2008 Chicago Shamrox season

2008 Chicago Shamrox
2008 Chicago Shamrox
League	NLL
Division	7th East
2008 record	6-10
Home record	3-5
Road record	3-5
Goals for	176
Goals against	212
General Manager	Jamie Batley
Coach	Jamie Batley
Captain	Mat Giles
Alternate captains	Scott Self
Arena	Sears Centre
Average attendance	7,694
Team leaders
Goals	Mat Giles (27)
Assists	Jason Clark (42)
Points	Jason Clark (53)
Penalties in minutes	Drew Candy (50)
Loose Balls	Thomas Montour (102)
Wins	Matt Roik (5)
Goals against average	Derek Collins (10.48)
	← 2007 season

The Chicago Shamrox were a lacrosse team based in Chicago playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2008 season was the second and final in franchise history. The season ended up almost the same as the 2007 season, with the Shamrox 6-10 and out of the playoffs.

Regular season

Conference standings

Reference: ^[1]

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

1	Buffalo Bandits – xyz	16	10	6	.625	0.0	7–2	3–4	203	174	+29	12.69	10.88
2	Minnesota Swarm – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	6–2	4–4	199	196	+3	12.44	12.25
3	New York Titans – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–1	5–5	197	186	+11	12.31	11.62
4	Philadelphia Wings – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	7–1	3–5	225	220	+5	14.06	13.75
5	Rochester Knighthawks	16	8	8	.500	2.0	4–4	4–4	197	171	+26	12.31	10.69
6	Toronto Rock	16	7	9	.438	3.0	4–5	3–4	172	174	−2	10.75	10.88
7	Chicago Shamrox	16	6	10	.375	4.0	3–5	3–5	176	212	−36	11.00	13.25

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

1	San Jose Stealth – xy	16	9	7	.562	0.0	4–4	5–3	185	172	+13	11.56	10.75
2	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	9	7	.562	0.0	6–2	3–5	184	167	+17	11.50	10.44
3	Calgary Roughnecks – x	16	7	9	.438	2.0	5–3	2–6	183	178	+5	11.44	11.12
4	Portland LumberJax – x	16	6	10	.375	3.0	3–5	3–5	179	194	−15	11.19	12.12
5	Edmonton Rush	16	4	12	.250	5.0	3–5	1–7	141	197	−56	8.81	12.31

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

Reference:^[2]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 5, 2008	Toronto Rock	Sears Centre	L 9–11		6,116	0–1
2	January 12, 2008	@ Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Wachovia Center	L 11–19		11,974	0–2
3	January 26, 2008	Edmonton Rush	Sears Centre	W 17–11		5,107	1–2
4	February 9, 2008	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 11–17		2,514	1–3
5	February 16, 2008	New York Titans	Sears Centre	L 9–14		4,427	1–4
6	February 24, 2008	Buffalo Bandits	Sears Centre	L 8–13		3,250	1–5
7	March 1, 2008	Rochester Knighthawks	Sears Centre	L 8–18		5,335	1–6
8	March 14, 2008	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 9–13		13,004	1–7
9	March 22, 2008	@ Rochester Knighthawks	Blue Cross Arena	W 12–11		10,221	2–7
10	March 29, 2008	Minnesota Swarm	Sears Centre	W 15–10		4,036	3–7
11	April 5, 2008	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Sears Centre	W 15–14	OT	5,427	4–7
12	April 12, 2008	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	W 13–12	OT	15,238	5–7
13	April 18, 2008	@ New York Titans	Madison Square Garden	L 7–14		5,379	5–8
14	April 19, 2008	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	L 9–13		13,633	5–9
15	April 25, 2008	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	W 12–10		11,439	6–9
16	April 26, 2008	Minnesota Swarm	Sears Centre	L 11–12		6,014	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
Jason Clark	15	11	42	53	65	4
Mat Giles	16	27	23	50	71	45
Jonas Derks	13	19	29	48	46	10
Cody Jacobs	10	19	18	37	24	6
Josh Wasson	16	12	19	31	68	6
Callum Crawford	12	14	13	27	37	4
Lindsay Plunkett	6	11	11	22	27	2
Bill McGlone	15	10	11	21	60	6
Bobby McBride	13	8	13	21	73	5
Totals		268	444	349	1101	29

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
Matt Roik	8	497:25	5	3	102	.788	12.30
Brandon Miller	3	228:49	1	2	65	.707	17.04
Derek Collins	5	234:41	0	5	41	.777	10.48
Totals	16		6	10	212	.762	13.25

Awards

Player	Award
Scott Self	All-Star
Scott Self	Second Team All-Pro

Transactions

Trades

February 5, 2008^[4]	To Chicago Shamrox two second round picks, 2008 entry draft	To Buffalo Bandits Andrew Lazore Rusty Kruger
March 5, 2008^[5]	To Chicago Shamrox conditional third round pick, 2008 entry draft conditional third round pick, 2009 entry draft	To Edmonton Rush Lindsay Plunkett
March 5, 2008^[5]	To Chicago Shamrox Matt Roik Brad Self first round pick, 2009 entry draft second round pick, 2010 entry draft	To Philadelphia Wings Brandon Miller second round pick, 2008 entry draft

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