2009 Edmonton Rush season

2009 Edmonton Rush
2009 Edmonton Rush
League	NLL
Division	6th West
2009 record	5-11
Home record	4-4
Road record	1-7
Goals for	159
Goals against	200
General Manager	Bob Hamley
Coach	Bob Hamley
Captain	Chris McElroy
Alternate captains	Jimmy Quinlan; Rory Glaves
Arena	Rexall Place
Average attendance	8,347
Team leaders
Goals	Dan Teat (28)
Assists	Dan Teat (41)
Points	Dan Teat (69)
Penalties in minutes	Ryan McNish (44)
Loose Balls	Ian Hawksbee (150)
Wins	Chris Levis (4)
Goals against average	Chris Levis (11.27)
	← 2008 season 2010 season →

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.

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	New York Titans – xy	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	190	180	+10	11.88	11.25
2	Buffalo Bandits – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	5–3	5–3	223	170	+53	13.94	10.62
3	Boston Blazers – x	16	10	6	.625	0.0	4–4	6–2	181	168	+13	11.31	10.50
4	Rochester Knighthawks – x	16	7	9	.438	3.0	6–2	1–7	169	197	−28	10.56	12.31
5	Philadelphia Wings	16	7	9	.438	3.0	4–4	3–5	188	193	−5	11.75	12.06
6	Toronto Rock	16	6	10	.375	4.0	3–5	3–5	194	218	−24	12.12	13.62

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

1	Calgary Roughnecks – xyz	16	12	4	.750	0.0	5–3	7–1	206	167	+39	12.88	10.44
2	Portland LumberJax – x	16	9	7	.562	3.0	4–4	5–3	181	177	+4	11.31	11.06
3	San Jose Stealth – x	16	7	9	.438	5.0	5–3	2–6	200	185	+15	12.50	11.56
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	16	7	9	.438	5.0	4–4	3–5	172	184	−12	10.75	11.50
5	Minnesota Swarm	16	6	10	.375	6.0	2–6	4–4	174	198	−24	10.88	12.38
6	Edmonton Rush	16	5	11	.312	7.0	4–4	1–7	159	200	−41	9.94	12.50

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]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	January 10, 2009	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Pengrowth Saddledome	L 9–10	OT	11,197	0–1
2	January 16, 2009	Portland LumberJax	Rexall Place	W 11–10		8,017	1–1
3	January 23, 2009	@ Portland LumberJax	Rose Garden	L 10–15		6,894	1–2
4	January 24, 2009	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	W 11–9		16,734	2–2
5	January 29, 2009	Buffalo Bandits	Rexall Place	L 8–13		6,298	2–3
6	January 31, 2009	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 6–16		3,256	2–4
7	February 7, 2009	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 9–16		13,468	2–5
8	February 22, 2009	Colorado Mammoth	Rexall Place	W 10–9		7,249	3–5
9	February 27, 2009	Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)	Rexall Place	L 9–14		14,710	3–6
10	March 13, 2009	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	L 10–22		8,136	3–7
11	March 21, 2009	@ San Jose Stealth	HP Pavilion at San Jose	L 10–11		4,034	3–8
12	March 28, 2009	Toronto Rock	Rexall Place	W 16–12		7,356	4–8
13	April 3, 2009	Portland LumberJax	Rexall Place	W 11–10		6,517	5–8
14	April 4, 2009	@ Minnesota Swarm	Xcel Energy Center	L 7–9		12,476	5–9
15	April 11, 2009	Calgary Roughnecks	Rexall Place	L 13–14		8,500	5–10
16	April 17, 2009	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 9–10		16,727	5–11

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
Dan Teat	16	28	41	69	55	4
Andy Secore	16	23	40	63	52	9
Mike Hominuck	13	15	32	47	47	6
Ryan Benesch	14	17	27	44	71	2
Callum Crawford	13	19	22	41	48	0
Jimmy Quinlan	15	16	15	31	60	31
Jason Wulder	7	7	12	19	34	2
Ian Hawksbee	16	3	11	14	150	16
Scott Self	16	5	8	13	90	14
Totals		250	409	301	1033	35

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
Chris Levis	16	596:08	4	6	111	.777	11.17
Steve Dietrich	10	295:45	1	4	69	.742	14.00
Brandon Atherton	6	72:27	0	1	18	.714	14.91
Totals			5	11	200	.759	12.50

Transactions

New players

Cam Bergman - acquired in trade
Andrew Biers - acquired in trade
Steve Dietrich - acquired in trade
Greg Hinman - acquired in trade
Spencer Martin - acquired in trade
Chris McKay - acquired in trade
Tim O'Brien - signed as free agent
Lindsay Plunkett - acquired in trade

Players not returning

Mac Allen - traded
Troy Bonterre - traded
Kyle Goundrey - released
Kris Hartzell - traded
Matt King - traded
Ben Prepchuk - not playing in 2009^[4]
Dan Stroup - released
Brendan Thenhaus - traded
Kurtis Wagar - traded

Trades

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

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	4	Jamie Floris (F)	Bellarmine University
1	10	Ryan Campbell (F)	Dowling College
3	27	Kelly Kilpatrick^# (F)	Coquitlam, BC
5	51	Myles Kenny^# (T)	Victoria, BC
6	64	Adam Foss^# (D)	New Westminster, BC

Roster

2009 Edmonton Rush roster

Active (21-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

00 Brandon Atherton
33 Chris Levis

Defensemen

55 Shayne Bennett
18 Andrew Biers
43 Rory Glaves (A)
36 Chris McKay
11 Ryan McNish
6 Scott Self
7 Derek Suddons
29 Buck Stobart

Forwards

9 Ryan Benesch
14 Ryan Campbell
23 Callum Crawford
24 Jamie Floris
90 Mike Hominuck
81 Jimmy Quinlan (A)
21 Andy Secore
51 Dan Teat
22 Jason Wulder

Transition

88 Ian Hawksbee
15 Chris McElroy (C)
8 Chris Seller

Practice Squad

-- Mike MacLeod

Injured Reserve

5 Ian Crashley

Holdout

-- Dave Cutten
-- Curt Morwick
12 Lindsay Plunkett

Restricted list

-- Spencer Martin
26 Andrew Turner
19 Ben Prepchuk

Head Coach

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Legend

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

NLL Transactions

References

^ "National Lacrosse League - 2009 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
^ "Edmonton Rush – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
^ "Edmonton Rush - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
^ Tutka, Paul (November 20, 2009). "Ben Prepchuk not playing in NLL during 2009 season". NLLInsider.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
^ "Brown To Portland, Martin To Edmonton". NLL.com. September 15, 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
^ "Roughnecks Trade McNish To Rush". NLL.com. October 2, 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
^ "Rock Trade Benesch & Suddons to Rush". NLL.com. January 14, 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
^ "Recap of Trade Deadline Moves". NLL.com. March 17, 2009. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
^ "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.

[1] "National Lacrosse League - 2009 Regular Season - Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.

[2] "Edmonton Rush – National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2012.

[3] "Edmonton Rush - National Lacrosse League - team stats | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".

[4] Tutka, Paul (November 20, 2009). "Ben Prepchuk not playing in NLL during 2009 season". NLLInsider.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 2008-11-26.

[5] "Brown To Portland, Martin To Edmonton". NLL.com. September 15, 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-15.

[6] "Roughnecks Trade McNish To Rush". NLL.com. October 2, 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-02.

[7] "Rock Trade Benesch & Suddons to Rush". NLL.com. January 14, 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-15.

[8] "Recap of Trade Deadline Moves". NLL.com. March 17, 2009. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-17.

[9] "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.

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