2007 Portland LumberJax season

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

2007 Portland LumberJax
League	NLL
Division	6th West
2007 record	4-12
Home record	3-5
Road record	1-7
Goals for	153
Goals against	199
General Manager	Derek Keenan
Coach	Derek Keenan
Captain	Pat Jones
Arena	Rose Garden Arena
Average attendance	8,870
Team leaders
Goals	Ryan Powell (23)
Assists	Ryan Powell (31)
Points	Ryan Powell (54)
Penalties in minutes	Ryder Bateman (50)
Loose Balls	Brodie Merrill (196)
Wins	Dallas Eliuk (3)
Goals against average	Dallas Eliuk (12.19)
← 2006 season 2008 season →

After winning the western division in their inaugural season, the LumberJax suffered through a sophomore slump in 2007. After beginning the season with two straight wins, Portland lost the next ten straight, and scored 10 or more goals in only two of those ten games. They finished the season last in the west with a 4–12 record.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference:

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Rochester Knighthawks – xyz	16	14	2	.875	0.0	8–0	6–2	249	194	+55	15.56	12.12
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	10	6	.625	4.0	6–2	4–4	207	188	+19	12.94	11.75
3	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	9	7	.562	5.0	4–4	5–3	200	207	−7	12.50	12.94
4	Toronto Rock – x	16	6	10	.375	8.0	3–5	3–5	187	183	+4	11.69	11.44
5	Chicago Shamrox	16	6	10	.375	8.0	4–4	2–6	176	191	−15	11.00	11.94
6	Philadelphia Wings	16	6	10	.375	8.0	4–4	2–6	178	186	−8	11.12	11.62
7	New York Titans	16	4	12	.250	10.0	3–5	1–7	195	233	−38	12.19	14.56

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Colorado Mammoth – xy	16	12	4	.750	0.0	7–1	5–3	209	179	+30	13.06	11.19
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	219	202	+17	13.69	12.62
3	Arizona Sting – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	6–2	3–5	188	181	+7	11.75	11.31
4	San Jose Stealth – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	181	170	+11	11.31	10.62
5	Edmonton Rush	16	6	10	.375	6.0	4–4	2–6	160	189	−29	10.00	11.81
6	Portland LumberJax	16	4	12	.250	8.0	3–5	1–7	153	199	−46	9.56	12.44

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:

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 30, 2007	Buffalo Bandits	Rose Garden	W 11–10	OT	8,437	1–0
2	January 13, 2007	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	W 14–12		8,268	2–0
3	January 19, 2007	@ Arizona Sting	Jobing.com Arena	L 4–11		5,729	2–1
4	January 20, 2007	Arizona Sting	Rose Garden	L 9–12		9,238	2–2
5	January 25, 2007	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 11–15		14,388	2–3
6	February 2, 2007	Minnesota Swarm	Rose Garden	L 8–11		6,281	2–4
7	February 15, 2007	Colorado Mammoth	Rose Garden	L 8–10		7,192	2–5
8	February 17, 2007	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	L 12–18		9,774	2–6
9	February 23, 2007	@ Edmonton Rush	Rexall Place	L 8–9	OT	9,177	2–7
10	February 24, 2007	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 7–13		18,024	2–8
11	March 17, 2007	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 8–17		4,435	2–9
12	March 24, 2007	San Jose Stealth	Rose Garden	L 7–9		6,322	2–10
13	March 30, 2007	Calgary Roughnecks	Rose Garden	W 13–12		5,963	3–10
14	March 31, 2007	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 11–21		11,915	3–11
15	April 6, 2007	San Jose Stealth	Rose Garden	L 8–9		6,748	3–12
16	April 13, 2007	Edmonton Rush	Rose Garden	W 14–10		10,037	4–12

Player stats

Reference:

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
Ryan Powell	14	23	31	54	65	8
Peter Morgan	15	17	25	42	43	11
Tyler Heavenor	10	12	21	33	28	10
Kelly Hall	8	13	11	24	39	25
Ryder Bateman	15	9	15	24	43	50
Mike Hominuck	6	6	18	24	39	0
Del Halladay	13	8	15	23	44	6
Brodie Merrill	15	4	19	23	196	49
Scott Stapleford	15	15	7	22	39	16
Totals		247	400	385	1005	51

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
Dallas Eliuk	16	718:27	3	9	146	.756	12.19
Matt King	14	193:21	1	2	44	.722	13.65
Dwight Maetche	2	53:45	0	1	8	.818	8.93
Totals			4	12	199	.752	12.44

Awards

Player	Award
Brodie Merrill	All-Stars
Ryan Powell
Pat Jones
Richard Morgan
Bruce Alexander

Transactions

Trades

February 7, 2007	To Portland LumberJax Kelly Hall	To Minnesota Swarm Mike Hominuck
February 9, 2007	To Portland LumberJax 1st round pick, 2007 entry draft 2nd round pick, 2007 entry draft 3rd round pick, 2008 entry draft	To Minnesota Swarm Ryan Sharp

Roster

Reference:

No. Position Player 49 Def Alexander, Bruce 14 Fwd Bateman, Ryder 20 Trans Bysouth, Adam 5 Def Crashley, Ian 36 Def Driscoll, DJ 35 Goalie Eliuk, Dallas 2 Def Guze, Ray 9 Fwd Hall, Kelly 3 Fwd Halladay, Del 37 Fwd Heavenor, Tyler 11 Fwd Holman, Matt Fwd Hominuck, Mike 12 Def Jones, Pat

No. Position Player 30 Goalie King, Matt Goalie Maetche, Dwight 8 Trans Marshall, Ryan 24 Def Mazuran, Scott 17 Trans Merrill, Brodie 44 Fwd Morgan, Peter 33 Def Morgan, Richard 7 Trans Palmer, Graham 22 Fwd Powell, Ryan 1 Fwd Prossner, Jed 32 Def Reisig, Darren Def Sharp, Ryan 10 Trans Stapleford, Scott

See also

• 2007 NLL season