2017 Saskatchewan Rush season

2017 Saskatchewan Rush
2017 Saskatchewan Rush
	West Division Champions
League	NLL
Division	1st West
2017 record	12-6
Home record	8-1
Road record	4-5
Goals for	231
Goals against	212
General Manager	Derek Keenan
Coach	Derek Keenan
Captain	Chris Corbeil
Alternate captains	Brett Mydske ; Kyle Rubisch
Arena	SaskTel Centre
Average attendance	14,921
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Matthews (40)
Assists	Mark Matthews (73)
Points	Mark Matthews (113)
Penalties in minutes	Mike Messenger (40)
Loose Balls	Jeremy Thompson (179)
Wins	Aaron Bold (11)
Goals against average	Aaron Bold (11.17)
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Last updated March 27, 2024

The Saskatchewan Rush are a lacrosse team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season is the 12th in franchise history, and 2nd in Saskatchewan. they originally played in Edmonton.

Current standings

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

1	Georgia Swarm –xyz	18	13	5	.722	0.0	7–2	6–3	266	213	+53	14.78	11.83
2	Toronto Rock –x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	4–5	5–4	219	200	+19	12.17	11.11
3	New England Black Wolves –x	18	8	10	.444	5.0	5–4	3–6	220	244	−24	12.22	13.56
4	Rochester Knighthawks	18	7	11	.389	6.0	4–5	3–6	175	209	−34	9.72	11.61
5	Buffalo Bandits	18	6	12	.333	7.0	3–6	3–6	226	251	−25	12.56	13.94

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

1	Saskatchewan Rush –xy	18	12	6	.667	0.0	8–1	4–5	231	212	+19	12.83	11.78
2	Vancouver Stealth –x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	4–5	5–4	218	221	−3	12.11	12.28
3	Colorado Mammoth –x	18	9	9	.500	3.0	5–4	4–5	202	199	+3	11.22	11.06
4	Calgary Roughnecks	18	8	10	.444	4.0	5–4	3–6	212	220	−8	11.78	12.22

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

Regular season

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Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 7, 2017	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	L 10–18		4,809	0–1
2	January 14, 2017	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 11–13		10,275	0–2
3	January 21, 2017	Rochester Knighthawks	SaskTel Centre	W 16–8		15,007	1–2
4	January 27, 2017	Vancouver Stealth	SaskTel Centre	W 16–12		14,502	2–2
5	February 4, 2017	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 15–11		13,558	3–2
6	February 11, 2017	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 21–12		7,194	4–2
7	February 18, 2017	Colorado Mammoth	SaskTel Centre	W 8–7		15,037	5–2
8	February 25, 2017	Calgary Roughnecks	SaskTel Centre	W 12–11	OT	15,045	6–2
9	March 4, 2017	@ Vancouver Stealth	Langley Events Centre	L 9–13		2,876	6–3
10	March 11, 2017	Colorado Mammoth	SaskTel Centre	W 12–11	OT	15,037	7–3
11	March 24, 2017	Calgary Roughnecks	SaskTel Centre	W 13–10		15,039	8–3
12	March 25, 2017	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 11–14		15,144	8–4
13	April 1, 2017	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	W 17–14		16,419	9–4
14	April 8, 2017	Vancouver Stealth	SaskTel Centre	W 16–12		15,045	10–4
15	April 15, 2017	New England Black Wolves	SaskTel Centre	L 12–13	OT	14,532	10–5
16	April 22, 2017	Toronto Rock	SaskTel Centre	W 15–10		15,045	11–5
17	April 28, 2017	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 10–9		17,209	12–5
18	April 29, 2017	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	L 7–14		18,845	12–6

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Western Final (Game 1)	May 13, 2017	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 18–9		11,012	1–0
Western Final (Game 2)	May 20, 2017	Colorado Mammoth	SaskTel Centre	W 11–10		14,052	2–0
Finals (Game 1)	June 4, 2017	@ Georgia Swarm	Infinite Energy Arena	L 14–18		7,642	2–1
Finals (Game 2)	June 10, 2017	Georgia Swarm	SaskTel Centre	L 14–15	OT	14,264	2–2

Player stats

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
Mark Matthews	18	40	73	113	61	25
Robert Church	18	35	42	77	57	2
Adam Jones	16	26	31	57	75	8
Curtis Knight	18	18	37	55	56	6
Ben McIntosh	17	32	22	54	56	6
Ryan Keenan	16	13	29	42	45	2
Matthew Dinsdale	16	14	14	28	25	2
Jeff Cornwall	18	10	16	26	78	4
Chris Corbeil	18	6	13	19	100	4
Jeremy Thompson	18	5	12	17	179	18
Team Totals	18	233	339	572	1393	257

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
Aaron Bold	16	934:44	11	4	174	.765	11.17
Tyler Carlson	3	150:00	1	2	37	.709	14.80
Totals			13	5	190	.758	10.56

Active (21-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

77 Aaron Bold
30 Tyler Carlson

Defensemen

Forwards

Transition

Practice Squad

35 Peter Dubenski (G)

Holdout

24 Ryan Dilks (D)
19 Adam Jones (F)

Unable to play

79 Nik Bilic (D)

Head Coach

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Legend

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

Roster updated 2017-04-28
NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016. The Rush made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	1	Ryan Keenan	Quinnipiac
1	3	Michael Messenger	Limestone
2	14	Matt Hossack	RIT
3	30	Mason Pynn	Drexel
4	40	Michael Kaminski
5	48	Spencer Bromley	McGill
6	57	Rylee McKinnon

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References

↑ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
↑ "Saskatchewan Rush schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

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[1] "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.

[2] "Saskatchewan Rush schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

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