2020 Saskatchewan Rush season

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2020 Saskatchewan Rush
League NLL
DivisionWest
2020 record7-3
Home record2-3
Road record5-0
Goals for111
Goals against93
General Manager Derek Keenan
CoachJeff McComb
Captain Chris Corbeil
Alternate captains Mark Matthews
Kyle Rubisch
Arena SaskTel Centre

The Saskatchewan Rush are a lacrosse team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is the 15th in franchise history, 5th in Saskatchewan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. [1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play. [2] [3]

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On June 4, the league confirmed that the playoffs would also be cancelled due to the pandemic. [4]

Current standings

Reference: [5]

North Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Halifax Thunderbirds 1284.6670.06123139126+1311.5810.50
2 Toronto Rock 1174.6360.54232122106+1611.099.64
3 Buffalo Bandits 1174.6360.54232130118+1211.8210.73
4 Rochester Knighthawks 12210.1676.02307115165−509.5813.75
East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 New England Black Wolves 1183.7270.04340135101+3412.279.18
2 Georgia Swarm 1275.5831.52451149126+2312.4210.50
3 Philadelphia Wings 1486.5711.53353151134+1710.799.57
4 New York Riptide 13112.0778.01507116177−618.9213.62
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush 1073.7000.0235011193+1811.109.30
2 Colorado Mammoth 1376.5381.54234128125+39.859.62
3 San Diego Seals 1266.5002.03333138131+711.5010.92
4 Calgary Roughnecks 1055.5002.01441122111+1112.2011.10
5 Vancouver Warriors 1349.3084.52425117160−439.0012.31

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

Reference: [6]

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
1November 29, 2019@ Colorado Mammoth Pepsi Center W 9812,13210
2December 14, 2019 New England Black Wolves SaskTel Centre L 81211,11911
3December 28, 2019@ New York Riptide Nassau Coliseum W 1146,08921
4January 12, 2020@ San Diego Seals Pechanga Arena W 1294,14531
5January 18, 2020 Colorado Mammoth SaskTel Centre L 61212,54232
6February 8, 2020 Colorado Mammoth SaskTel Centre W 9711,98242
7February 15, 2020@ Halifax Thunderbirds Scotiabank Centre W 1615OT8,83352
8February 22, 2020@ Philadelphia Wings Wells Fargo Center W 15109,68362
9February 29, 2020 Toronto Rock SaskTel Centre L 8912,76463
10March 7, 2020 Vancouver Warriors SaskTel Centre W 17711,63273

Cancelled games

GameDateOpponentLocationScoreOTAttendanceRecord
11March 13, 2020@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome
12March 20, 2020 Georgia Swarm SaskTel Centre
13March 28, 2020@ Buffalo Bandits KeyBank Center
14April 4, 2020 Rochester Knighthawks SaskTel Centre
15April 11, 2020 San Diego Seals SaskTel Centre
16April 17, 2020@ Calgary Roughnecks Scotiabank Saddledome
17April 18, 2020 Calgary Roughnecks SaskTel Centre
18April 24, 2020@ Vancouver Warriors Rogers Arena

Current roster

Active (21-man) rosterInactive rosterCoaches
Goaltenders
  • 31 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Shute
  • 35 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Evan Kirk
Defensemen
  • 20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Travis Cornwall
  • 94 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matt Hossack
  •  8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Messenger
  •  4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Rubisch (A)
  • 23 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan Dilks
  • 70 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Holden Garlent
  • 53 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justin Robinson
Forwards
Transition
Practice Squad
  • 12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zach Gould
  • 88 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cameron Dunkerley
  • 65 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan McLean
  • 44 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tristan Rai
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • Jimmy Quinlan - Offensive Coach
  • Jeremy Tallevi - Defensive Coach

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

Roster updated 2019-04-18
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