January 29, 2009 Buffalo Bandits Rexall Place L 8136,29823
6January 31, 2009@ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose L 6163,25624
7February 7, 2009@ Toronto Rock Air Canada Centre L 91613,46825
8February 22, 2009 Colorado Mammoth Rexall Place W 1097,24935
9February 27, 2009 Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) Rexall Place L 91414,71036
10March 13, 2009 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place L 10228,13637
11March 21, 2009@ San Jose Stealth HP Pavilion at San Jose L 10114,03438
12March 28, 2009 Toronto Rock Rexall Place W 16127,35648
13April 3, 2009 Portland LumberJax Rexall Place W 11106,51758
14April 4, 2009@ Minnesota Swarm Xcel Energy Center L 7912,47659
15April 11, 2009 Calgary Roughnecks Rexall Place L 13148,500510
16April 17, 2009@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center L 91016,727511

Player stats

Reference: [3]

Runners (Top 10)

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose balls; PIM = Penalty minutes

PlayerGPGAPtsLBPIM
Dan Teat 16284169554
Andy Secore16234063529
Mike Hominuck 13153247476
Ryan Benesch 14172744712
Callum Crawford 13192241480
Jimmy Quinlan 151615316031
Jason Wulder771219342
Ian Hawksbee163111415016
Scott Self1658139014
Totals250409301103335

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

PlayerGPMINWLGASv%GAA
Chris Levis 16596:0846111.77711.17
Steve Dietrich 10295:451469.74214.00
Brandon Atherton672:270118.71414.91
Totals511 200 .759 12.50

Transactions

New players

Players not returning

Trades

June 30, 2008To 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, 2008To Edmonton Rush
Chris McKay (F)
To Minnesota Swarm
*2nd round pick in 2008 Entry Draft - Steven Brooks (F)
July 2, 2008To Edmonton Rush
Greg Hinman (D)
To Buffalo Bandits
**3rd round pick in 2009 Entry Draft - Ben Hunt (T)
July 8, 2008To 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, 2008To Edmonton Rush
Cam Bergman (T)
To Boston Blazers
Brenden Thenhaus (F)
Kurtis Wagar (G)
September 7, 2008To 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

RoundOverallPlayerCollege/Club
14Jamie Floris (F)Bellarmine University
110Ryan Campbell (F)Dowling College
327Kelly Kilpatrick# (F)Coquitlam, BC
551Myles Kenny# (T)Victoria, BC
664Adam Foss# (D)New Westminster, BC

Roster

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

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


NLL Transactions

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